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Your Guide to Fairer Skin

For many women in Asia, having a fair complexion has become an aspirational beauty goal. The skincare market is flooded with numerous brightening products that promise to reveal a radiant glow within weeks or even days. With so many options available, how can you ensure you're choosing products with the right ingredients to achieve lasting, healthy results? Some may go to great lengths to avoid the sun and invest in quality brightening creams, facial masks, and professional skin treatments. These treatments work primarily by targeting melanin, the pigment responsible for skin, hair, and eye colour. Age spots, acne scars, and...

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Your Self-care Guide to COVID-19 Home Recovery

Do you ever feel stressed and uncertain about how it would be to live with COVID-19 in the new normal? Many of us feel the same as we are constantly presented with challenges brought forth by the pandemic. As our nation faces a record wave of COVID-19 infections, home recovery has become the default care arrangement in response to the overwhelming demand for healthcare. According to the Ministry of Health (MOH), over 70 per cent of COVID-19 patients are currently recovering at home. If you have been tested positive for COVID-19 recently and is eligible for home recovery, you might...

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Vitamins and Minerals that Keep Your Immunity Going (II)

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is certainly more than just a saying. Our immune system plays an essential role in protecting us against common everyday bacteria and also help us in our recovery from injuries. Our dietary habits and what we feed our body may help to heighten our body defences and fight off harmful organisms. We have learnt in the first part of the article, Vitamins and Minerals that Keeps Your Immunity Going (I), the types of vitamins that help to build up our immune system. However, there are also other nutrient that help to bolster...

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Durian: How Good (or Bad) is it for You?

Mao Shan Wang, XO Durians, D24 Durians – these are some of the more popular durian cultivars many people will recognise. Between June and September – the durian season – durian harvests increase, giving more opportunities for durian lovers to enjoy the fruit at lower prices. But besides being known as the King of Fruits, do you know that durian is a super fruit as well? Its creamy, buttery flesh is packed with nutrients: Durian Nutrition Facts* (Based on a serving of 100 grams (g) of durian, or about three seeds) Nutrient Amount...

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