https://www.scmp.com/rss/500895/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com I didn’t like being called “freckle face” when I was a kid. So when my mum took me to the paediatrician for a routine check-up, I asked him if he could make my freckles go away. He kindly told me he could, “but you will never be able to go out in the sun again or your freckles will come back”. So I got used to being “freckle face”. Freckles may be the least of our skin worries as we grow older. Like it or not, gravity tugs our skin downward each decade after the age of 35 or so. And there is... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3093924/ageing-well-dont-smoke-use-sunscreen-eat-nuts-keep?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3093924/ageing-well-dont-smoke-use-sunscreen-eat-nuts-keep?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:15:13 +0000 “Fruit has carbs? I had no idea,” a stunned patient told me recently. She’s not the only one who doesn’t have a complete understanding of carbohydrates – the focus of our current craze for low-carb foods. I find that many people who say they “don’t eat carbs” may not really understand what a carb is – and isn’t. Simply put, carbohydrates are sugars and starches that occur naturally in plants. Carbs are also a natural ingredient in mother’s milk as lactose, or milk sugar – the first sweet that... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3011083/carbs-what-foods-theyre-why-low-carb-diets-lack-nutrients?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3011083/carbs-what-foods-theyre-why-low-carb-diets-lack-nutrients?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 May 2019 11:15:07 +0000