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. […]

Book Review – Food over Medicine by Dr. Pamela Popper & Glen Merzer

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 […]

Turmeric Honey Drink

Most TCM and ayuverdic practitioner would suggest to include tumeric, which can help you reduce skin inflammation so that you can get relief from itchiness and pain during any skin flareup. Tumeric has a powerful anti-oxidant called curcumin, which is also an anti-inflammatory food. One pleasant and easy way to include tumeric into your food […]

Book review – Skin Cleanse: The Simple, All-Natural Program for Clear, Calm, Happy Skin by Adina Griogore

When I was looking for a skin care/skin health related book at the library last month, this book caught my eye purely base on the title  – Skin Cleanse: The Simple, All-Natural Program for Clear, Calm, Happy Skin It was an easy to read book, first introducing our skin as an organ and going a […]

Three food diary apps to help detect your eczema triggers

Do you wonder whether certain kinds of foods cause your skin to flare up? When I did my skin prick test for food last year at National Skin Centre, the skin specialist mentioned that it’s not exhaustive because they only have samples for up to 30 common food specimens. Typically we end up eating a […]