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What Should People with Diabetes Eat and Avoid? Nutritional Principles

Miscellany - Health & beauty - For people with diabetes (type 2 diabetes), diet plays a role just as important as medication in controlling blood sugar. A well-balanced meal plan helps maintain stable blood sugar levels, prevents ..

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Good Foods and Sample Menu Ideas for People with Gout

Miscellany - Health & beauty - Diet plays an important role in managing gout. In addition to limiting purine-rich foods and alcohol, patients can completely build a delicious, nutritious menu while still supporting safe uric acid ..

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Is Cardio or Weight Training Better for Fat Loss?

Miscellany - Health & beauty - When starting a fat loss journey, almost everyone encounters a familiar question: should you run or cycle to sweat it out, or hit the gym to lift weights to "tone " your body? Both cardio and weight ..

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How Hotel Star Ratings Are Calculated

Miscellany - Life around us - Basically, to be rated, a hotel needs to meet standards for service, amenities, cleanliness, location, and price. The hotel star rating system is widely recognized as a way to determine the overall ..

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WHY LIVING AN ORDINARY LIFE IS A WONDERFUL THING?

Miscellany - Life around us - MIRACULOUS EVERYDAY LIFE: WHY LIVING AN ORDINARY LIFE IS A WONDERFUL THING? We live in an era that excessively admires extraordinary lives—lives that most of us will never attain. Our heroes have bu ..

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Comparing Arabica and Robusta Coffee: Which One Tastes Better?

Miscellany - Life around us - The preference between Arabica and Robusta coffee usually depends on personal taste and the intended use of the coffee. Both types of coffee have distinct characteristics and flavor profiles, and it ..

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A Series of Collages Contrasting Two Realities

Miscellany - Life around us - Artist ugurgallen makes a strong impression with a series of collages contrasting two realities. Each frame juxtaposes joy and tragedy, art and war, forcing viewers to reflect on the modern world. i ..

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The Calligraphers on Hang Bo Street, near Tet in 1907, there seem to be few customers hiring them to write couplets.

Miscellany - Life around us - The Calligraphers on Hang Bo Street, near Tet in 1907, there seem to be few customers hiring them to write couplets. But each year they grew fewer Where are the patrons now? The red paper grieves, u ..

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Why Are You Eating Less But Still Not Losing Weight?

Miscellany - Health & beauty - “I eat so little, yet my weight stays stuck” is a common frustration for many people when starting their weight loss journey. The feeling of trying to hold back, skipping meals, and eating light foo ..

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Why Are You Constantly Tired Even When Getting Enough Sleep?

Miscellany - Health & beauty - You go to bed on time, sleep a full seven or eight hours, yet you still wake up sluggish, groggy, and wishing for a few more minutes in bed. Persistent fatigue despite "getting enough sleep " is a v ..

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How to Control Appetite and Food Cravings

Miscellany - Health & beauty - Food cravings are a normal part of life, but when they occur too frequently or overpower your body's true needs, it is easy to eat more than necessary without actually being hungry. The good news is ..

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Should You Wash Your Face Multiple Times a Day?

Miscellany - Health & beauty - Washing your face is the most familiar skincare step, but many people think that “the more you wash, the cleaner your skin gets”. In reality, that is not quite true. Your skin has a delicate self-pr ..

30/07/2026
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Why Are You Always Tired Even When Getting Enough Sleep?

Miscellany - Health & beauty - You go to bed on time, sleep a solid seven to eight hours, yet wake up in the morning still feeling sluggish, brain-fogged, and wishing for a few more minutes in bed. Persistent fatigue despite gett ..

30/07/2026
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Understanding the Hippie Lifestyle

Miscellany - Life around us - The hippie movement, sometimes spelled hippy or known by a less common name as flower children, is a movement advocating a lifestyle shift from traditional to unconventional across many aspects. Thi ..

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[Hanoi] Introduction to the Over 1,000-Year-Old Pagoda with Unique Wooden Architecture

Miscellany - Life around us - Van Nien is a pagoda located on the western shore of West Lake, Hanoi. The pagoda was formerly named Van Tue, belonging to the territory of Quan La Hamlet, now located in Ve Ho Village, Xuan La Ward ..

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The Cultural Beauty of Traditional Craft Villages in Nam Dinh

Miscellany - Life around us - Along with the development of agricultural civilization thousands of years ago, Nam Dinh province is home to many traditional craft villages associated with the history of formation and development ..

29/07/2026
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A photo series of Hanoi's 36 Old Streets - 30 years after the war 1985 - 2015

Miscellany - Life around us - Photographer William E. Crawford is known as one of the first Western photographers to visit North Vietnam after the war ended (1975), using photography primarily to document the changes and human d ..

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What is Robusta coffee? Let's learn about Robusta coffee

Miscellany - Life around us - Robusta coffee is an important and popular type of coffee around the world, especially in tropical regions. Below is some information about Robusta coffee: Origin: Robusta coffee originated in Afric ..

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20 THINGS "MADE FOR" HANOI WINTER

Miscellany - Life around us - 30 THINGS "MADE FOR " HANOI WINTER 😻 MUST DO THEM ALL UNTIL THE VERY LAST ONE Sip a rich egg coffee at Giang Cafe Eat grilled corn and sweet potatoes on the sidewalk. Nutty grilled sweet potatoes + ..

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[Nam Dinh] Dich Diep Trang - An ancient purely Vietnamese village over 1,000 years old

Miscellany - Life around us - Dich Diep Trang (Dich Diep village) in Truc Chinh commune, Truc Ninh district, Nam Dinh province, is an ancient village with a very long history. Dich Diep village was formed around the early 11th c ..

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