Reader’s Digest Asia (English Edition)

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Laugh Yourself Healthy

Reader’s Digest

LETTERS • Reader’s Comments And Opinions

WIN A PILOT CAPLESS FOUNTAIN PEN

RETURN TO SENDER • We asked you to think up a clever caption for this photo.

CONTRIBUTE

Letters to the editor, caption competitions and other reader submissions

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NEWS WORTH SHARING

MY STORY More Than Just a Passport • That wrenching feeling of signing your nationality away

What’s New in RD Talks • Sit back and enjoy the audio versions of the most engaging stories to have appeared in Reader’s Digest magazine.

SMART ANIMALS • If they are not entertaining us, they are astounding us

Caring for Senior Dogs and Cats • Thoughtful changes can improve the quality of life

HOW TO MAKE OLDER PETS MORE COMFORTABLE

5 Clear Signs You Might Have an Unhealthy Gut • You need the right balance of bacteria in your gastrointestinal tract to maintain good health

Ways You’re Flossing All Wrong

WORLD OF MEDICINE

TREE KANGAROO MUM • It hops like a kangaroo, eats leaves like a koala and climbs like a possum… the little-known Australian tree kangaroo is as old as time itself, but in more recent years, the species has found a dedicated protector in Karen Coombes

Technology Goes Old School

Laugh Yourself Smarter • Humour activates our brains and enhances our wellbeing perhaps more than anything else

Laughter Facts

This Is Your Brain on Humour

How to Be Funnier • Are you humour-challenged? Do the witticisms not trickle off your tongue but clunk? Experts share their tips on strengthening your funny bone

Charlie Chaplin’s Good Humour Theory

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Adult Autism: HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT • Sometimes the condition is not diagnosed until well into adulthood. The news can be both a shock and a relief

Were these famous people on the spectrum?

Autism-friendly day for shopping centres?

LIFE’S LIKE THAT • Seeing the Funny Side

THE GREAT TWEET OFF: EASTER EGG EDITION • Sweet tweets from the chocolate-lovers of Twitter.

I Am Walnuts ... A Great Food for Thought

SPICED WALNUTS

Outfoxed!

THAT’S OUTRAGEOUS!

METRONOMICS The People You Meet on the Train • Train travel can be strange: it’s a hotbed of personality types you get to rub shoulders with on a daily basis.

Quite a Mouthful

SEE THE WORLD... ...DIFFERENTLY

LAUGHTER • The Best Medicine

BEST BEFORE

8 Truths About How We Burn Kilojoules • A key element in weight management is understanding your metabolism – the body’s way of getting the energy it needs from food

WORD SLEUTH 10 Terms Every Crime-Fiction Fan Should Know • The crime-fiction vocabulary can be as exciting as the stories themselves

TIGHT SPACES • Man or animal, sometimes there are simply too many of us

LET’S STOP WASTING FOOD • Growing up in Soviet Russia taught Selina Juul never to take food for granted....