A health freak mom's thoughts on health and all things healthy
My lunch today consists of an ear of bi-colored sweet corn that I had just bought from the supermarket. The bi-colored sweet corns are the premium selection of sweet corns produced from a local farm. The sweet corns were so fresh and sweet that I ate half an ear raw and the other half briefly…
I recently found my new love and it’s in lemon myrtle. Several months ago, I bought a bottle of Australia made organic lemon myrtle body wash and I got hooked on the scent of lemon myrtle. A few days ago, I bought a box of lemon myrtle tea and now I am totally hooked on…
Avocado is the darling in the kitchen of our house. It is the most preferred fruit in our house. Whenever there are unripened avocados in the kitchen, our girls will keep checking on them – several times in a day, hoping to see a change in color and softness in the avocados. Finding a ripe…
Vitamins in tea aren’t the flashiest topic for budding nutritional researchers. Magazine articles and news reports ramble on about L-theanine levels and ECGC content in a cup of tea, but they seldom ever mention the vitamin content of everyone’s favorite hot beverage. This is a shame because each variety of tea actually offers a completely…
Turmeric is one of the most favored herbs in our family apart from garlic and onion. My dad cooks the yummiest braised turmeric chicken and I can never get enough of it. Our girls love their grandpa’s turmeric chicken too, cooked using lots and lots of freshly chopped turmeric, alongside onions and garlic. The only…
Portobello mushrooms are another staple item in our refrigerator. Everyone in our family loves fresh portobello mushrooms. We can eat them everyday, cooked in different styles and never get fed-up of them. Our girls love them grilled in the oven with freshly chopped garlic, ground black pepper and olive oil. We also love portobello soup…
If you ever feel that you’re not as healthy as you should be or always feeling very tired, it is most likely due to oxidative stress. What is oxidative stress? Oxidative stress is essentially an imbalance between the production of free radicals and the ability of the body to counteract or detoxify their harmful effects…
The humble pumpkin is a staple item in our household. Pumpkins are such versatile vegetables. Well, they can be labeled as a fruit too. They are both dependent on what definition you use. They are fruit because they are the part of the plant that contains and protects the seeds. They are vegetables because they are…
The word antibiotics gives me the utter shudder. I have experienced the undesirable side effects of antibiotics myself and would avoid it at all cost, if I can find an alternative to treat myself naturally. When I was a new mother, I panicked when my eldest daughter (now 13 years old) caught the slightest cold…
There is no such thing as a concussion-proof helmet, but the appropriate sports gear does provide a level of protection against serious head injury. In an ideal world, your child avoids all hits to the head completely, but in a game like tee-ball where balls are flying, bats are swinging, and children are colliding, anything…