By Nerissa Hosein. Last year, while my family was going about their usual routines of life – juggling school, karate, and social activities – a little white spot started showing up on my son’s hip. I noticed it one day while he was getting ready for school. Vitiligo. Thought it was …

If you are looking for a healthy substitute for regular cow’s milk either to lose weight or because you may be lactose intolerant, then almond milk may be the way to go. Here is a simple easy-to-follow recipe to ensure that you get the best almond milk that money can …

Vervain is a pretty flowering plant that beautifies your garden and holds a wondrous history, many uses and benefits. This plant blossoms blue or purple flowers that attract butterflies and assist in pollination. The blue vervain is the most talked about verbena officinalis from the verbena family of herbs. The …

Bread is a staple for breakfast. We make toast and sandwiches with it, and it comes in handy when you are looking for something to eat and don’t want to spend a lot of time making a meal. In recent times, the prices have risen. If your household eats bread …

The fruit and leaves of paw paw are so useful and beneficial that it makes the argument over its true name, taste, shape, colour, size and spelling insignificant. You may know the long orange fruit as papaya and the round yellow one as paw paw, pawpaw or papaw. The shape …

It is worth remembering that you cannot change the world, but you can change how you respond to it. In other words, you have to find ways to relieve stress as life comes at you. Many people do not realise that the root of most of their medical concerns is …

Everyone wants to look young and beautiful forever, but it is not practically possible. There are a tonne of skincare and anti-ageing products flooded in the market that promise to counter ageing. However, most of these products are found to be ineffective and may cause side effects. According to experts, …

If you enjoy a good drink, you are probably on the lookout for the next fine blend to please yourself and your circle. It becomes more of a quest if you have a group of friends who are always out to outsmart each other as far as entertainment is concerned. …

Here is a surprisingly fast and simple way to use those over ripe bananas that you may find lying around the kitchen from time to time. These over ripe bananas are best to use for banana bread. The yellow peels should be at least half brown and the inside of …

Making a diet plan gets a whole lot easier when you add the super fruit pommecythere to your list. You can simply enjoy the fruit when it is green or ripe straight off the tree looking like a large oval plum. When ripe the fleshy pulp is juicy, sweet and …

Aside from the popular corn soup, roasted and boiled corn, there are many other things that you can try. During certain times of the year corn is available almost everywhere. From supermarkets, green grocers to vendors at almost every traffic light, you could see corn for sale. Here is a …

“While working hard in the field or the hot sun might not be our thing in this present age, kratom can still fill the gap of improving mental energy and rewarding users with better cognitive power.” The kratom tree is a herb native to Southeast Asia and one of the …

We all know how important sleep is for us, and how a lack of it can lead to the quality of life going down. But it’s not just that we’ll feel sleep deprived, tired, and irritable if we don’t rest well. Sleeping well and having a set routine is something …