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January 19, 202110 min
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FoodHome-grown Basiligo expands its healthy food brands
January 17, 20219 min
The battle against COVID-19 has highlighted the need for a healthy lifestyle, and while some have turned to fitness or vitamin D for a much needed immunity boost, clean eating is also gaining in popularity. One brand that has been at the forefront of nutritious food in Abu Dhabi is Basiligo. The main sponsor of the Livehealthy Festival 2021 recently launched two new concepts — BSweet by Basiligo and Lose Weight, which both offer unique...
FestivalFitnessHealthWeek of Wellness discounts at Livehealthy Festival 2021
January 16, 202121 min
The ultimate guide to the LiveHealthy Festival 2021 Week of Wellness. Check out all of the discounts available here.
HealthWhy my migraine is so much more than a headache
January 16, 202112 min
I’m yawning as if I haven’t slept in days. I’m struggling to string a sentence together. I can smell gas. I’m desperate for hard boiled eggs and cheese. And I know what’s coming next. For me, these and a host of other miserable, mind-boggling sensations and symptoms are the first warning signs of a migraine and the endless days of suffering that will accompany it. My first migraine struck when I was seven years old....
HealthEndometriosis: We don’t have to live with pain
January 16, 202116 min
Doctors call endometriosis 'the benign cancer' yet this painful condition which affects around one in 10 women was barely known in the UAE a decade ago. Treatment was often radical but awareness has spread rapidly through the Emirates Endometriosis League and the message is that no woman needs live in severe pain.
FitnessHealthMindfulness‘Most men never take the time to just stop and breathe’
January 15, 202111 min
Carlos Mendez Esquivel understands what it is to be a yoga skeptic. When his brother came back from college at age 18 expounding the virtues of the practice, he laughed off it off as just a way to meet girls. Fast forward two decades and Mendez is very much a convert. After going through a period of significant stress and anxiety in his life, his doctor in Mexico recommended he try yoga. That was 11...
CommunityHealthWaste treatment monitoring vital to pandemic defense
January 14, 20219 min
It will still be many months before we see the back of Covid-19, but as various vaccines start to come onstream there is light at the end of the tunnel. Yet even as the beginning of the end of the pandemic looms, research from around the world is beginning to pose unsettling questions about where and when it all began and, in the process, offering clues to how the world might better defend itself against...
Livehealthy FestivalThe Livehealthy Festival is back and boosting your immunity
January 13, 202115 min
Looking to crush your health and fitness goals this year? Livehealthy is all over it, bringing you advice from members of our own expert panel, as well as regional and global wellbeing experts, along with workshops and seminars and discounts on food and fitness classes. Building on last year’s inaugural event, Livehealthy Week of Wellness launches January 17 and runs until Jan 21, when food outlets, fitness and wellness studios will offer free and discounted...
Livehealthy FestivalLivehealthy Festival 2021 launches in January
January 13, 20214 min
Livehealthy Festival 2021 begins on January 17 with a Week of Wellness, culminating on January 22 with a full day of webinars and online fitness sessions.
FitnessHealth‘2020 was quite positive for me – I got fit’
January 13, 202113 min
Asha Sherwood, marketing expert and founder of Abu Dhabi Review, had an on-off relationship with exercise but during the weeks of restrictions imposed by Covid-19 she found a new motivation to get fit.
CommunitySustainableHow to save big on your energy bill
January 12, 20218 min
The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated that human societies can transform swiftly. While businesses work their way through the economic crisis, every individual can play a huge part in creating a sustainable environment just by making a few lifestyle changes. A spike in electricity bills from May to September is a common issue faced by UAE residents, as there is a constant need for air-conditioning throughout the summer season in the desert. Here are some top...