Join co-hosts Jasmine Low and Nikki Yeo in this brand new Second Season of the "Help! I'm prediabetic! Kurang Manis (Sugar,Less) Podcast. The duo meet Theresa Loo, Pharmacist, Health Coach & Podcaster at PharmacistEdit. Born in Malaysia, she graduated as a pharmacist in New Zealand and gained experience in the UK before moving to Australia. Theresa Loo is the eldest of 3 girls, and has enjoyed a diverse career in pharmacy in the community, hospital and education fields. Her passion lies in p...
Sep 21, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Hello 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 t...
Jan 11, 2022•30 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Dentist Dr. YokeLi Ling details Sleep Disordered Breathing and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in this BONUS track. Listen to the full podcast by Dr. Ling on Sleep and Airway Centric Dentistry in Episode 8. ------------------ Links --------------------- Article: https://www.asiafitnesstoday.com/?p=9950 Click to visit The Kurang Manis Podcast website: https://www.asiafitnesstoday.com/kurang-manis/ Now available across all platforms wherever you get your podcasts....
May 04, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Meet 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 ...
May 03, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Eye 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 Type 2 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 Insti...
Mar 30, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 7
This is a PSA from Author and World Vision Ambassador Marilee Pierce Dunker about the World Vision Virtual #RunforChildren. Marilee is daughter to American missionary Dr Robert Pierce who founded World Vision in 1950 when he returned to America after travelling to China and Korea, where he encountered people living without food, clothing, shelter or medicine. She speaks to AsiaFitnessToday.com in Kuala Lumpur in May 2019 at the launch. Full interview and video footage here: https://www.asiafitne...
Mar 23, 2021•3 min•Season 1Ep. 6
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 Film...
Mar 10, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Curious 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, ur...
Mar 04, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Introducing 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 Hal...
Mar 01, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 4
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 ...
Feb 22, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 3
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 Podcasts Edited/Produced by Jasmine Low & Nikki Yeo Recorded at...
Feb 22, 2021•2 min•Season 1Ep. 3
MOVEMENT • 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 R3...
Feb 18, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 2
MOVEMENT | 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 ...
Feb 09, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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!
Feb 08, 2021•56 sec
