By AOKLINIK Clinical Dietitian & Longevity team Vegetarian diets are often praised for being clean, wholesome, and kind to the planet. In Malaysia, more people are embracing plant-based lifestyles for spiritual, health, or sustainability reasons. Our local food scene makes it easy from chap fan with tofu and vegetables, to nasi lemak with tempeh, to hawker stalls offering vegetarian char koey teow. Yet, beneath this colourful and flavourful variety lies a nutrient gap few talk about: iron...

Let's take a moment to recall ourselves. Have you ever feel uncomfortable stomach? Fatigue? Warmth? Or more than just that? Here’s the breakthrough : the silent culprit  behind many age-related illnesses—from heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and cognitive decline—is chronic inflammation which starts from that symptoms. In 2023, 1 in 5 Malaysian adults were obese, according to National Health and Morbidity Survey  (NHMS) 'Inflammaging' term is scientifically recognized process combines...