I've always had a curiosity for new technologies of curing diseases. While our diet, emotions, lifestyle all play a role in our health, I also believe that cutting edge technologies can help us live a healthier life. When it comes to diseases like cancer, many feel powerless to the disease, and may spend time, energy, money on treatment like chemotherapy, radiation, which also has ...
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Tropical Mango Green Smoothie
I've been making this drink almost daily, to switch it up from my SuperCharger Green Smoothie. This drink is a great way to include lots of greens in your morning to kickstart your day and give you energy. If you're too lazy to chew slowly, and/need a quick burst of energy in the morning or as a snack, this tropical green smoothie is for you. This smoothie can be rustled up in ...
4 Steps To Setting Boundaries and Saying “Yes” To Yourself
Growing up in traditional Chinese family, I was not allowed to develop my sense of self, let alone express what I needed. As a result, I did not know my needs and my boundaries. I did not even believe that I had the right to have boundaries. This means: I’d say yes when I meant no. I’d not call out on someone who mistreated me. I’d allow exes, “friends” and people to say things to me that are ...
My Top 11 Healthy Vegan-Friendly Cafes and Restaurants In San Francisco
There are periods in my life when I am just too exhausted to cook, make smoothies, and love to eat out. And I try my best to dine at healthy vegan-friendly restaurants in San Francisco. Even though I eat fish, in rare occasions, I am mostly whole foods, plant-based vegan (I try not to label myself if I can) And I love savouring healthy and tasty meals made by creative chefs and restaurant staff ...
How To Change Your “Karma” & Future
The Past is Inherently “Empty” How to change your karma and future A second ago, you may have been drinking coffee. Now, as you put down your coffee, that moment of you sipping that cup of coffee, which is a second ago, is already gone. The past is “gone”—the past is your perception of what happened; you can also call it “your memory.” Most of the time, the past is the meaning your mind has ...
Interview with Dr. James Costello: Increase & Restore Sexual Energy with this Adaptogen
Most of us enjoy sex. However, as there are increasing demands on us, some of us may lose desire and appetite for sex because we are leading an imbalanced life. Luckily, adaptogens can come to the rescue. James Costello is back with us again to talk about how this one adaptogen can help us increase sexual vigour, and why "yang" energy is not always better, for men and women. In our next part ...
4 Powerful Adaptogens for Better Energy, Mood & Sleep
Last time around, we talked about how adaptogens bring you back to balance, and increases our energy without leading to a crash. To reiterate our point, an adaptogen is any substance, generally from an herbal or a plant-based food, we ingest that balances the body. So you may wonder, what are some adaptogens you can ingest to improve your health and vitality? Today, we're back with ...
Weight Gain? 5 Common Mistakes Vegetarians & Non-Vegetarians Make
I've edited this article as it was dated, and I've received a few comments and took what readers said into consideration. While I agree with readers that the content of this article could be better, I did not feel that the comments were kind and constructive so I removed them from the page. Also, I've just realised that quite a few people have been reading this article, even though it was written ...
How This Fast Casual 2.0 Vegetarian Restaurant Is Changing the Future
As the New York Times mentioned, the hippies have gone mainstream. Vegetarianism and wellness are the “it” word these days. The poster child of a healthy, happy, beautiful girl sipping on green juice, eating organic kale, doing yoga and meditating seem to be the “ideal” to strive for these days. ;) While some of you may secretly think that green juice tastes crappy and that raw salads are ...
Heavenly Chocolate: Vegan Chocolate Banana Mousse
There are a few things, after a long day, that I want to do. One of which is indulging in soothing chocolate desserts, just before I go to bed, be it a dark chocolate square, hot chocolate or bites of a chocolate pie. Chocolate has an earthy, dark and intense flavor, and it elevates our happy hormones – no wonder why we women love it especially when we are in need of comfort, and some ...