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closeHapus filterWorld No Tobacco Day
World No Tobacco Day — Every May 31 WHO and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), highlighting the health and other risks associated with tobacco use while advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. Let’s start right here: Tobacco harms the health, the treasury, and the spirit of Indonesia. Every year, more than
The Health Benefits of a Simple Ocean Swim
The Health Benefits of a Simple Ocean Swim — It stimulates our body and promotes the feeling of wellbeing that surfers very well know. Living in Bali offers easy access to take the plunge and get healthy, from a lazy float to wave riding, an ocean swim has endless curative benefits! Let’s start with an immune
April 7: World Health Day
April 7: World Health Day — The World Health Organization was founded on the principle that all people should be able to realize their right to the highest possible level of health. “Health for all” has therefore been their guiding vision for more than seven decades. It’s also the impetus behind the current organization-wide drive
The Fantastic Health Facts of Fibre
The Fantastic Health Facts of Fibre — Multiple media outlets are once again running with a new medical research study on the health benefits of a high fibre diet and how proper gut bacteria can benefit overall health and prevent type-2 diabetes. According to New Scientist, Liping Zhao at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China
Seven Steps to Avoid Stroke
Seven Steps to Avoid Stroke — The chance of living a lifetime without suffering a stroke are more than in your favor by following these easy to follow lifestyle choices if you are serious about staying healthy. 1. Take High Blood Pressure Very Seriously High blood pressure increases your odds for a stroke up
The Happiness Health Connection
The Happiness Health Connection — Scientific evidence suggests that positive emotions can help make life longer and healthier; learn how to keep happy even on bad days and what better place to maintain a positive outlook than the beautiful island of Bali. Do happier people live longer and if they do what is the
Stick With Those Resolutions
Stick With Those Resolutions — It’s February and we at Health-e are checking in to see how you are making out with your December intentions to be a healthier person… well, let us weigh in with the ongoing science to keep you on track. The word is out, scientists estimate in a recent report that
The Health Benefits of Deep Breathing
The Health Benefits of Deep Breathing — Not just for those with lung issues, deep systematic breathing almost instantly reduces stress and blood pressure, strengthens the abdominal and intestinal muscles, aids sleep and promotes better blood flow while releasing toxins from the body. Out with the old, stale air and in with new fresh
Lower Your Cholesterol Naturally
Lower Your Cholesterol Naturally — Alarming evidence points out trans fats and saturated fats are responsible for heart disease and by taking a few simple precautions you can easily cut these unhealthy hidden ingredients from your diet today. Trans fats are created by adding hydrogen to a liquid fat to help it solidify, a process
Making and Keeping New Years Health Resolutions
Making and Keeping New Year’s Health Resolutions — How much money would you bet that you’re going to keep your New Year’s resolutions this year? Just think of what it will do to your self-esteem if you could pull it off! These tips can help. Be realistic. Don’t confuse reasonable expectations with realistic expectations. Reasonable means
Do Cell Phones Pose a Health Hazard?
Do Cell Phones Pose a Health Hazard? — Many people are concerned that cell phone radiation can cause cancer or other serious health hazards from low levels of radiofrequency energy (RF). So how worried should we be? Recently the US state of California issued its own health guidelines on cell phone hazards. Released by the
Providing Technology to the Disabled
Providing Technology to the Disabled ― December 3 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities with this year’s theme focusing on the enabling conditions envisaged in the 2030 Development Agenda for Sustainable Development. In a time of rapid digitalization, technology provides innovative solutions for the disabled and according to the UN General Assembly: “Technology is
Medical Journal Sounds Alarm on Pollution
Medical Journal Sounds Alarm on Pollution ― A concerning recent report from the The Lancet Commission on pollution and health addressed the full health and economic costs of air, water, and soil pollution. The respected medical journal has revealed that pollution claims the lives of nine million annually and one in six of all deaths around
Health-e Holiday Eating
Health-e Holiday Eating ― Each holiday season we look at sensible eating choices for residents and those on a Bali Christmas vacation. Here are some recommendations to keep the waistline trim while indulging in paradise. LISTEN CAREFULLY TO YOU Just learn how to eat sensibly by following not just your “gut” feelings. Don’t think
November 14: World Diabetes Day
The 2017 theme for World Diabetes Day is “Women and diabetes – our right to a healthy future,” a campaign to promote the importance of affordable and equitable access for all women at risk for or living with diabetes. It is essential that all women are able to have access to diabetes medicines and
Health Alert: the Planet is Getting Hotter
The world has already experienced three record-breaking hot years in a row, and the rising global temperature could have profound effects for health, work and staple food supplies for hundreds of millions of people, say climate scientists. Even if the world is able to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial
Potassium Rich Foods Prevent Heart Disease
Spinach, coconut water, bananas and sweet potatoes are just some fruits and vegetables that are rich in potassium. A recent study suggests people should consider increasing their intake of such foods to protect themselves against heart disease. Researchers have found that mice with low dietary potassium are more likely to experience vascular calcification, which
The Benefits of Exercise During Pregnancy
Boost your mood, improve sleep, and reduce aches and pains and prepare yourself for childbirth by strengthening muscles and building endurance all of which makes it much easier to get back in shape after your baby is born. In accordance with the recommendations by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), a new
The Facts About Protein Shakes
New studies highlight the fact that protein supplements are a waste of money with little benefit, in fact you even put yourself at risk for kidney, bone and heart disease. It’s ironic that most health food stores offer few products that are actually healthy, from herbal potions of unknown purity and utility to dietary
Relocating to Bali?
If you are deciding on an expat life in the world’s most popular island destination, whether on a sabbatical or early retirement, you will need to keep your mental and physical health in check by following some sensible lifestyle choices. Drink and eat sensibly Relocating to Bali doesn’t mean an endless summer of bliss
How Exercise Effects Your Metabolic Syndrome
Making an effort for daily exercise can reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome in people who are seated for long periods throughout the day, a recent study concludes. Sedentary behavior and office work has been associated with an increased risk for metabolic syndrome, a cluster of unfavorable markers including abdominal obesity, high blood pressure and
Love Your Heart Everyday
World Heart Day (WHD) is celebrated on Sept. 29 each year. Started by the World Heart Federation, WHD informs people around the globe that cardiovascular disease, including heart disease and stroke, is the world’s leading cause of death claiming 17.5 million lives each year. Through the campaign, the World Heart Federation unites people across Indonesia
Bad Sleep Found to Increase Alzheimer’s Related Brain Proteins
Scientists have shown that a single night of interrupted sleep can cause an increase in brain proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease. The findings could answer the question of how broken sleep is possibly linked to Alzheimer’s and could help protect those who suffer from chronic sleep deprivation. “We showed that poor sleep is associated with
Youth Day 2017 All About Building Peace
In 1999 the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the recommendation made by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth that August 12 be declared International Youth Day. With a growing recognition that as agents of change, young people are critical actors in conflict prevention and sustaining peace and social justice, International Youth Day 2017