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Health knowledge retold by Bụt in plain words — from sleep and nutrition to medication and body metrics.
Latest storyHow to Measure Your Blood Pressure at Home CorrectlyThe wrong posture can throw your reading off by 10–15 mmHg — enough to worry you for nothing, or to hide a real problem. A few minutes of preparation gives you a number you can trust.Heart Health · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Read the story →
Nutrition · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Eating Less Salt Without Losing the FlavourVietnamese people eat nearly twice as much salt as the WHO recommends. Cutting back does not mean bland food — as long as you know where the salt is really hiding.
Sleep · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Sleeping Enough Is Not the Same as Sleeping WellLying in bed for 8 hours and still waking up tired is common. The problem is the quality of your sleep, not just the number of hours.
Movement · 4 min read · Sep 5, 202630 Minutes of Movement a Day: Where to StartYou do not need a gym or expensive shoes. Brisk walking is enough to lower blood pressure, steady your blood sugar and help you sleep better.
Metabolic Health · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Keeping Your Blood Sugar Steady Through the DayBlood sugar that swings up and down leaves you tired and ravenous, and over time it damages your blood vessels. Even the order you eat your food in makes a difference.
Mental Wellbeing · 4 min read · Sep 5, 2026Caring for Your Mental Health Every DayLong-term stress does not just wear you out — it has a real effect on your blood pressure, your sleep and your blood sugar.
Heart Health · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Understanding Cholesterol on Your Test ResultsCholesterol is not the villain. What matters is the balance between the different types, and how much of it is settling on your artery walls.
Nutrition · 4 min read · Sep 5, 2026Drinking Enough Water: How Much Is EnoughThe figure of two litres a day is only a rough average. Your body has a far more accurate way of telling you — you just have to pay attention.
Sleep · 4 min read · Sep 5, 2026Napping the Right Way to Stay Alert All AfternoonWaking from a nap feeling more tired than before is very common. The culprits are how long you sleep and the time of day you choose.
Movement · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Back Pain from Sitting Too Much: Start with Your PostureYour back hurts not so much because you sit badly, but because you sit too long in one position. The best posture is always the next one.
Metabolic Health · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Signs Your Thyroid May Be in TroubleTiredness, weight gain, palpitations, hair loss — symptoms easily brushed aside, because everyone assumes they are just stressed.
Mother & Baby · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Looking After Your Health During PregnancyAttending every antenatal appointment is the single most important thing you can do for your baby. Most dangerous complications can be caught early if you do not miss the schedule.
Mother & Baby · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Fever in Young Children: When to Watch, When to Go to HospitalFever is the body's protective response, not an illness. What you need to watch is how alert your child is and how well they can play, not just the number on the thermometer.
Heart Health · 4 min read · Sep 5, 2026What Your Resting Heart Rate Says About YouOne minute and two fingers are all you need for a number that reflects a good deal about your heart. What matters is measuring it at the right moment.
Heart Health · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026How Smoking Damages Your Blood VesselsMany people think tobacco only harms the lungs. In fact it is the blood vessels that take the earliest and quietest beating.
Heart Health · 4 min read · Sep 5, 2026Potassium, the Rarely Mentioned Friend of Blood PressureThe blood pressure story usually revolves around salt alone. But there is another mineral working in the opposite direction, and many people are eating too little of it.
Heart Health · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Early Signs of Heart Disease That Are Easily MissedHeart disease does not always open with a severe chest pain. Often it arrives very quietly, as things you assume are just down to age.
Nutrition · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Fibre and Your GutFibre passes through the gut almost without being absorbed, and yet it is one of the things your gut needs most.
Nutrition · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Reading Nutrition Labels at the SupermarketThe front of the pack is where the advertising goes. The back is where the truth is. Knowing which three places to look at is all it takes to choose far better.
Nutrition · 4 min read · Sep 5, 2026Where Added Sugar HidesYou can go a whole week without sweets and still take in more sugar than you think. Most of it sits in places nobody would call a dessert.
Nutrition · 4 min read · Sep 5, 2026How Much Protein Is EnoughProtein is not just for people at the gym. From middle age onwards, eating enough protein is how you hold on to your muscle strength and your ability to get about later on.
