Healthy Living

W e all experience stress in our lives, but too many of us continue living with it without trying to find ways to reduce our stress levels. We push it aside, bottle it up and,...

Valerie Takahashi Courtesy: Ho‘okele Care at Home KEEPING STRONG, FIT AND INDEPENDENT Exercise and physical activity are great ways to have fun, enjoy the outdoors, and spend time with family and friends. Whether joining friends for a walk...

In addition to vitamins and minerals, proteins, lipids and many other nutrients are essential to the brain. The most important among these, according to Dr.  Oshima are choline and glucose. “Choline, found in egg yolks,...

Bread — It’s All About the Crusts Bread crusts are a rich source of antioxidants that combat diseases, according to a study by the German Research Center of Food Chemistry. The study discovered that the...

Can Wine Prevent Dementia? People who drink wine in moderation are less likely to develop dementia, according to research conducted by the Institute of Preventive Medicine in Copenhagen, Denmark. Weekly and monthly wine drinkers of...

Too Many Colas Can Lower Bone Density in Women Drinking too many colas may weaken your bones, according to results from a Tufts University study. More than half of women in their late-thirties and older...

Oranges Prevent Cancer Eating one orange every day can decrease the risk of stroke 19 percent and reduce the risk of stomach, mouth and larynx cancer by 40-50 percent, according to a study conducted by...

Broccoli, a member of the mustard family, was accepted early on in the United States as a vegetable with cancer-preventing benefits. More recently, broccoli sprouts, with even greater cancer-preventing benefits than mature broccoli, have...

A DELICIOUS BROCCOLI AND CAULIFLOWER HEALTH PLAN (Part 3/Final) Broccoli, a member of the mustard family, was accepted early on in the United States as a vegetable with cancer-preventing benefits. More recently, broccoli sprouts, with...

Being Prepared Can Lead to Better Care Kevin Kawamoto Special to The Hawai‘i Herald You’ve probably heard this before: A person is more than a diagnosis or a disease, even though the disease may be the focus of the visit to the doctor. In these days of increasingly specialized medicine, sometimes the idea of the....