Author Archives: Bee

Our body’s pH level

This topic reminds me back to my school days during Chemistry class. Some points that I can remember of pH levels – “7 means neutral, anything lower means acidic, anything higher means alkaline”. Not bad huh? But how is this related to our body’s pH level? And how does this imbalance affects the skin? Base […]

My Eczema Diet

Eczema-diet is fundamentally alkaline-based, food choices that are non itch causing. This is a personal diary of an eczema-sufferer under-going the eczema diet : The start….. I have been on my eczema diet for 10 days now and so far I notice that my skin has calmed down somewhat. Of course the other change in […]

My Eczema Diet (Part 1)

<Update Jan 2017> – merged with My Eczema Diet (Part 2) -> http://wp.me/p3d7uY-gD Now that I’ve completed my Nutrition Therapist course (Hooray!), I can start putting in practice what I have learned in my own eczema diet. Coincidentally an ex-colleague has kindly shared about an Australian nutritionist who came up with supplements which have been specially […]

Antiseptic Cream – Germolene

Review on Germolene : I have been having broken skin from the intense scratching at night. After reading several journals/articles about how antibiotic ointment affects the skin’s natural ability to fight germs & have a balanced flaura, we shouldn’t apply it continuously to broken skin. So I opted for a more general method to disinfect my […]

CRAP

Catchy word right? I came across this acroynm while going through my nutrition course and it’s an easy word to remember. CRAP stands for Carbonated Drinks, Refined Sugar, Artificial Flavoring and Coloring and Processed food. Yup, it’s all the bad stuff that we are suppose to avoid. Now, of course moderation is key in this matter because in our […]

Easy & fun way to teach kids about vitamins

One morning, I was revising my nutrition course on vitamins and minerals – their effectiveness, deficiency symptoms and food sources. My 6-year old was at home during school holiday and came peering into my laptop screen. Our conversation started : Boy : Mama, I know what Vitamin A is good for – it improves night vision. […]