Sleep · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Light Sets Your Body ClockYour body has a clock inside it, and light is the strongest thing that turns the hands. Understanding this helps you feel sleepy at the right time without having to try.
Sleep · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Snoring and Sleep Apnoea: When to Take It SeriouslySnoring is often treated as a family joke. But there is a kind of snoring that comes with pauses in breathing, and that is worth having seen by a doctor.
Sleep · 4 min read · Sep 5, 2026How Coffee Affects Your SleepMany people believe they can drink coffee and still sleep. In fact caffeine may still be at work inside you all night without your noticing.
Sleep · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026How Sleep Changes as You Get OlderMany older people worry because they sleep less and wake often. Part of it is a natural change, but there are signs that should not be put down to age.
Movement · 4 min read · Sep 5, 2026How Many Steps a Day Is EnoughThe familiar figure of 10,000 steps began life as an advertising campaign. What your body needs is far simpler than that.
Movement · 4 min read · Sep 5, 2026Warming Up and Stretching at the Right TimeMany people stretch while their muscles are still cold and then skip the cool-down. Reversing that order makes a session feel much better.
Movement · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Keeping Your Balance and Avoiding Falls as You AgeFalling is not an inevitable part of growing old. Most of the risk comes from things that can be changed, both in the body and around the house.
Movement · 4 min read · Sep 5, 2026Sitting Too Much Has Its Own Harms, Even If You Exercise RegularlyA 30-minute workout in the morning does not undo the 10 hours of sitting that follow. The two affect your body in different ways.
Metabolic Health · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026What Insulin Resistance Is, and Why It Helps to Know EarlyMany people have heard the name without quite picturing what it means. Put simply, it is when the body has to work harder to do the same job it always did.
Metabolic Health · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Cortisol: What the Stress Hormone Does in Your BodyCortisol is often called a bad hormone. In truth you could not live without it — the trouble only starts when it stays high for a long time.
Metabolic Health · 4 min read · Sep 5, 2026Metabolism Slowing With Age, Properly UnderstoodPeople tend to blame their metabolism whenever the weight creeps up after forty. The story is in fact a little more subtle.
Metabolic Health · 4 min read · Sep 5, 2026Why Your Weight Changes Through the DayOne number in the morning, another in the evening, and you feel discouraged. Most of that difference is water, not fat.
Mental Wellbeing · 4 min read · Sep 5, 2026Slow Breathing: A Simple Way to Let the Body SettleBreathing is the rare part of the autonomic nervous system that you can control deliberately. Breathing more slowly for a few minutes can change the whole state of your body.
Mental Wellbeing · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Sleep and Mood Go TogetherSleeping badly drags your mood down, and a low mood makes sleep harder still. Understanding this loop helps you see where to start unpicking it.
Mental Wellbeing · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Loneliness in Older People: Not a Small MatterLoneliness is not just a feeling of sadness. It affects an older person's sleep, their eating, and even how well they stick to their treatment.
Mental Wellbeing · 4 min read · Sep 5, 2026Social Media and the Habit of ComparingYou are comparing your real life with the very best part of someone else's life. That is an unfair comparison.
Mental Wellbeing · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026What to Say to a Loved One Who Is LowYou do not need to know how to heal anyone. Most of what someone who is low needs is to be heard without being judged.
Mother & Baby · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Eating Well While BreastfeedingYou do not need a strict list of foods to avoid. Eating a varied diet, drinking enough water and sleeping whenever you can matter far more.
Mother & Baby · 5 min read · Sep 5, 2026Understanding Your Newborn's SleepNewborns sleep in short stretches and wake several times a night. That is a normal feature of this stage, not something parents are doing wrong.
Mother & Baby · 4 min read · Sep 5, 2026Your Child's Developmental Milestones: Reading Them ProperlyEvery child follows their own pace. Milestones are a shared map for doctors to follow, not a scale for parents to mark their child against.
Mother & Baby · 4 min read · Sep 5, 2026Vaccination: Why It Matters So MuchVaccines let the body practise recognising a disease-causing agent before it actually meets one. Leave your child's specific schedule to a medical facility to advise on.
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