Usually when people see the word "detox" they automatically think juice cleanse. However, a proper liver cleanse is very different from a juice cleanse; it is a food and herb cleanse, using carefully prescribed clean foods, herbs and nutrients. There is no need to starve...
Originally from the East Coast, Emily Lieginger grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. She worked as a public accountant before her husband and she moved to Tokyo in 2009 and then on to Hong Kong in 2011. “Since moving abroad I have been working at home...
Without moving a muscle, right now do a quick body scan and take stock of your posture. If you’re sitting at your laptop or iPad, or on the move reading on your smartphone, the chances are your back is rounded, your shoulders hunched and your...
Prior to Michelle Ricaille’s upcoming workshop Understanding Food Intolerances: Symptoms and Remedies, here is some basic information on how to tell allergies, intolerances and sensitivities apart. While most food allergies cause relatively mild and minor symptoms, such as rashes or gastrointestinal discomfort, some allergies are...
A delicious recipe fresh from Michelle’s kitchen, this fragrant curry is wheat free, dairy free, egg free and meat free. “Wheat, dairy and eggs are the most common food intolerances,” she says. Cook this up and you’ll have a tasty, rich dish ideal for supper...
A personal trainer, Elle Kealy has been in Hong Kong for eight years and started working at Flex at the beginning of the year. She leads HIIT Cardio Body Blast and Xtend Barre, putting her mixed dance and fitness background to good use. “I love...
Taking the family to the beach is always fun, so why not up the excitement and join over 1,000 other swimmers at the Blueseventy Ocean Swim Series? This super-successful event has been running since 2004. “The Ocean Swim Series was created with the objective to...
The health of today's children is compromised by a culture of convenience and increasingly sedentary activity. Eating fast food, watching TV and playing video games has become habitual while a nutritious diet and physical activity is on the downslide. A recent report from the Institute of...
A great way to start the day right, or as a healthy, energy-laden snack when fatigue sets in, SpiceBox Organic’s Raw Sprouted Granola is a wonderful combination of crunchy and sticky with just the right amount of sweetness. The recipe calls for a dehydrator, however...
Do your kids like music? Dance? Yoga, martial arts, action and fun? In that case they’ll love the new Les Mills BORN TO MOVE™ group classes launching at Flex this month. Les Mills is no ordinary fitness company. They created some of the most popular...
