Nutrition Bites - Categories
Child Nutrition
- 10 superfoods to grow your baby's brain
- 12 tactics to "grow" a healthy eater
- Arm parents so they can help kids fight flab
- Commentary: When is your child’s fussy eating a serious medical problem?
- How to instill good eating habits in children
- Iron kids
- Keep your baby safe outdoors — make him drink!
- Let kids have some junk food
- Navigating the tricky world of kids' menus
- No 'correct' timing for children's meals
- Should your child go vegan?
Diabetes
- Diabetes, a dietitian's perspective
- Do these Singapore products really make white rice and cookies healthier for diabetics?
- Gestational diabetes
- Glucose spikes_ Should you worry about blood sugar levels even if you’re not diabetic
- How to cook diabetic-friendly meals
- Is The Ketogenic Diet Suitable For Diabetics?
- Only fat people get it, and other diabetic myths exposed
- Protect your child against diabetes
- Reduce diabetes risk the natural way
- Understanding the glycemic index
Frequently Asked Questions
- Are bone broth and collagen soup as healthy and nutritious for you as you think?
- Are instant noodles unhealthy?
- Are plant-based diets safe for pregnant women? What to eat if you’re a vegetarian or vegan mum-to-be
- Are you eating right?
- Avoiding seafood & soy sauce after surgery
- Can certain smells really help curb your appetite – or make you eat even more?
- Can chicken really make your cough worse?
- Can daily spoonful of turmeric reduce health risks?
- Can GMO produce hurt health?
- Can you get allergies from eating durian?
- Charcoal foods are all the rage – but are they bad for you
- Different kinds of water and tips on which one you need to drink now
- Do home remedies work? Can papaya leaf juice help with dengue fever? What about neem leaf for chickenpox?
- Do you really need all that protein for health even if you’re not into working out?
- Eating more fruits in middle age can stave off depression later in life, Singapore study finds
- Eggs: superfood in a shell
- Fight flu with onions?
- Fixing eating disorders through a comprehensive approach
- Food myths
- Food Intolerance: Why Our Bodies Reject Certain Foods As We Get Older
- Ghee and 7 other "bad" foods that are actually good for health
- Glutton for gluten
- Have you been overeating without realising it? Here's why the 80% full rule is good for you
- How much is too much food and why do takeaways always have so much carb?
- How unhealthy can your favourite noodle dish get? We break down the facts
- Ice cream vs gelato: which is healthier?
- Is crispy salmon skin healthy?
- Is frozen yogurt (froyo) healthy?
- Is organic food really worth it?
- Perimenopause symptoms: What can women do to ease hot flushes, anxiety, joint pain, brain fog and more?
- The truth about kombucha: Everyone’s crazy about it but is it really healthy for you?
- What is mindful eating? The dietician-approved way to improve your relationship with food
- What is the viking diet, and can Singaporeans conquer their picky eating habits with it?
- Why do we crave sugar when we quit alcohol?
- Why is Chinese grilled fish getting popular in Singapore?
- Why you are not really getting the benefits of that collagen soup or ‘beauty pot’, and what to do for better skincare
Festive Eating
- 7 smart & easy ways to prevent a hangover
- 7 things to avoid when eating steamboat
- Ah, sweet christmas
- Beware of the calorie count for CNY goodies!
- Calorie attack: CNY snacks
- CNY game plan
- Drink to your health
- Eat smart this Christmas
- Eat smart while dining out
- Expert tips on preparing and eating healthier (and still tasty) food during Ramadan
- Experts dish out advice for goals for the new year
- Feast not fast
- Festive feasting guide
- For those with chronic conditions, Chinese New Year feasts can be stressful
- Hari Raya Feasting: How my family is celebrating with a healthy twist
- Healthy eating tips for Christmas
- How we survive party season
- Indulge the smart way this festive season
- Keeping Your New Year 'Eat Healthy' Resolutions
- Look festive fit
- Our party survival guide with 12 expert tips
- Spicy goodness at Christmas
- Your crazy season survival guide
General Nutrition
- 5 awesome Asian superfoods for a younger you
- 5 foods to avoid to cut your cancer risk
- 5 foods to boost your immune system
- 5 healthy foods that can make you happy
- 6 health hacks you need to know
- 6 things you must know about Asian noodles
- 7 unhealthy foods that are actually great for your health
- 7 Ways To Make Your Fast Food Order Healthier, According to a Dietitian
- 8 healthiest cuisines in the world
- 10 Deliciously Nutritious Recipes To Boost Your Health
- 10 tips on how to eat healthy when you're on the go
- 10 tips to help you eat better to feel better
- 11 rejuvenating foods for stunning youthful skin
- A healthier you
- A splash of zing
- A stroke of prevention
- All big & small decisions
- Appetising dish from leftovers
- Are you running low on energy
- Balancing act
- Beat the afternoon slump with these power snacks and beverages
- Berry good
- Best foods to help heal cuts and scars
- Bring your own lunch
