We all know the saying, “Laughter is the best medicine,” but did you know that smiling really does have many health benefits?

Men: Avoid coffee and eat oysters if you want to keep your testosterone up and your estrogen down.

Save that pursed-lip expression for kissing!

Get your juices flowing each morning by squeezing a wedge of lemon juice in an 8-ounce glass of water.

Drink a glass of water every couple of hours for beautiful skin.

Eat egg yolks, corn, pumpkin and squash to help prevent your eyes from deteriorating.

If you are having trouble falling into your beauty sleep, eat foods that contain tryptophan.

It has many names-Syndrome X, insulin resistance syndrome, the deadly quartet-but it’s traditionally been called the metabolic syndrome. Regardless of its name, the syndrome refers to a group of four risk factors (obesity, hypertension, elevated glucose and high triglycerides) that occur together and increase the risk for coronary artery disease, stroke and type-2 diabetes. “A [...]

May 29th, 2010 Contributed by: Ivette Figueroa HONG KONG — Hong Kong is the largest market center for jade in the world. So naturally, when we were debating where to go on our visit to Kowloon, the girls decided to make the Jade Market a priority stop. We arrived at an unimposing teal warehouse and strolled [...]

Jun 4th, 2010 Contributed by: Ivette Figueroa BEIJING, PRC —In the back of my mind, I knew I was standing on a piece of ancient history. But somehow, I couldn’t determine the significance of it all. I simply soaked it in. The mountains dressed in forest greens, the smell of stone, the constant clamor of [...]