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Toss & Turn: Healthy Option at Vivo City

There’s now a healthy option at Vivo City that is not too expensive. Wraps and salads and by the Cedele chain. I tend to go for the chicken wraps which were pretty tasty. Have eaten at this joint twice now.

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Smoothie King – A Great Place to Have Wraps

I find smoothies in general a bit too sweet and I was shocked by the calorie counts. I was quite impressed by the spicy grilled chicken wrap I had (cost S$5.90) and I will be returning for the wraps. The … Continue reading

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#13. Fried Fish Soup

Not as healthy as sliced fish soup, but my favourite relatively healthy, low carb, hawker meal of all time. Fried fish soup with milk added to the broth, from Airport Road hawker centre. I love the silky tofu and the … Continue reading

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#12. Sliced Fish Soup at Old Airport Road Hawker Centre

This is definitely one healthy Singapore hawker meal that I find delicious, but it has to be from Old Airport Road.  I have to confess I prefer the fried fish meat version which is just a little bit unhealthier but … Continue reading

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Revamped ION Basement Food Hall

If you’re looking for single slice pizzas you can get it here. It was not that fantastic but I guess it could satisfy a craving like it did for B.  Wrote about it including what I did this week. Personally … Continue reading

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The Allure of Junk Food in Singapore

Why is it so hard to stick to a healthier diet. Well they do say that junk food can be an addiction as well, similar to crack cocaine stimulating pleasure centers in the brain. They say that about video games … Continue reading

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Attempting to Eat Healthy in Singapore

My cousin D always eats healthy in Australia and sent me a photo of her meal. The problem is I haven’t quite acquired the taste for salmon but perhaps I don’t know how to prepare it properly. And I have … Continue reading

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#11. Wraps

I have abandoned my list of healthy food I like and decided to take it up again. Trying to inspire myself and the folks around me. I like the idea of eating so that I feel better physically. Cleaner foods … Continue reading

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One Bad Ritual I Broke

Am trying to get healthier so that I will have less to worry about as I age. Seeing people around me suffer due to heart attacks and strokes really scares me, and I want them to be healthy as well. … Continue reading

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St Marc Cafe is Ruining My Resolve to Eat Healthy

I know I should have just stuck to the Earl Grey tea, but everything here is just so tempting. How can you not try the parfaits (including jello like pudding, cornflakes and pieces of cake too) or the buns? It … Continue reading

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The Quiet of Sembawang Beach

Headed towards the quiet of Sembawang beach and it felt good to walk around (although there is still renovation going on and lots of barricades up). Trying to get with the usual New Year promise that everyone makes – to … Continue reading

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#10. Crunchy Hard Bread

Had a relatively healthy dinner at home. I can’t exist without bread. I used to only like soft bread but I recently discovered that hard grainy bread is so much more satisfying.

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Kallang Leisure Park: Yoguru & Awfully Chocolate

Between these two places, I would say go for Yoguru. They advertise their frozen yoghurt to have live cultures which is something that you have to look out for if you want to be healthy. I have heard that some … Continue reading

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Singapore Hawker Food & Desserts Below 500 Calories

I am really quite appreciative that the Health Promotion Board has the cool tool where they provide you with the calorie count and nutritional content of local hawker food. This kind of information has been hard to find in the … Continue reading

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Singapore Food & Calories (Briyani, Claypot Rice & Wan Tan Mee)

The Health Promotion Board has a very useful tool where you can calculate the nutritional content of various hawker foods found in Singapore. I was surprised by some of my findings. Food that I thought was healthy, turned out to … Continue reading

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Healthy and Vegetarian: Freshness Tofu Burger

This was surprisingly not bad. Real Silky Tofu was used, plus creamy avacado, lettuce and tomato. I would say a good healthy option, especially if you’re vegetarian. I guess this would be vegan too? Of course there are the usual … Continue reading

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#8. Watermelons & Watermarks

Check out Sister Earth Organics for Wellness Tips. I have to also thank her for helping me produce my very first photo with a watermark using Picnik.  She not only gives health tips, she gives tech tips too. Basically you … Continue reading

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Food Porn from my Trip to Vietnam: Dreaming of Pho & Spring Rolls

Having been to Vietnam, makes me want to hunt out all the authentic Vietnamese eateries in Singapore.  Especially places where I can have the healthy cuisine of Pho and fresh spring rolls.  Of course there are the less healthy versions … Continue reading

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#6. Soya Bean Curd

I could have this for breakfast, lunch and dinner.  If there was a diet that called for only bean curd, I could do it.  Bean curd is a great source of protein and I ever go vegetarian this would be … Continue reading

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#5. Mango-licious

This has to be among my top 5 favourite fruits.  It’s tropical and easily available in Singapore, which is great.  If you pay a little more you can get the really good ones from India.  Otherwise the honey ones from … Continue reading

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#4. Mandarin Oranges

I love the slightly sourish sweet taste of these. Mandarin Oranges are a cinch to peel as well, which is great. They are also known as tangerines, which is a subgroup and most commonly available type of mandarin oranges. Here’s … Continue reading

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Shimbashi Soba (Shokutsu 10) at Nex

Among the little restaurants at Shokutsu10 on the Basement 1 level of Nex, this restaurant called Shimbashi Soba looked appealing with it’s freshly made buckwheat soba. There’s another outlet at Paragon. The Tempura Seiro cost a whopping S$17.80. The side … Continue reading

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