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Help, I’m pre-diabetic! The Kurang Manis Sugar, Less Podcast[Korean Version] 덜 단 The Kurang Manis (Sugar,Less) Podcast by AsiaFitnessToday.comHello 2022! We welcome the new year with a special Korean podcast version of highlights from Season 1 of The Kurang Manis (Sugar, Less) Podcast, voiced by four students of one of South Korea's oldest private universities, Chosun University in Gwangju. The students were mentored by podcast co-hosts Nikki Yeo and Jasmine Low over a month, where they spent hours researching the topics, discussed as a group, translated articles from English to Korean (www.asiafitnesstoday.com/sugarless) and lent their voices to this recording. We hope this outreach will play a significant role in halving NCDs in the APAC region...
2022-01-1129 min
Help, I’m pre-diabetic! The Kurang Manis Sugar, Less PodcastS1E8 Dr. YokeLi Ling on Sleep and Airway Centric DentistryMeet Kuala Lumpur based Dr. YokeLi Ling, a passionate Sleep and Airway Centric Dentist who advocates prevention and rehabilitation of poor facial and jaw growth and development that results in dental misalignment, sleep disordered breathing, and compromised systemic health that could even lead to chronic diseases like hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes. She advocates for oral myofunctional therapy, incorporating it into the treatment of orofacial myofunctional disorders, and dental sleep medicine for both children and adults. An inspiring episode that urges immediate action if you, your spouse or your child are mouth breathers."I would like to introduce...
2021-05-0436 min
Help, I’m pre-diabetic! The Kurang Manis Sugar, Less PodcastS1E7 Dr. James Muecke AM, Australian of the Year 2020 wants to put diabetes in remissionEye surgeon and Australian of the Year 2020 Dr. James Muecke AM speaks to us about his proposed change to Australia’s dietary guidelines, why he's championing for a sugar tax and his work in raising awareness about diabetes - a lifestyle disease that could lead to the loss of sight. Dr. Muecke is from Adelaide. He began his career in Kenya, then returned to South Australia to become an eye surgeon and blindness prevention pioneer, starting both Vision Myanmar at the South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology in 2000, and Sight For All, an organisation which uses Australian and New Zealand ey...
2021-03-301h 04
Help, I’m pre-diabetic! The Kurang Manis Sugar, Less PodcastS1E5 The Kurang Manis Movie - The Pitch, how it all began!This podcast is an extension of a movie, that is still in production. Read more about why we’re doing this here: https://move8warrior.medium.com/the-kurang-manis-podcast-5c4e0e3ac4f9. This recording was recorded on pitch day at the Motion Picture Association Asia Pacific Script to Screen Workshop Pitch Competition co-organised with Wildsnapper Films and FINAS held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in Feb 2019. Voices in this pitch include judges of the competition: • Zabrina Fernandez, Wildsnapper Films (facilitator) • U-Wei Haji Saari, film director • Stephen Jenner, VP Communications APAC Motion Pi...
2021-03-1016 min
Help, I’m pre-diabetic! The Kurang Manis Sugar, Less PodcastS1E4 Trailer - Papi Zak & Dr. Pran Yoganathan on Gout, Expensive Tissue Hypothesis & Metabolic HealthCurious questions from Malaysia's "biggest" standup comedian and debut wrestler, Papi Zak (www.thepapizak.com), to Australia's gastroenterologist and Instagram educator Dr. Pran Yoganathan (IG @dr_pran_yoganathan) who spoke with us on Episode 3. Dr. Pran elaborates on the expensive tissue hypothesis (ETH) which relates brain and gut size in evolution (specifically in human evolution). Join co-hosts Jasmine Low & Nikki Yeo as we learn bite-sized and informative science-backed data on gout, uric acid on a high protein diet, our gut and metabolic health. Continue listening to the full episode, Ep. 4 with Papi Zak next.Like this? Subscribe to The Kurang M...
2021-03-0408 min
Help, I’m pre-diabetic! The Kurang Manis Sugar, Less PodcastS1E4 Papi Zak Standup Comedian, Emcee & Debut Wrestler opens up on his fitness journeyIntroducing Papi Zak, well known in the comedy circuit in Malaysia and the “biggest” Malaysia has to offer, states his website. For over 12 years, he's written and performed material for his shows, and has fast established his quirky brand of humour and witty observations on the absurdities of every-day life. Zak was a former LiteFM and REDFM radio broadcaster and his comfortable presence in front of a camera has landed him screen work as the host of two television lifestyle programs – ‘The Halal Foodie’ and ‘Happy Endings’. Zak is currently the brand ambassador for Mr. Potato. Papi Zak speaks to co-hosts Ja...
