A health freak mom's thoughts on health and all things healthy
There used to be a very fertile custard apple (hoong mo lai cee in Cantonese) tree that my late maternal grandma planted decades ago that bore us lots of fruits for many years. We had so much that my brothers and I got fed-up of eating them. There was also a huge guava tree that…
Here’s another way of keeping Baby still on her high chair – by giving her a wedge of raw carrot to nibble on. My Baby sure is a health freak. The other day, I put 2 things in front of her and asked her to choose – a biscuit and a carrot stick…. and here’s…
Remember my earlier post on Alycia having a painful ulcer on her lower inner lip? On the advise of my mum (who had recurrent mouth ulcers recently but was healed and now have no more attacks), I bought a bottle of Vitamin B Complex and gave her a tablet a day. After just 3 tablets, she…
Ever since I found out that coconut water is packed with healing properties and can be used to prevent UTIs, I have started to feed Baby C with it. However, I am still doubtful if it’s save for a toddler to drink too much coconut water since the Chinese old wives would say that it is…
One of my all-time favorite drinks is coconut water. I love the juice, drunk directly from the coconut and my favorite is the small coconut that produces fragrant coconut water, which tastes a tad like juice of pandan leaves (screwpine leaves). This type of coconut is slightly costlier than the big regular ones. There is…