Fitness editor
Reports training, recovery, and heat — and still runs the Margallas when the air allows.
41 stories in the magazine
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South Asian ethnicity is associated with higher coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes risk in the UK, but the causes are multifactorial and many major risk factors are modifiable.
Sara Malik · 21 Oct 2026
Melanin reduces the skin's efficiency at making vitamin D from sunlight. In the UK, NHS guidance therefore advises people with dark skin to consider a daily 10 microgram supplement all year.
Sara Malik · 20 Oct 2026
Ghee has culinary value, but it is not nutritionally neutral. British Heart Foundation guidance recommends replacing butter and ghee with unsaturated oils and spreads where practical.
Sara Malik · 18 Oct 2026
Lentils do not fit neatly into one macronutrient box. Daal contributes protein and fibre while also supplying carbohydrate, folate, iron, potassium and resistant starch.
Sara Malik · 10 Oct 2026
Ramadan can split sleep between late prayers and early suhoor. Protect total rest by planning bedtime, limiting unnecessary late-night stimulation and using short naps carefully.
Sara Malik · 10 Oct 2026
Diabetes UK says type 2 diabetes is two to four times more likely in South Asian people and risk rises from a younger age. Genetics, visceral fat and social factors interact.
Sara Malik · 5 Oct 2026
On polluted days in Lahore and other cities, the useful fitness skill is knowing when to change the route, time or session. AQI is a decision aid, not a badge of toughness.
Sara Malik · 5 Oct 2026
Hot weather increases fluid needs, especially during activity. Drink regularly, use food and normal meals for most electrolytes, and recognise heat-exhaustion warning signs early.
Sara Malik · 1 Oct 2026
An essay on care that already exists in Pakistani life—prayer, walking, sleep, food, boundaries with phones—without buying a new vocabulary of wellness products.
Sara Malik · 13 Aug 2026
How large Pakistani families can visit US hospitals without blocking care: shift rotations, one named contact, hand hygiene, and room etiquette grounded in visitation and infection-control rules.
Sara Malik · 7 Jul 2026
Label allergens, pack for temperature, and follow your US daycare’s written rules when sending Pakistani home food—without inventing policy workarounds.
Sara Malik · 18 Jun 2026
Fit Urdu reading into a US school week with short daily practice, library holds, script-first goals, and shame-free correction.
Sara Malik · 9 Jun 2026
A short, shame-free home practice so children can offer salam, thanks and a simple question in Urdu before a Pakistan visit, without performing fluency for relatives or social media.
Sara Malik · 3 Jun 2026
Teach Pakistani geography at home in the US with maps, provinces, rivers, and family place-names that build geographic sense without turning the kitchen into a nationalism lecture.
Sara Malik · 29 May 2026
Plain English lines for booking a UK GP appointment with a professional interpreter: what to say at reception, what belongs on the record, and what to do if booking stalls. Navigation only, not diagnosis or treatment advice.
Sara Malik · 24 Apr 2026
How to brief a UK milad venue on mics, seating, prayer space, kitchen access and fire exits so AV and facilities do not fail on the night.
Sara Malik · 22 Mar 2026
Sleep, rest days, heat literacy, Ramadan adjustments, and ice used as care—the recovery half Pakistani gym floors rarely sell.
Sara Malik · 18 Mar 2026
Run a UK mehndi night when the bride lives abroad with named UK and abroad leads, time-zone calls, written deposits, video design briefs, visa or ETA buffers, and a guest list sized for one night.
Sara Malik · 18 Mar 2026