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Have you ever heard of Intermittent Fasting (IF)? Some might be surprised and shocked when they first heard about this fasting method, but when you understand the concept and scientific reasons behind the diet method, you might be impressed with its effectiveness and convenience! 

The concept of 16:8 Intermittent Fasting is very simple: you can eat anything during feasting period of 8 hours in a day, and fasting for 16 hours straight. You are only allowed to drink plain water, black coffee, tea, or anything with 0 calorie during the fasting window. If you wonder, is it hard to...

Sleepy after meal or commonly known as "food coma", is a very normal issue that we often encounter. Sleepiness always kicks in after lunch, and it's undeniably a dilemma for us to make the decision on whether to drink a cup of coffee at this point of time, because it might cause insomnia at night later. Food coma is indeed a nightmare for the white collars! There are few reasons that can lead to food coma, mainly because of the hormones: the increase of cholecystokinin, the decrease of orexin, the secretion of insulin, the increase of melatonin, etc., these are...

Many factors contribute to ageing. Among the more important factors are oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, chronic toxicity and glycation.

Glycation is the abnormal attachment of a sugar to a protein or fat, causing harm to the body. It is different from glycosylation, which is the attachment of a sugar to a protein or fat as part of the normal metabolic process. Glycosylation involves enzymes and ATP (the energy-carrying molecule), whereas glycation does not.

Glycation end-products are believed to contribute to inflammation, chronic diseases (especially diabetes) and ageing. Certain glycation reactions result in advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) which are...

Collagen is the most abundant protein in our body. Proteins are the body's building-blocks. They are made of amino-acids. Chains of amino-acids form peptides, and large proteins like collagen are made of multiple peptide chains (polypeptides), often twisted in a particular fashion.

Collagen is the major component of our skin, and is an important component of other tissues as well (for example, bone and cartilage). As we age past about 25 years of age, both the total collagen, and especially the collagen in our skin and bones begin to be reduced. This is part of the normal process of...