Tag: healthy living

This month's My Life in Beauty puts the spotlight on Asia's Next Top Model cycle 3 runner up Monika Sta. Maria and her doable fitness routine. A gig in Shanghai put things in perspective when her client asked her to lose weight

Ladies, this is it! News that all french fry lovers have long been wanting to hear! New Beauty reports that a study published in the journal Food Chemistry discovered that deep-frying vegetables in extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) provides health benefits. The results certainly debunk some food

According to Michelle Segar of the University of Michigan, the author of No Sweat: How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness, if you want to lose weight or to be fit or healthy, then you shouldn't make any of those

Last Saturday, the big workout activity of Freego’s #SuperShapeMe Fitness Challenge got the 20 contestants to join a Circuit Training sesh at Sparta, Mandaluyong with none other than coaches Chris Tiu and Erwan Heussaff. For the past few weeks, the contenders from

Almost everyone on a diet (or those trying to) would say that carbs are the devil. But given the kind of ulam we traditionally prepare, abstaining from rice just doesn’t come easy. Here we give you a classic Filipino favorite, prepared by

(Image from Jamie Nelson)Does it stun you how all the women who are stylish and successful maintain a perfectly nipped waist and waif-like figure? What if we told you they ate pizza, cinnamon rolls, and ensaimadas just as you would? Revisiting an

Everyone knows that we only truly feel the result of our December sins in January. Today is our first day back to the daily grind and instead of complaining about how you didn’t even feel the break (it was actually pretty lengthy),

It’s true: “You don’t have to be great to start; but you DO have to start to be great.” That saying speaks volumes when it comes to fitness. How many times have you actually told yourself, “I promise to work out tomorrow,”

When the sky turns dark and the weather feels gloomy, don't you just wish we could stay in bed, cuddle up with our special someone, and drink a cup of hot choco? Yes, we feel you, but since we’re looking at roughly two

Oishi Smart C just announced the newest member of their barkada and it’s no other than Kathryn Bernardo. Our favorite teen queen makes sure she takes Smart C to get her regular intake of vitamin C. Her top flavor is of course,

It all started with newly employed peeps realizing that the term summer vacation doesn’t exist in world of grown-ups. For the working class, Labor Day is a (sort of) sacred day dedicated to celebrate the fact that they are, well, employed.  Since