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Chinese New Year lasts 15 days, but the pigging out begins even earlier. This CNY, try not to break your 2019 resolutions to be healthier! You should not be eating indiscriminately – not only will the calories pile up, but your body also won’t receive the right nutrition, causing fatigue and illness. It’s impossible to…
Don’t you just hate feeling hungry when you have so much to do? That rumbling ache in the tummy makes me sooo HANGRY (hungry + angry) #storyofmylife. But thank goodness some foods exist to help us with this. Here’s what you can eat to help keep your hunger in check. What makes a filling…
‘Ugh, I’m down with a flu, it MUST be the weather!’ Hot sunny weather and heavy storms on the same day? Sounds just like home sweet home. These sudden weather changes makes us vulnerable to common illnesses. But that fried carrot cake isn’t going to do you good, and the plain porridge suck food sounds pretty…
Who’s guilty of eating late at night? *raises hand* I am. I’m sure you’ve heard that you shouldn’t be eating after a certain time of the day or else, you’ll gain weight. But how true is that? Will late dinners and midnight snacks really ruin my weight loss goals? But truth be told, we CAN…
Well, yes. In Singapore, to claim that a product does not have added sugars, it must not contain ‘sugars or ingredients with added sugar, honey, malt, malt extract added (except sugar alcohols) during processing’ – Singapore Health Promotion Board. But don’t get it wrong, sugar free does not mean that the product is healthy! What does…
Have you ever noticed the term ‘gluten free’ and wondered what in the world the hype about gluten free is? Somehow it seems like everything gluten free is both expensive and healthier. How true is that?! Is gluten bad? Picture credits: http://www.cakespy.com/blog/2014/10/12/what-is-gluten-anyway.html Let me get this straight: gluten is NOT the bad guy! Gluten is a…
When I was a kid, my mum would never let us put more than 2 ice cubes into our water. She said ‘if you add more you will get asthma!’. I obediently obeyed. But now that I’m a ‘proper’ grown up and am able to question the ways of the world, I’ve decided to find out…