For two cycling novices, attractive scenery and the kindness of strangers make up for the nerve-racking traffic, steep hills and bad weather on a multi-day trip around Taiwan by bicycle.

Our attention spans shrink as we become overwhelmed by information, a condition known as popcorn brain. It leads to stress and anxiety. Experts offer tips for how to switch off through a digital detox.

While bathing tourism in Japan has been slow to pick up after Covid-19, Australia’s wellness industry has taken to the concept with a new 900km tourist route of hot springs, mineral springs and sea baths.

Everyone from Meghan Markle and LeBron James to Martha Stewart and Oprah are in a flap over the LA farm and lifestyle brand – but why?

After a heart attack, a Hong Kong resident took charge of his health – changing his diet, exercising more, taking up yoga and meditating. Now he coaches executives in how to safeguard their health.

Inactivity increases risk of serious disease – a problem facing almost 1.8 billion people and rising, according to the WHO. However, research shows it is never too late to take up exercise that prolongs life.

Health-centric technologies are being used to make self-care ‘a cornerstone of modern living spaces’ – think smart mattresses, and interactive art that can ‘transform you based on your movement, heartbeat or mood’.

He coined the term ‘blue zones’ for communities with healthy centenarians. Dan Buettner says there are no magic solutions to long life, but we can all follow the ‘Power 9’ lifestyle principles he learned.

Reading The Joy of Small Things, a compilation of newspaper columns on the small pleasures in daily life, changed Rebecca Ling’s life. The lawyer and founder of womenswear brand Parallel 51 explains how.

Sitting on the couch watching TV has been linked to worse health in old age in a recent Harvard study, which recommends replacing TV time with physical activities, although even sleeping is better.

Originally discovered in 1985, ectoin is now making waves on the skincare scene for its powerful ability to defend skin from damage while delivering the benefits of multiple other ingredients

Weight-resistance training is the ‘fountain of youth’, says a physiologist, who believes age-related decline is mostly behavioural and that we should put more demands on our bodies as we get older.

A key ingredient in the Mediterranean and Mind diets, extra virgin olive oil may help prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s disease by clearing toxic proteins, as well as provide other health benefits.

Hot flushes are a debilitating condition experienced around menopause, but a low-fat, vegan diet including a daily dose of soybeans showed promising results in reducing flushes in a recent study.

British property tycoon John Caudwell describes how he stays fit and vital at the age of 71 by avoiding high-sugar foods whether carbs or fruit, exercising, and helping raise his two youngest children.

Sex-positivity advocate, entrepreneur and educator Vera Liu tells Kate Whitehead how discovering self-pleasure set her on the road to enlightening Hong Kong about the magic of intimacy.

Collagen is essential for a maintaining a smooth complexion, but is the new preventive skincare trend of collagen banking the secret to being wrinkle-free forever? Scientists still aren’t sure

Scientific research has found evidence to support some of the many claims for yoga’s physical and mental benefits, including ways it improves athletic performance, relieves pain and boosts heart health.

What to look for when choosing a treatment: many products just hydrate or nourish the hair, without actually repairing structural bonds

Gastric cancer or stomach cancer presents fairly mild symptoms at first, and often goes undiagnosed for a long time. We look at risk factors for the disease and how to reduce them with lifestyle changes.

Dr Vivek Murthy said that social media is a contributing factor in the mental health crisis among young people.

Action star JuJu Chan Szeto and movie director Antony Szeto talk about the benefits of martial arts, how to pick the best one for you, and why their new baby looks set to follow in their footsteps.

Sri Lankan-born Malissa Sander hit ‘rock bottom’ in her teens as she went through anorexia nervosa. Aqua fitness ‘saved’ her, she says. Now she teaches her own brand of it in Singapore to help others.

The laid-back southern Indian city of Mysore attracts aspiring yogis from around the world, who are drawn by its culture, history and expert community of yoga practitioners.

Effective non-invasive male contraception is limited to condoms, but there are some drugs in the pipeline that may change that, including one that slows sperm down and another that lowers sperm count.

Three friends from Hong Kong, all in their 50s, and the son of one of them challenge themselves with an eight-day climb to the top of the world’s highest free-standing mountain in wind, rain and cold.

He’s 58 but looks 28 – what is Chuando Tan’s secret? Lots of water, lots of protein, exercise, a positive attitude and a little sunshine, says Singaporean photographer and influencer.

Meeting a girl in China recovering from cleft lip and palate surgery spurred a woman to set up VoiceChanger, which provides therapy and rehabilitation in centres and online for children with speech impairments.

Beauty products are full of harmful ingredients like parabens, sulphates and alcohol being passed off under complex names – here’s why avoiding them may be the best thing you can do for your health