Many Plastic Shoes Toxic – Swedish Study

Hi.  If you have trouble conceiving, I may be of help.  Well, you see, a Swedish study have found that many plastic shoes, or should I say, sandals, contains toxic material that affect your health:
In its study titled “Chemicals Up Close“, the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SNCC) found “disturbing concentrations” of harmful chemicals in [...]

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Common-cents to install mouth-rinsing basins by the poolside showers.

It is just a simple solution to save the cost of cleaning and filtering debris from the public swimming pools.  I have just written a letter to the relevant authorities and I am keepig my finger-crossed that at least this simple suggestion can be implemented.   Having less pollutants in the pool also means use of [...]

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Twittering should be received in batch mode for health concerns

I understand that many people are jumping onto the Twitter fad to get instant message fast. So it also meant that people would be constantly receiving SMS, maybe every few seconds.  Of course, telcos are most please with it from a business point of view.  Imagine this constant radiation smog going around you plus those [...]

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Satay served the wrong way!

Yesterday, after Clement’s swimming lesson, we would have our dinner at a coffee shop near our flat since it was already quite late and it would be too tiring for Carine (my dear wife) to cook dinner for the family.
At the coffee shop, we had already noticed that there was new stall selling barbecue chicken [...]

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Is L-carnitine good for nerve problems including ALS?

I have been taking some L-carnitine, Alpha Lipoic acid and CQ10 to improve my blood circulations and pressure  from possible nerve impingement via my cervical (neck) spondolysis (C4/5) and possible axis and atlas vertebrae misalignment.
Even a SGH consultant agreed that a possible reason why my hands feel cold was possible because the affected nerve also [...]

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Is there a vending machine that dispense canned drinks at tropical room temperature?

This evening, after swimming for about a hour or so,  I felt rather thirsty and thought about getting a canned drink as I passed a soft-drink dispensing machine.
Nope, I thought, remembering that the cold drink would bring about a sneeze, especially after a swim.  However, what to do? And I bought a can of very [...]

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Chinese Cooking “Wok Hei” is not really healthy…. if you really think about it.

In Chinese cooking, often we would find someone raving or reminising over food that had been cooked in extremely high heat over a wok, which we term as food imbide with “wok hei” (in cantonese).  It literally meant “wok aroma” whereby you can taste the infusion of the red hot wok and burnt elements in [...]

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Banquet foodcourt gets a “D” grading from me.

I often go to Causeway Point with my family for dinner and sometimes I visit the Banquet foodcourt for Char Kuay Teow.  However, what peeve me off, is that the cook at the Char Kuay Teow stall persist in using a plastic plate to scoop the food from the blazing hot wok.  I reminded the [...]

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Library-Gymnasium to exercise both mind and body

I think our libraries or gymnasiums could go one step further by providing those who wants to read, watch video, listen to audio cd or surf the net while running on a treadmill or pedaling on a stationery bike.  Presently this is mostly found at exclusive and expensive gyms.
Of course, these services could be provided [...]

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One theory to fight mutating (swine, bird) flu viruses

How to fight or rather to ride out the swine or bird flu

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