Life & Health by Hoffen
Body weight and health guides from Hoffen.
How to Check Weight Without Weight Machine: 7 Ways
You cannot get your exact weight without a weighing machine, but you can get close: use a scale at a pharmacy, clinic or gym for a real number, or estimate a healthy range from your height. Using the WHO lower BMI limit of 18.5 and the Asian Indian overweight cut-off of 23, an adult 165 cm tall has a healthy weight of about 50–62 kg.
4 min read · 20 Jul 2026
5 Benefits of Sandalwood for Skin (Chandan)
The main benefits of sandalwood (chandan) for skin are a more even tone, calmer skin and fewer acne bacteria. Lab studies back each one: alpha-santalol, the main compound in sandalwood oil, inhibits tyrosinase, the enzyme skin uses to make melanin.
2 min read · 20 Aug 2025