A health freak mom's thoughts on health and all things healthy
When I was exclusively breastfeeding my third and youngest daughter 9 years ago, falling sick every other month was a norm. I reckon that my baby sucked away all my nutrients, plus with the lack of sleep and stress of caring for a baby, my immune system weakened. On top of breastfeeding, I was stressed…
In my fridge next to the roselle kefir are bottles of fruit vinegar. These drinking vinegars have now claimed a permanent spot in my fridge. I am a pro-apple cider vinegar health freak for many years. For more than a decade now, the first drink of my day has been organic apple cider vinegar with…
My brothers and I grew up eating Marmite and Bovril. We ate it with our porridge. On days when my late maternal granny didn’t cook any soup, we would have instant soup of Marmite or Bovril. When our daughters were toddlers, I used to substitute dark soy sauce with Marmite. It’s been a while since…
The latest addition to our healthy eating regimen is roselle kefir from My Kefir World. I have tried many different brands of probiotics for Cass and sadly, she liked none of them, except for the mango flavored probiotics from Melaleuca but it contains sweetener, which I don’t fancy. When I first let Cass try roselle…
The majority of soy that you find in in grocery stores is actually genetically modified or GMO and is not farmed the same way or yielding the same nutrition. However, when you ferment soybeans you have a completely different product that yields a completely different nutrient system for the body. When it comes to soy,…
At one time, you would have to get in your vehicle, drive to the store, fight through the crowds, wait in line and then drive all the way back home just to get some fresh seafood. Thankfully, this isn’t the case anymore. With the help of the internet, you can order online fresh seafood that…
Eating a handful of nuts is a part of my healthy diet everyday. Nuts, which contain unsaturated fatty acids and other nutrients are a great snack food, too. Though some nuts like almonds, pistachios, macadamia and pecan are expensive in our country, I do not mind spending a little more on these healthy snacks. Nuts…
Since last Sunday when Cass had a UTI attack, I have been boiling barley water with screwpine leaves (pandan leaves) on a daily basis. Along with other anti-UTI drinks, I managed to treat the UTI, hopefully successfully with no more recurrence. Barley water is a very effective home remedy to drink when you have a…
These days, I try to reduce the consumption of meat, especially red meat and instead, increase our intake of vegetables. I dish up a veggie dish everyday. On busy days when I do not have the time to cook our vegetables, I serve everyone raw veggies – cucumbers, tomatoes, capsicums, carrots, celery and salad leaves….
Goooood morning world! If you’re tucking into some not so healthy breakfast right now, like a couple of greasy sausages, spam meat, ham or bacon (I know how good they taste), go easy on processed meat and artery-clogging food. A little of something unhealthy everyday can accumulate into something really nasty inside you over time….