Category Archives: Lifestyles

8Books Review: Lunar New Year Love Story

Posted on March 8, 2024 by Lily

From Asian American literary superstars author Gene Luen Yang and illustrator LeUyen Pham comes a delightful new graphic novel, Lunar New Year Love Story. Lunar New Year and Valentine’s Day celebrations may be over but you can relive the joy … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: Valley Verified by Kyla Zhao

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Lily

Celebrate Valentine’s Day by curling up with Kyla Zhao‘s latest novel, Valley Verified. Will fashion writer Zoe Zeng be able to hack it (pun intended) in the startup world of Silicon Valley? After years of “paying her dues” only to … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen

Posted on February 6, 2024 by Lily

Mike Chen’s latest novel A Quantum Love Story is a delightful romp through a time loop. Carter Cho is stuck. He wakes up on Monday morning. On Thursday, the particle accelerator explodes. And when he opens his eyes again, it’s … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: Ra Pu Zel and the Stinky Tofu

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Lily

Ra Pu Zel and the Stinky Tofu, written by Ying Chang Compestine and illustrated by Crystal Kung, is a fun and imaginative retelling of the classic tale of Rapunzel. No hair is chopped off, there’s no evil witch, and its … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: When Lola Visits

Posted on December 19, 2023 by Jeff

I ordinarily do not review children’s books, but I couldn’t help myself after The Wife gave me the book When Lola Visits to wrap as a Christmas present for one of her nephews. “Lola” means grandmother in Tagalog. This book … Continue reading →

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Asian American Medical Hazard: Lung Cancers for Female Asian Non-Smokers (FANS)

Posted on November 3, 2023 by Jeff

When a family fried recently was diagnosed with lung cancer, we were all puzzled because she and her husband did not smoke. She wasn’t the first Asian American we knew that happened to, and according to this article, it’s a … Continue reading →

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Tuning Asian American Diets for Heart Disease and Diabetes Prevention

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Jeff

The American Heart Association reported on a recent paper describing how Asian American diets can be tuned to prevent heart disease and diabetes.  An important point that the paper makes make is that understanding the diets of each Asian ethnic … Continue reading →

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Larry Itliong’s Son and Grandson talk about him on StoryCorps

Posted on July 17, 2023 by Jeff

While we often write about notable people, we rarely talk about their families, much less talk about them from the viewpoint of their families.  That is one reason that I found a particular StoryCorps story so interesting. We hear about … Continue reading →

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Kimchi: Good or Bad for You?

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Jeff

In the last few months, I have seen a number of  articles about kimchi and in particular, its health benefits.  As understanding of the human microbiome has grown, articles like this one talk about the probiotic and other benefits of … Continue reading →

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American Born Chinese: Jin & Amelia

Posted on June 29, 2023 by John

This blog post contains spoilers.

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Asian American Medical Hazard: Hidden Fat and Hidden Diabetes

Posted on June 12, 2023 by Jeff

“Hidden fat” at first glance doesn’t look like a bad thing. Who wants to have everyone see where your fat is? But for Asian Americans Pacific Islanders and the Filipino, South Asian, and Pacific Islander subgroups in particular, fat tends … Continue reading →

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Smartwatch Heart Rate Monitoring for Darker Skin

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Jeff

As a smartwatch user who uses one to track health and fitness statistics, I have wondered how accurate it is, especially since my skin tone is on the darker side (see picture).  We have written about how pulse oximeters have … Continue reading →

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