Health Fitness

sweet potato might just eat it for taste but the vegetable contains some amazing nutrients needed for a healthy body. Sweet potato, belongs to the Convolvulaceae family. As the name describes, sweet potatoes are starchy and slightly sweet in taste. These inexpensive super foods are readily available and contain some …

High Protein Diets and Weight Loss, the high protein diet was discussed in a general way. This article will offer some suggestions for foods that are good sources for high protein. If you think a high protein diet is only useful for bodybuilders or marathoners, it might be time to …

Photo: Pond5 Everything’s a trade-off. So, while the shoulder joint enjoys its title as the most mobile joint in the human body, it’s unfortunately also the least stable, and most easily injured, joint in the human body. “The shoulder, which actually comprises four separate joint structures, is a really complex …

Image caption Bill Leak’s controversial cartoon was published in The Australian earlier this year Two high-profile cases involving allegations of racism have reignited a row about free speech in Australia, and mobilised the nation’s ideological forces, writes Kathy Marks. The cartoon depicts a beer-swilling Aboriginal man being handed back his …

Image copyright Thinkstock Image caption Millions of Chinese people donated money to help a five-year-old girl with leukaemia who is now in an intensive care unit A row has erupted on social media in China over a father who raised money for his sick child without disclosing what some people …

Image copyright Kashif Masood Image caption Traffic jams have become a way of life in Bangalore The hottest topic of conversation in Bangalore these days is traffic, writes the BBC’s Geeta Pandey who spent 10 days in the southern Indian city recently. A few days ago, popular British author Jeffrey …

This year, an authoritarian, anti-establishment firebrand, famed for his controversial statements and uncompromising stance on law and order, won a presidential election with the help of a divisive, innovative social media campaign. No, not Donald Trump, but President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines. During his campaign Duterte, nicknamed “The Punisher”, …

An officer from Pakistan has returned to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst to help train its cadets fight militants. Major Ukbah Malik – a graduate of the college – has become the first instructor from Pakistan in Sandhurst’s 300-year history. BBC Asian Network’s Shabnam Mahmood reports.

China is looking to introduce a ban on smoking indoors in public from 2017. An estimated 2.3tn cigarettes are consumed there every year. The government faces a big challenge as tobacco is deeply ingrained in Chinese society. BBC News went to meet a group of friends who are unapologetic smokers.

Image copyright AFP Image caption Chris Kelly said women having families was leading to a ‘high fall-out rate’ The chancellor of a New Zealand university appears to have apologised for saying a woman vet was “equivalent to two-fifths” of a man because she would take time out to have a …