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With supplements, it's buyer beware
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 07/05/2018
» Making the headlines recently, the Lyn weight-loss supplement linked to fatalities was found to contain sibutramine, a drug that decreases appetite and caloric intake but was banned due to increased risk of cardiovascular issues.
The dream of a good night's rest
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 20/03/2018
» As more than 100 million people worldwide suffer from sleep apnoea, many of them undiagnosed, it has become a health concern, with the annual World Sleep Day raising awareness and calling for action on sleep-related issues.
Beauty boost
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 20/05/2014
» Under a lady’s leadership, the legendary Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok has a new vision for its spa therapy, now extending to cutting-edge treatments delivered at the historic Garden Wing in addition to holistic remedies at The Oriental Spa on the other side of the Chao Phraya River.
From West to East
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 23/07/2013
» If he hadn't developed a chronic cough, Duncan Napier mightn't have become so passionate about blending herbs to make therapeutic potions that are now being bottled and marketed under the Korean brand Belif. Napiers, the herbalist shop he established in Edinburgh in 1860, is still in business today, but this self-taught 19th-century botanist could never have imagined that his face would one day grace the label on products manufactured by a 21st-century cosmetics firm on the other side of the world.
Relaxing hydrotherapy
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 04/09/2012
» Opening at the end of August, Yunomori Onsen and Spa is the first of its kind to offer a sento (Japanese public bath) in Thailand. It seemed busy enough when I visited _ patrons dressed in yukata walking around the lobby, which indicated a healthy demand for soothing hydrotherapy in Bangkok.