<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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nobody feels happy with new rash spots but when new spots of rashes developed below my armpit, I felt excited. Anyway, we must look at things positively right? So begins my train of thought, I never applied any steroid cream there, so it’s not ‘damaged’ skin per say. It’s not that dry, with this hot […]
Thanks to a friend’s recommendation to use Tubifast glove, now I can drive at ease and not worry about heat rash or drying fingers from the sun rays when I hold on to the steering wheel during mid day. Last week my fingers flared up again after a long drive in the afternoon. So I […]
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. […]
The title of the book itself attracted me to borrow it from the library last week. The book is primarily written in conversation format ie. question and answer. Discussion evolves mostly around issues concerning the US diet of fast food fad and obesity. It encourages whole food , specifically plant based diet. In the middle […]
Looked through numerous TCM sites and summarized here the food that occurs most often as cooling foods which can help cool down my body whenever i have to run errands under the sun.