2021-03-0132 min
Help, I’m pre-diabetic! The Kurang Manis Sugar, Less PodcastS1E3 Dr. Pran Yoganathan - Gastroenterologist Challenges Western Diet Norms with Steak and Eggs 🥩🍳 (podcast only)In this 3rd episode of The Kurang Manis Podcast, we meet Dr. Pran Yoganathan, a gastroenterologist and hepatologist based in Sydney. A passionate educator, a Mathematician-turned doctor who has lived in Sri Lanka, Africa, New Zealand and Australia, Dr. Pran wants to put the power in his patients' hands and provide them with data so that they can embark on their own journeys of self-healing using the philosophy of “let food be thy medicine”. Harnessing creative technology and 14,400 followers on Instagram @dr_pran_yoganathan, he stresses that his educational memes are not medical advice or recommendations, simply his opinions -- a...
2021-02-2337 min
Help, I’m pre-diabetic! The Kurang Manis Sugar, Less PodcastS1E3 Trailer Dr. Pran Yoganathan on Proteins and Cholesterol (highlights)Gastroenterologist and hepatologist based in Sydney, Dr. Pran Yoganathan is an extremely passionate educator, a Mathematician-turned doctor who aims to empower his patients with data that can help them on a journey of self-healing using the philosophy of “let food be thy medicine”. Read the article & listen to the full podcast out now: https://www.asiafitnesstoday.com/?p=9233 ⚫️🔴⚪️ Executive Produced by AsiaFitnessToday.com PodcastsEdited/Produced by Jasmine Low & Nikki YeoRecorded at Sydney Podcast StudiosAll Rights Reserved, Go International Group Dotcom Sdn. Bhd. TC: https://bit.ly/3b9FHuM EMAIL: info@asiafitness...
2021-02-2201 min
Help, I’m pre-diabetic! The Kurang Manis Sugar, Less PodcastS1E2 Dr. Desmond Menon: Genes & Our Predisposition to Diseases of our ParentsMOVEMENT • NUTRITION • SCIENCE Dr. Desmond Menon shares some of his findings from medical and lab studies on genes and how nutritional and fitness interventions were effective in making changes to a body's "plasticity" and performance. He was also the subject of his own experiment; from a long-distance runner of 69kg, to a body builder with 15% fat at 110kg. A Medical Laboratory Scientist with experience in academia and clinical pathology laboratories, Dr. Desmond Menon is Director/Founder of R3Gen, a medical research lab-based start-up. He is also Chief Scientific Officer of MyGenica, a health and wellness genetic testing company based in S...
2021-02-1836 min
Help, I’m pre-diabetic! The Kurang Manis Sugar, Less PodcastS1E1 Nicol David, World No. 1 Squash Champ voted The World Games Greatest Athlete of All TimeMOVEMENT | SPORT • Nicol David is a Malaysian from a small island called Penang. She held the position of World No. 1 Squash Champion for 108 consecutive months. On 2nd February 2021, with 318,943 votes, she was announced as The World Games Greatest Athlete of All Time. The retired professional squash player, Datuk Nicol Ann David DB PJN DSPN KMN AMN (born on August 26, 1983) was officially ranked the number one female player in the world in January 1996 — a status that was never before held by an Asian woman. Nicol speaks to us from her second base in Colombia and opens up about mental health and how sp...
2021-02-0945 min
Help, I’m pre-diabetic! The Kurang Manis Sugar, Less PodcastHelp! I’m pre-diabetic! What do I do?Hi! I’m Jasmine Low, I’ve been warned by my physician that I’m pre-diabetic and if I don’t make changes to my lifestyle, I will be going down the path of having insulin resistance and will need to be on medication to manage it. I’m convinced I’ll be able to find a solution and not go down the same path of my mother’s- the person I’m currently carer for. It’s no joke! So my BFF and coach Nikki Yeo suggested we try unravel the root problem. Join us!--- Send in a voice message: htt...
2021-02-0800 min