The Paleo Diet is the hottest trend right now, where it has captured broad interest and many fans with celebrities endorsement. Paleo diet is based on a simple premise – if caveman didn’t eat it, you shouldn’t eat it either. The diet suggest that we ought to be eating the way our human ancestors have […]
Being a vegetarian or a vegan seems to be becoming a trend for many. As we scroll through our newsfeeds, we are constantly being bombarded by vegetarian/ vegan food videos. But, is becoming either a vegetarian or a vegan beneficial to your health? When you think of a vegetarian/vegan diet, think outside the box, and […]
There’s this big ol’ myth out there that refuses to die, and it goes something like “eating fat makes me fat”. Does it really tip the scale upwards? Or is it just another myth that confuses the heck outta everyone? At this point, everyone should know that calories from fat is created as equal as […]
“Oh my god!!!! I got a wrinkle!” A young mum yelled at her reflection in the mirror. Her 6 year-old son looked confused. “It’s so hard to bring you up and that’s why I look old now!” she continued before he could ask any questions. If this conversation common at your home? As a famous […]
Diabetes is a chronic, incurable disease that occurs when the body doesn’t produce any or enough insulin, leading to an excess of sugar in the blood. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas. It can be thought of as a key to unlock the doors of sugar channels in the body which help sugar […]
New to being gluten-free? Whether your reason was due to stomach discomfort, bloating or diagnosis with celiac disease. I’m here to help you out on how you can easily go gluten-free in Hong Kong. Surprising foods that have gluten that you should avoid Soy sauce (contains wheat) Meat substitutes (some are made out of wheat […]
To eat or not to eat Black truffle, matsutake and chanterelles (some kinds of mushroom) are of high economic value and you may heard of the beneficial health effects like prevention of chronic conditions in these edible mushrooms. If you encounter some mushrooms in the wild, will you eat it? Probably not because you recall […]
How important is glycemic index? You might have noticed a number of snack bars, granola, and breakfast cereals have been proudly displaying the “Low GI” label on its packaging. But unlike ‘low sugar’, ‘low fat’, or ‘low sodium’ labels, the concept of GI can be a little trickier to understand. What exactly are low GI […]
With such an overload of nutritional information out there from the media, it can be difficult to navigate what’s accurate and what’s not. Media constantly produces information about what to and not to eat. Diet books routinely sit on the best-seller list in your local bookstore. Since anyone can write a nutrition article, publish a […]
You might be starting or contemplating about starting the keto diet. Whichever one it is, there might be several questions popping up in your head and I’m going to answer some of them right now. Is this diet safe to follow long term? This diet was originally developed to treat epilepsy but is now widely […]
