Health & Fitness

Image Credit The minute someone refers to eating healthy, the natural assumption is that the food will be bland with no character and much less enjoyable than crispy fries, juicy burgers and scrumptious pizza. I’ve…

It is no secret that many families in Kenya today live on less than a dollar a day. With so many expenses like food and school fees, a lot of these families are unable to…

A lot has, and is being done about maternal health in Kenya, a most notable initiative being the Beyond Zero campaign which was spearheaded by the first lady Margaret Kenyatta last year. But we cannot…

I have a love hate relationship with the gym. Now I go now I don’t. Soon I’ll start my regime which I’ve abandoned for some months. Maybe 1 year. Motivation? I’m unfit. Plus there is…

With a myriad of changes both physical and psychological taking place in their bodies, puberty can be quite a confusing time for young girls. It is important that girls going through this period of their…

In this article, we looked at heavy handbags as the cause of pesky headaches, incessant back and neck pains and general body aches and pains. What can one do to counter the effects of these…

Asian health and wellness products and services firm VLCC has opened a state of the art wellness center in Nairobi. VLCC will be offering a bouquet of scientific, natural and innovative holistic wellness solutions in…

Let’s face it. You don’t always have time or the right ingredients in your kitchen to whip up gourmet meals all the time. But other than your normal shopping of the usual suspects like onions,…

Sitting all day, which is what a lot of us office workers do day in day out, is bad for just about every aspect of our health. It has been associated with every other lifestyle…

When I first heard of oil pulling I thought we were talking offshore oil rigs and Gulf politics. Turns out my fears and assumptions were unfounded. Oil pulling is less complicated, not painful at all, and much closer home than I’d imagined.