A health freak mom's thoughts on health and all things healthy
I had Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Trigger Thumb (or Trigger Finger) about a month after I had given birth to my first child, Alycia about 6 years ago. The pain and weakness on my right hand were so bad that I could not even hold a milk bottle or open the door. I really felt…
This is another of Baby’s favorite meal – organic veggie pasta with steamed fish and broccoli in beet root-carrot-sweet corn-pork ribs soup.
About 4 years ago, we had a pedigree Beagle dog that was really adorable. We named him Happy but he wasn’t too happy a dog. The hubs bought him from a pet shop on an impulse because of err, well, maybe because Happy was too cute! Happy was neglected because we simply did not have…
When I first gave Baby a wedge of lemon to lick on several months ago, I was amazed that she did not push the sour lemon away or quiver her little body in response to the terribly sour lemon. Instead, she reached out her hands towards the wedge of lemon that I was holding and…
Many people have never seen, eaten or heard of the umbra fruit. This fruit is called ‘sar lei’ in Cantonese or buah kedondong in Malay. Umbra is sometimes used in fruit rojak, where the fruit will be dipped with thick rojak sauce (made of shrimp paste). These days, some restaurants and coffee shops sell…
Did you know that by adding foods that burn fat to your diet, you can lose weight without working too hard, thus achieve a slimmer physique? Here’s a list of the various foods that burn fat and why they’re supposed to work: Foods that Contain Vitamin C Because the body requires vitamin C to burn…
I have been nuts over almonds ever since I went on a high protein-low carb diet 8 years ago, due to PCOS. Almonds are my all-time favorite snack, apart from walnuts, hazelnuts, cashew nuts, pine nuts, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds. I love roasted almonds but they are not as healthy as raw almonds as…
My kind of biscuits are those that are multi-grained and multi-seeded, made from wholewheat, are low in sugar or sugar-free, free from sweet cream fillings and low in oil. Here are some of them: Fjord wholemeal rye flour crispbread with sesame seeds. Goes very well with cheese spread and cheeses. Iko range of health biscuits….
The other day, I noticed a small white horizontal line on one of Sherilyn’s fingernail. I wasn’t alarmed because once in a blue moon, I have it too. I have read somewhere that this could be a sign of a vitamin deficiency. Coincidentally, I also have a small white horizontal line on one of my…
This is Baby’s new favorite snack : Crispy rice puff with seaweed and sesame. This was purchased from an organic shop. The ingredients of the crispy seaweed rice puff: Baby loves it so much she can chomp down 4-5 balls in one sitting.