One of the common effects of quitting smoking is weight gain, usually from 5-10 pounds, sometimes more. But, though common, it’s not inevitable.

What’s Up has witnessed the birth of a new breed of gyms in Saudi Arabia, enhancing the DNA of a successful chain to offer more to the elite.

A common discussion topic in our society today is “being depressed”. We often complain about feeling blue and think that we suffer from depression. The concept of feeling blue represents the feelings of being down that are associated with the color blue thus having a low morale and feelings of stillness.

Flash floods can be a disaster caused by many factors, natural and man-made. Most flash floods are witnessed after the occurrence of a thunderstorm, large amounts of rain, melting snow, and mud slides that flows into narrow water pathways, that have been created over a very long periods of time.

Here are some sure ways that you can rely on if you want to use food as medicine.

Breast cancer is unfortunately a common disease and the number one killer of Saudi women. It is important to recognize that more women than ever before in the western nations are surviving breast cancer due to better awareness, screening, and improved treatments. There this is helping women detect cancer in earlier and more treatable stages.

It is essential to take care of one’s skin, even us men. Men’s skin care products are designed for men’s specific skin care needs.Men’s skin care is essential just like it is for women. We share many problems with women such as acne, rosacea and oily skin.

Recent research in Saudi Arabia show that the number of patients with Diabetes Mellitus are increasing drastically. As a nation we have reached a point where it is considered an epidemic. The reason for this is that most of the population does not understand the nature of the disease and its consequences

What’s Up Jeddah: Lets start from the beginning, the whole concept behind the Bright Talk School and why?

Arwa El Khereiji: I love kids and that started from a very young age, back then I used to take care and babysit my sisters.

Many people in the Kingdom are on low carbohydrate, high protein diets. This is a serious concern, because these individuals may not understand the consequences of such diets. These low carbohydrate diets may cause weight loss, but the question is how and what do they really do to your body? Let’s venture on an educational trip about your body.

Here are some common daily problems we might suffer from.

If Your Tummy Growls: Usually it’s just contractions of stomach and intestinal muscles, a normal part of digestion. This is usually caused by stress, which may explain why your belly is embarrassingly vocal every time you are in an important meeting.

International studies show that one in every ten students suffers from some sort of Learning Difference; note that we do not call it Learning Disability!

Many Mammals show that early contact with their young soon after birth holds an important place in the protection of motherly behavior. There is increasingly proof that this is also true in humans

I tried many diets in the past that never worked for me, so I did some extensive research about the whole idea of dieting, till I reached a point where I can loose weight and control it. So here are the main points I mentioned In my book that you should focus on.