While eating fat alone would not make you fat, excess calories will. And there are plenty of opportunities to fill up on all these extra calories. From the gerai in the morning where you get your fill of mee goreng, the hawker stalls at lunch selling fragrant chicken rice and char kway teow, to the …
We are now into the second week of Ramadhan and we bet that since Ramadhan began, you’ve probably eaten your fill of nasi lemak, curry mee, ayam percik and the like at all the great Ramadhan bazaars littered across town. While it’s tempting to gobble up double the amount you’re used to eating since you …
You’ve been training hard under the hot sun and insane humidity, and you’ve even gotten all the good gear. However, the last bit of this equation would make or break you: a solid runner’s diet. Just like how filling your Proton with palm oil would cause it to sputter, break down, and cause a major …
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I love fresh servings of fruit and vegetable juices. There is something about the natural freshness that hits your taste buds, sending all your cells into a happy dance that no other Peel Fresh or other packed, pasteurized and sweetened juices can do (sorry Peel Fresh!). If I have the patience to peel, cut and …
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Question: The food pyramid (image below) tells us to focus on rice, noodles, breads, and other carbohydrates, but I’ve read a lot of articles both online and in newspapers explaining how too much carbohydrate intake is bad for me. Should I still follow the guidelines of the Malaysian food pyramid? Answer: While there’s strong scientific …
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Most of the time, yummy food isn’t healthy, and healthy food isn’t yummy. That’s what makes these 6 healthy cafés and restaurants stand out from the lot. All of them work on dishing out balanced meals which are both delicious and good for your body: 1. RAW (Real and Wholesome) Where: Wisma Equity; 150, Jalan Ampang, …
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What’s a Raw Food Diet? It’s actually not all that foreign. You’ve been munching on raw foods your entire life, from the bananas your mom mashed up for you when you were a toddler, to the nuts and raisins you just snacked on. All of these are termed “raw” by raw foodists. They believe that …
1. What is the main difference between eating raw and cooked food? The main difference in eating raw food is the heat involved in the food preparation. The regular food that we eat is normally cooked with high heat. We fry, steam, bake, grill, etc. usually at over 100°C. When eating raw food, the food is …
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How much time do you spend checking food labels when you’re busy rushing through your grocery list? Do you know exactly what you’re consuming every morning in that honey-coated breakfast cereal? How about that low-fat strawberry yogurt you’re snacking on at the moment? If you don’t know what you’re eating, that could be the cause …
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Today, an estimated 347 million people worldwide are diabetic, according to the World Health Organisation. In 1985, the number was at 30 million. That’s a 317 million increase over 2 decades, which is staggering if you really think about it. Closer to home, 58% of new dialysis patients in Malaysia in 2009 were diabetics. Diabetes …
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