- Calcium blockers
- Canteen capers
- Carrot Cake That's Good For The Eyes
- Chicken...just a little
- Confinement superfoods
- Crowd-pleasers
- Dietary management of chronic diseases
- Drink up
- Eat intelligently
- Eat lunch because
- Eat more veggies
- Eat right
- Eat right to fight flu
- Eat the right foods
- Eat these Asian superfoods
- Eat well, be well
- Eating alternatives
- Eating Healthily and How to Maintain A Balanced Diet
- Essential vitamins & minerals
- Feed your body right
- Fish soup we love
- Fly me to the moon – lightly
- Food fight
- Food for thought
- Fruits can be your diet ally or saboteur – depending on how you consume them, say dietitians
- Get it right
- Get the most out of your food
- Go nuts
- Going loco over the coco
- Going vegan
- Good mood foods
- Got the sniffles
- Health alert as even more eat out
- Healthy meals made easy
- High focus foods
- How to eat berries correctly 莓果该怎么吃？
- How to eat healthily even when you are super busy
- Is your mind racing just before bedtime? Here's how to calm it down for a good night's sleep
- Know your breads
- Liquid gold
- Making the good food choice
- Meals with milk – chicken pie recipe
- Memory boosting foods
- Mozzarella, anyone?
- Neighbourhood supermarkets are going big with organic products to meet growing demand
- No food dilemma
- No food, please
- NUS creates beer with probiotic twist
- One-meal wonders
- Power couples
- Preparing for a baby – medically and physically
- Private practice
- Quirky idea became healthy tofu rice dish
- Rooting for ginger
- See how chia seeds can benefit eyes
- Shrimp and ricotta bruschetta
- Soy it's good
- Spice up that raw veggie salad with sambal
- Stay trim and fit without dieting
- Super shooms
- Tea eggs: your must-have pasar malam snack
- The ABCs of Antioxidants
- The good, the bad and the yummy
- The healthiest types of rice: Basmati rice, wild rice, brown rice, red rice, and delicious recipes to follow
- The really honest menu
- The right nutrients to fuel your body
- The sassy girl guide to smart eating
- The truth about food
- The truth about gluten-free diets
- This or that
- Tips for better sleep
- To eat her own
- Top 12 Foods to Eat for the Best Nutrition during Pregnancy
- Toss to good health with a raw fish salad
- Under the sea
- Unsung heroes
- Walking the talk
- We made it happen
- What 5 most common food labels really mean
- What not to eat during pregnancy
- What’s on your plate? Ask a dietitian.
- What's in their grocery carts
- What's in your pot
- Wheating it out
- White rice is not worse than soft drinks (yes, we were wrong too)
- Why being too healthy is a bad thing
- Why do many of us dislike eating fruits and vegetables?
- Women and eating: The essential nutrients you may be leaving out of your diet
- Would you drink this
- You are what you eat
Hawker Meals
- 5 healthy kopitiam breakfasts in Singapore
- 6 unhealthy vegetable dishes to avoid at hawker centre
- Fried egg floss: turns fish soup into junk food
- Have your favourite hawker foods
- Hawker food good for you
- Healthier dishes at hawker centres
- How to eat healthier at hawker centre
- How to enjoy your nasi padang without feeling too guilty about those calories
- Pick the right hawker dessert
- Singaporeans are not eating enough vegetables – and health experts know why
- Singapore blogger reveals shocking results of a week-long hawker food diet
- Singapore's 10 unhealthiest hawker food with the most calories
- The best and worst things you can eat at the mamak and kopitiam
- The foodpedia of good hawker eats
- These Singapore hawker foods are not as unhealthy as you think!
Heart Health
- Are saturated fats really bad for you?
- Foods to eat to prevent heart disease, according to a dietitian
- Going wholegrain
- How to choose your oil supplements
- How to go wholegrain
- MOH to ban artificial trans fat in cookies and noodles
- MOH to ban partially hydrogenated oils - 7 things to know about trans fat
- More braised and steamed dishes for a nutritious menu
- More vegetables less meat
- More vegetables less meat (recipes)
- "Rice and fall' of different grains
- Sprout some beans at home and turn them into salads
- The Dietitian-Approved Guide to Making Your Own Grain Bowl at Home
- The fact about fat
- The vegetarian diet
- Time for tau kwa, tau pok and tempeh
- Top doc wish you knew about heart disease
- Wholegrain goodness
- Wrong about fat
- Yong tau foo isn’t as healthy as you think: Here's how to choose the right items
Salt
- 7 foods that are surprisingly high in sodium
- How much salt are you consuming? Everyday foods you didn't know were packed with sodium
- Salt assault
- Salt shockers
- Salted egg frenzy
- Take some foods with a pinch of salt
- Trying to cut down on salt but the food tastes bland? You can retrain your taste buds in 21 days
- What you need to know about salt and sodium
- What you need to know about salt and sodium in your diet
Sports Nutrition
- 4 protein powders for Hong Kong’s health conscious – all approved by dietitians
- 8 superfoods for runners
- 14 great snacks for runners
- A triathlete's diet
- Chicken rice challenge: is this the perfect bulk-up meal?
