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Skin often clears up after training for a while. (Getty Images)

One pleasant surprise that I get working with my clients is that they almost always have improvements in the quality of their skin once their lifestyles improve.

As I always preach, "what appears on the outside, is a reflection of what is going on on the inside". Therefore, skin condition is a good indicator of overall health.

I too used to have terrible acne, and it was not until I changed my habits to the ones listed below, that the problem resolved itself for good.

A healthy body burns fat easily; gains lean, firm muscle easily; and in almost every case, results in good quality skin.

Unfortunately, when most people have acne, they head straight for the creams and lotions that can be placed on the "problem area". There are two concerns I have with these solutions.

1. They tend to exfoliate and dehydrate. This makes the skin "defend" itself from this abuse by excessively increasing oil production and thus the risk of acne.

What you should be doing instead is trying to control oil

Lower your risk of colorectal cancer significantly with 7 easy lifestyle changes. (ThinkStock Photo)

We don’t know what causes colorectal cancer, a deadly disease that will affect about one in every 20 men and one in every 30 women in Singapore. However, many risk factors have been established. For instance, if any member of your family has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer before the age of 45 years, you are considered at high risk.

Other non-modifiable risk factors include:

• A history of familial adenomatous polyposis
• Ulcerative colitis, a disease which tends to run in families
• Two or three immediate relatives diagnosed with colorectal cancer at any age

However, that does not mean that most colorectal cancers are hereditary in nature. “Less than 10 per cent of colorectal cancers are due to inherited gene defects,” says Dr Choo Su Pin, Senior Consultant at the Medical Oncology Department, National Cancer Centre Singapore.

Related article: What are the symptoms of colorectal cancer?

In other words, you can actually do something to reduce your colorectal cancer risk.

The 7 most

Through my work, I get to interact with lots of youths and young adults. It’s fun but challenging work!

As you might expect, youths face stress in many different areas: academics, co-curricular activities, career planning, dating, etc.

But their most common source of frustration is their relationship with their parents.

Parents have excellent intentions, but they don’t always express their love in the best possible way.

Youths often perceive their parents as being naggy, impatient, irritating or overbearing. If you’re a parent, I’m sure you don’t want your children to think about you that way!

On the contrary, I’m certain that you want to be a caring, encouraging, loving and competent parent.

I’ve come up with a list of eight simple phrases you can use, which will help you to become that kind of parent:

1. “I believe in you”

As children grow up, they look to others for approval and validation. When you show your children that you genuinely believe in them, they’re more likely to

Mercedes-Benz A-Class (12)On Wednesday evening, the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class was launched in not one, but two venues simultaneously. The premium German compact, marketed as the "rebel" of the family, made its appearance at both Overeasy and KPO on the same night to two different audiences.

“Every family has a rebel. The all-new A-Class is radical, markedly emotive in design, with powerful engines, and a host of standard safety features; it is a perfect choice between temptation and reason, without compromising our brand belief – the best or nothing,” said Wolfgang Huppenbauer, president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Singapore.

At the launch party at Overeasy, over 350 exclusive guests including Mediacorp artistes Elvin Ng, who is also the brand ambassador for Mercedes-Benz, Desmond Tan, Rosalyn Lee and Rebecca Lim, Mercedes-Benz loyalists, and friends of the media witnessed the unveiling of the all-new A200 and A250. Star of a similar party along Orchard Road at KPO, the A-Class was presented to over 200 fans of

The Best Toy EverWhen I was a child, we couldn't afford many toys. My mother told me to suck it up and play with whatever toys she could get me from her friends. Not only did we have hand-me-down clothes, we also had hand-me-down toys.

We didn't really mind, my two younger brothers and I. But we did sometimes wish we could have a Six Million Dollar Man action figure with Bionic Eye and Working Bionic Grip (or even his balding boss, Oscar Goldman) or a few more Star Wars figures (I had about five).

When I grew up and made my own money, I went to town with the toy buying. It was like I was making up for my lost youth. Then when my own kids came along, I had to slow down because I was competing with my kids for toy space in the house.

Even moving my entire Star Wars collection to the office didn't help. I had to stop the toy buying completely.

At first, I would tell my son Isaac that he couldn't play with my figures in the display case. Then later, I realized how silly it was. Toys were meant to be played

COEs for buying a car like the BMW M3 couple is now cheaper than a COE for a standard Toyota model. (Adrian Wong)

For the first time in 23 years, the COE car for a luxury car like a BMW 5 series or Porsche is now cheaper than one for a Toyota.

COE prices in the first tender since tighter loan policies were announced last month saw prices for cars above 1,600c plunge over S$34,000 in the latest COE bidding results released on Wednesday.

The new price? S$58,090, a steep drop from the previous price of S$92,667.

Prices for the Open COE also fell sharply to $65,001, down over S$26,000 from $91,910.

In contrast, COE for cars up to 1,600cc finished at $74,689, just down slightly from the $78,301 before the stricter loan policies and tiered taxation system were announced.

This means that a buyer interested in a standard Toyota model like an Altis is expected to pay a COE of about S$74,000 while another who is keen to buy the latest BMW 5 Series only pays just over $58,000 -- nearly S$16,000 cheaper.

Car trader Elton Lim told Yahoo! Singapore "it's all to do with the newly introduced Additional

This rather quirky and sincere love note that was spotted at a bus stop pole along Upper Thomson Road has gone viral (Facebook photo/Kieron Gabriel Ng)

Call it creepy or awfully sweet.

A rather quirky and sincere love note that was spotted at a bus stop pole along Upper Thomson Road has gone viral.

Titled “Looking for Girl”, the lengthy note-cum-poster is unsigned but reads like a heartfelt outpouring of expression by a lovestruck boy who is searching desperately to get in touch with a “long-haired, quite tanned” girl he met in passing on a bus.

Starting the note with “This is not a joke. Seriously”, the mystery writer goes on to detail the clothes his dream girl was wearing when they happened to sit across each other at the back of bus 855 earlier this month. Key phrases are highlighted in bold red.

Describing himself as a “slim-built guy with black specs”, he is looking for the girl who boarded the bus with her parents at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and “alighted opposite Thomson Plaza”.

“I know this is gonna sound really cheesy and desperate but I am at my sincerest and you have got to believe me. I felt an instant connection with you the