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Exercising and following a healthy lifestyle can be difficult at the best of times — but maintaining that lifestyle can prove to be even harder during the month of Ramadan. Fasting requires a lot of energy and commitment. With dramatic changes in eating habits and sleeping patterns, this sudden shift in routine needs to be handled carefully. To ensure we do not neglect our health, Abu Dhabi 360, Abu Dhabi Sports Council’s recently launched emirate-wide...

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For many Muslims around the world, Ramadan can be a challenging time when it comes to maintaining good health and fitness. However, you do not need to let your health and fitness goals slip completely. At Ultimate Performance, which has a gym in Dubai, we work with hundreds of Muslim clients globally to help them through the month of Ramadan to emerge fit, healthy and ready to keep progressing with their goals. Many of our...

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The metal turnstiles grind open and 24 humped beasts begin their parade from the milking pen into the sprawling Al Ain desert. Moments later, a second herd takes its place, and so it continues until every last camel has been milked and the march starts once again.  The milking process at Al Ain Farms camel dairy is a well-oiled machine. Impatient hoofing aside, the resident beasts know the drill, and so they should, with each...

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Childhood nutrition in the UAE needs to be urgently addressed.    A 2014-2015 UAE study found that 40 per cent of children aged between three to 18 were overweight, and the recent 2023 report Nutrition Situation Analysis in the UAE shows that the nation continues to have significant issues with children being underweight, obese, micronutrient deficient, and suffering from nutrition-related chronic diseases. These problems are mainly due to poor diets that include too many ultra-processed...

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Thanks to the nation’s huge dining scene and plentiful takeaway options, it can be all too easy to let home cooking fall by the wayside. However, being your own chef has multiple benefits. Spending time in the kitchen can be highly enjoyable and therapeutic, and it gives you total control over everything you put in your body. Not to mention it’s also a considerably cheaper lifestyle than constantly buying expensive meal plans, dinners out and...

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Angela Bishara started suffering agonizing joint pain and inflammation in her knee shortly after turning 30. Unable to drive, walk properly or stand up for longer than 10 minutes, she turned to the spice turmeric –and its primary bioactive substance curcumin – to tackle the symptoms of what would later be diagnosed as Hashimoto’s disease and reactive arthritis.  “I can’t describe the pain, the heaviness, the frustration, the fear of not knowing if I would...

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Fed-up of going to the same vegan spots? Unsure where to go for delicious plant-based goodness? Here are 10 very tasty recommendations across Dubai, from the chefs who painstakingly crafted them. Power Food Acai, DRIFT Beach Club Chef Sylvian Noel: “The Power Food Acai is our delicious, homemade acai puree dish, complimented with almond milk and banana, served with blueberries, granola, and chia pudding. It is also considered a superfood as it boasts an amazing combination...

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Truly authentic Greek food isn’t that easy to find in the UAE, but ZOE Modern Greek Kouzina has arrived in the capital to change that. Bringing something fresh, exciting and refreshingly different to Abu Dhabi’s dining scene, every inch of the exterior and interior is chic, minimalist and immensely photogenic. Scattered with bright pink flowers and Santorini-esque blue and white decorations, the terrace is situated just meters from the moored yachts of the trendy area...

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Doctors and health professionals are warning UAE residents to do their research before choosing medicated weight-loss like Wegovy and Ozempic. There is no doubt that the UAE is in the midst of a different kind of pandemic, with 25 percent of men and 30 percent of women classed as obese, according to data compiled by the Global Obesity Observatory. In 2021, the weight-loss market in the UAE reached US$960 million, a number expected to reach $1,430...

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I didn’t always crave sugar or feel shame when I ate it. When I was a toddler, my mother used to leave me a little pile of raisins or marshmallows on the kitchen table so I could grab a snack when I wanted. By all accounts I hate them sparingly and happily. When I was a little older, she’d hand me a little bag of soft banana candies from the corner store when we went...