- Eat these foods before colour run 2016 for peak performance
- Eating hawker food on Mount Everest? This Singaporean guy is planning to do just that
- Fit food
- Fit fuel
- Fuel your performance
- Get fit in 2013
- MH guide to running
- Power plates
- Power up with a nutritious hearty breakfast
- Protein shake craze
- Quick energy boosters
- Resolutions fulfilled, completing her first marathon
- Run better with vegan diet (meal plan)
- Run better with vegan diet (recipes)
- Running light
- Sports nutrition for endurance runners: by sports dietician, Jaclyn Reutens
- Stanchart marathon: fuelling and nutrition for runners
- The athlete's fuel
- Time to refuel
- Toning up? Know what's in your sports drink
- Turtle soup: delicacy fit for fitness fans
Sugar
- 0% sugar level does not mean your drink has no sugar
- Artificial sweeteners - to use or not to use
- Beverage firms pledge to reduce sugar in drinks but experts say bar is too low
- How much sugar is too much? A guide to managing your child’s sugar levels
- How to do a sugar detox safely and successfully
- Sugar detox, 5 things to do
- What’s the big deal about sugar?
Weight Management
- 3 foods that make you even more hungry
- 3 tips to calories accounting
- 4 misleading health habits that won’t help you lose weight
- 5 diets to consider
- 7 sneaky foods that make you fat!
- 8 easy tips to lose weight fast and safely
- 8 ways to eat and still lose weight during the Christmas season
- 10 best foods for weight loss
- 10 biggest weight loss mistakes women make
- 10 easy food swops to help you lose weight
- 10 myths and truths about weight loss
- 10 simple food swops to get healthier and lose weight
- 11 Healthier Snacks to Satisfy Your Late Night Hunger Pangs
- 500 calorie meal
- 500 calorie meal (recipes)
- A Dietitian Explains How Diet Sodas Can Help You Lose Weight
- A nutrition expert's view on healthy eating and weight loss
- A simmering war - against white rice
- All about carbs: 10 white rice alternatives to consider (that’s not brown rice)
- An indulgence you can afford
- Are you happy with your weight
- Calories in 10 popular hawker drinks in Singapore
- Can drinking a cup of bubble milk tea a day lead to gout?
- Changing diets to get lean
- Clean eating made easy
- Could the obsession to eat 'healthy' be an eating disorder? What to know about orthorexia nervosa
- Die die must try
- Diet diaries exposed
- Do fad diets work
- Do you fear food
- Do you need a detox diet
- Does teatoxing really help you to lose weight
- Don’t fall for the military diet hype – it’s dangerous and unsustainable
- Drink & be guilt-free
- Easy ways to lose weight
- Eat all you want and still lose weight
- Eat more, lose weight?
- Eat pizza, lose weight!
- Have a break, skip the Kit Kat_ How to stop snacking in the office
- Healthy & delicious hot pot soup base recipes
- Healthy eating can turn into an obsession
- Healthy Breakfast Food Options In Singapore That You Can Easily Find
- How to go on a healthy diet and still get to eat chocolate
- Intermittent fasting for beginners – and what you may not know
- Is your job making you fat
- Is your salad making you fat
- Juice cleanse yay or nay?
- Liquid diets
- Losing weight happily with aptima nutrition – 2 months now
- Losing weight happily with aptima nutrition – 2 weeks update
- Lost 2kg in one week
- Low calorie dishes
- Milo cubes: people are using social media to sell these bite sized snacks
- Overweight for most of his life
- Paleo Diet: Can It Really Help You Lose Weight?
- Shape up now
- Should you replace white rice with konjac rice if you're trying to lose weight?
- Skinny dipping
- Snack attack
- Sorry, but drinking lemon water will not help you lose weight
- The I do diet
- The Ketogenic Diet: Is It Really Worth Going On It?
- The night fuel
- The skinny on fast food
- The truth about carbs
- Under 300 calories sandwiches
- Understanding your body and lose weight happily with aptima nutrition
- Watch the figure
- Weight loss tips & nutritional advice for runners
- Weight management
- Why diets don't work: The reason that weight you lost comes back with a vengeance
- Working from home? How to stop gaining weight from all that snacking
