Five reasons why avocadoes are amazing
Instead of the phrase 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away', perhaps eating an avocado a day might have the same effect. Avocados, known locally as zaboca, are part of a Caribbean diet and have lo...
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Food dyes in snacks: Healthy or toxic?
Brightly coloured snacks which include various food dyes could be harming your children more than helping them, some health experts have warned. Health Coach Paola Henderson, speaking to LoopTT, sa...
Curaçao's secret to youth? Aloe Vera, the plant of 100 lives
Many Curaçaoans credit Aloe Vera, known as ‘SenteBibu’ or ‘hundred lives’ in Papiamento, as the source of a long healthy life. Curaçaoans eat the plant and apply it topically to cure burns and othe...
5 things to know about stinging nettle
Many will know this plant, aptly named stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), which gives an unpleasant stinging sensation when touched. This is due to fine hair-like structures on the leaves which give ...
Germany's Merkel fends off worries about her health
German Chancellor Angela Merkel fended off worries about her health on Friday, saying that she has a personal interest in staying healthy and having a life after politics. Merkel said that she unde...
PAHO calls for more donations ahead of World Blood Donor Day
The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) is calling on the Caribbean and Latin America to strengthen their voluntary, unpaid blood donation systems ahead of World Blood Donor Day to be commemorated...
Yoga Minute: 3 ways to breath stress away with yoga
Is stress wearing you down? Stress has been shown to have a negative effect on our health and quality of living. A report by Science Daily said stress can actually pave the way for illness...
Yoga Minute: Five different types of yoga and what they mean
Yoga is one of the most ancient practices, dating back over 5,000 years. However many of the yoga poses practised in studios today were created within recent times (late 19th, early 20th centuries)...
Yoga Minute: 5 yoga videos for kids
Studies have shown that yoga can be helpful for all ages, especially children. According to a Harvard report, a US survey done in 2016 showed that yoga could help children with attention deficit hy...
Dr Rowley heading to US for medical tests
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said he will be leaving on Carnival Tuesday for the US to undergo medical tests concerning some 'soft plaque' which was found in one of his arteries. In a media...