Misao Okawa was the world’s oldest living person until her death at age 117 in 2015. “Eating delicious things is a key to my longevity,” she said. Misao Okawa celebrating her 115 birthday. Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images Misao Okawa was born in 1898 in Japan. Japan has the most centenarians in the world. According to the […]
Beginning 1-2 min 3–4 min – Greeting (date, weather, season, month, day of the week, feeling) – Warming up (teacher elicits previously learned tongue twisters) – Checking absence – Homework checking – Phonetic drill. Let’s remember some English proverbs: Health is above wealth. Habit is a second nature. Students pronounce the proverbs in chorus, then […]
07/04/2021 If there was ever a time that made us pay attention to our health, it has been this one of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year has also made that clear that not everything in the world of health is under our control. However, many of us are lucky enough to have a say in […]
Too much or too little sleep may trigger inflammation that damages the heart. (Posed by a model, Getty Images) Aim for six to seven hours of sleep a night to maximise health health, a study has suggested. The optimal amount of shut-eye has long been debated, with some people able to get by on less […]
How to live your best life in retirement No more 9 to 5 means a whole new approach to life. Here’s how to embrace retirement with healthy habits that can make your golden years quality years. By Mayo Clinic Staff When you first launched into your working life, you may have dreamed of the day […]
Diabetes management: How lifestyle, daily routine affect blood sugar Diabetes management requires awareness. Know what makes your blood sugar level rise and fall — and how to control these day-to-day factors. By Mayo Clinic Staff Keeping your blood sugar levels within the range recommended by your doctor can be challenging. That’s because many things make […]
Quit your bad habits and replace them with these ones. Photo by Aziz Acharki on Unsplash You already know that regular exercise and mental fitness are essential for helping you live healthily. But you might not realize how important is the type of activity you do creates an impact on how you feel and live. […]
Understanding By Design (UbD)Template: An Educator’s Bridge From Effective Learning to Student Understanding LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this tutorial, students will be able to: Explain the six facets of understanding Summarize why transfer of understanding is essential to learning Identify the meaning behind the acronym GRASPS Explain the type of learning that can be measured […]
A first step in this review was to gather the available quantitative research findings on the relationship between happiness and healthy eating. The second step was to present these findings in an uncomplicated form. Gathering of Research Findings In order to identify relevant papers for this synthesis, I inspected which publications on the subject of […]
We hear about diabetes all the time, so it’s easy to forget that there are different types of the condition. The two most common forms are type 1 and type 2. Both involve problems with insulin, but the causes of type 1 and type 2 diabetes are different. The difference between type 1 and type […]