Do You Know Your Target Exercise Heart Rate?

I often lecture people on exercise, and I frequently mention how 150 minutes a week of “moderate” exercise can be just as healthy as 90 minutes of heavier exercise. But what’s the difference between light, moderate and heavy? …Continue reading: Do You Know Your Target Exercise Heart Rate?…

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Top Ten Wellness Tips For Beijing Newcomers: Part Two

(Click here for part one, with tips #1-5…)

Tip #6: To Every Thing, There Is A Season. …Continue reading: Top Ten Wellness Tips For Beijing Newcomers: Part Two…

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Health Matters: Summer Newsletter

My clinic, the Beijing International Medical Center, has a quarterly newsletter. Below is the PDF file, which you can read real-time and full-screen (click on the FULL icon on the bottom panel). This summer’s edition has special articles on:

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Which Fruits and Veggies Have The Most Pesticides?

Do you know which produce has the most pesticides? The website www.foodnews.org, sponsored by the Environmental Working Group, has a Shoppers Guide to Pesticides which you can download as a PDF. There is also a nice, free iPhone/iPod Touch application called Dirty Produce, which also lists the Dirty Dozen and Clean 15. I find the iPhone app really useful while shopping for groceries, as it helps me decide whether a certain veggie should always be organic or could I get away with the regular version. …Continue reading: Which Fruits and Veggies Have The Most Pesticides?…

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Top Ten Wellness Tips For Beijing Newbies

More than half of MyHealth Beijing’s readers are from outside China, and I get a lot of emails from people who are planning to move to Beijing. Most people have the same concerns: is the air really that bad? Will my kids be safe? Can I find a good doctor? etc etc …

So, I’ve tried to summarize the top ten issues that I personally feel that new Beijingers should be aware of — and how they can stay healthy. Beijing (and China) long-timers my be interested as well: do any of you have a different top ten? …Continue reading: Top Ten Wellness Tips For Beijing Newbies…

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Pollution in Beijing: Easy Access With New Reference Section

I’ve made so many posts regarding pollution in Beijing that I’ve created a new category to make it easier for everyone to find. Now, at the top of the website is a new link to “POLLUTION”, which lists the top articles about what I feel are the four major categories of pollution in Beijing: …Continue reading: Pollution in Beijing: Easy Access With New Reference Section…

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Which Asian Fruits & Veggies Are Healthiest?

Last year I wrote a piece about the excellent review article from the Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety, discussing the  Nutrient Values of Fruit and Vegetables. I think it’s such a great, practical real-life study that I wanted to review some more data with you. …Continue reading: Which Asian Fruits & Veggies Are Healthiest?…

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Health Inequality: Here Are Some Graphic Examples

A child born in a Glasgow, Scotland suburb can expect a life 28 years shorter than another living only 13 kilometres away. A girl in Lesotho is likely to live 42 years less than another in Japan. In Sweden, the risk of a woman dying during pregnancy and childbirth is 1 in 17 400; in Afghanistan, the odds are 1 in 8. Biology does not explain any of this. Instead, the differences between – and within – countries result from the social environment where people are born, live, grow, work and age. …Continue reading: Health Inequality: Here Are Some Graphic Examples…

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