Tag: healthyeating
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6 Lessons I Learned About Being Frugal and Eat Healthy at the same time
Nutritious food can be expensive, and it can be difficult to eat a balanced diet that includes fruits and vegetables when you’re on a tight budget. Eating healthier often means spending more money, which can make it difficult to stick. Many people think that eating healthy foods is expensive and eating poorly is cheap. This…
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7 Tips to Rebuild Your Relationship with Food
Are you sick and tired of the vicious cycle of yo-yo dieting, overeating, deprivation, feeling shame and guilt and hating your body? If yes, it’s the time to rebuild your relationship with food. Our relationship with food is complex, and to complicate things further, the world we’re living in encourages women to diet and then…
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5 Ways to Stop Overeating at Dinnertime
Many people find themselves often overeating at dinnertime, even when they are not hungry. Overeating at dinnertime can cause you to eat more calories than you need, which can lead to weight gain. Many people find it difficult to control their appetite, especially with today’s increased portion sizes and fast-paced lifestyle. The occasional oversized meal…
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Why Is It So Important to Chew Your Food?
Have you ever noticed how many times you chew your food? This might seem not so important, but it could affect your overall health. Chewing your food properly is essential for adequate digestion. Meals should be eaten sitting down, in a relaxed environment without any distraction, to ensure the food is properly chewed. So how…
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5 Ways to Show Your Love to Your Gut
Our gut is known as our second brain due to the similarity that has its own nervous system, allowing it to function independently from the brain. It is comprising the oesophagus, stomach and intestines. Maintaining the optimal conditions in our gut is crucial for our health. A healthy gut contains an optimum amount of good…
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7 Foods to Reduce Bloating and Belly Fat That Are Not Leafy Greens
Bloating is a condition in which the abdomen feels tight and full like a balloon. It is frequently caused by gas, indigestion, constipation, food intolerances, and excess sodium in your diet. Focusing on finding and solving the culprit can help minimize bloating. If you eat a lot of takeout meals, fast food, processed food, or…
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Cooking with Air Fryer – 20 Minutes Rotisserie Chicken
By Victoria Q How would you ever know that this juicy rotisserie chicken recipe can be cooked in an air fryer! And I’ll show you how. Making your own rotisserie chicken at home seem a little intimidating but it’s actually very easy especially in an air fryer. And once you’ve tried it, you’ll always want…
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Tofu Scramble Salad (Vegan)
By Victoria Q Perhaps you eat too much dessert during Halloween and want to get back on track, or perhaps you just want to load up on your greens for better digestion, this salad is super easy to make with minimal ingredients which may already sit in your fridge. Also, use this excuse to clear…
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The Best Rainy-Day Idea – Creamy Mushroom Soup with Garlic Bread (Vegan) (2 recipes in 1)
By Victoria Q Soups are healthy and fast to make. All you need to do is to go through your fridge, pick out any leftover veggies, add them into a large pot, then add vegetable stock and some spices, stir, cook and…. That’s all! Not only they’re easy to make, but also perfect to warm…
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Cooking with Air Fryer – Lemon Herb Chicken
By Victoria Q Want to have a healthy homemade meal but don’t have the time to cook? No worries. This recipe is very simple to make and all you have to do is leave the chicken in the air fryer with enough time on, flip once halfway through and wait for it to be cooked.…
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The Chinese Coconut Chicken Soup
By Victoria Q What?! Coconut soup?! You’ve probably heard of coconut water, coconut shake, coconut ice cream or even coconut yogurt, but what on earth is coconut chicken soup? I know this may sound weird but, yes, you’ve heard it right, Coconut Chicken Soup! It’s a type of Chinese soup that is super nutritious and…
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A High Protein Vegan Meal – Smoky BBQ Tempeh
By Victoria Q What’s an important factor we’re looking for when it comes to a healthy meal? It’s high in protein, of course. A meal that high in protein not only help repair muscles cells, it also aids in weight loss. Protein needs more time to break down, hence it will keep you full longer.…
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Vegan Black Bean Burgers
By Victoria Q These vegan black bean burgers are seriously delicious. They are thick, crispy on the outside, soft on the inside and definitely a healthier choice of meal. This is a good way to boost your protein and fibre intake for the day. Pack the patty in a lunchbox, bring it to work and…
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Benefits Of Mindful Eating
By Victoria Q What is mindful eating? Mindful eating means putting our full attention on the whole process of enjoying a meal. It means turning off the TV, ignoring any distractions, sitting down at dining table and putting 100% of our focus on the meal itself. The point is to be fully focused on sight…
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How Many Serving Of Each Food Group Should You Eat Per Day?
By Victoria Q Eating a healthy, balanced diet is one of the most important things you can do to protect your mental and physical health. By doing so, it can lower your chances of getting major diseases such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and many more. A healthy diet can reduce blood pressure, helping you…
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Eating Your Way To Mindfulness
By Victoria Q Mindful eating is an act of mindfulness or being present, pay attention to what you put into your body. The goal is to shift focus from external thinking about food to exploring and enjoying the eating experience. It has become popular as a way of self-calming and as a method of changing…
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4 Steps To Stop Binge Eating
By Victoria Q Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is the most common eating disorder. It is a mental illness in which a person, due to underlying issues and other risk factors, develops a pattern of binge eating which they come to rely on food as a way of coping. If left untreated, BED can lead to…
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What To Do After Binge Eating
By Victoria Q So, you just had a whole large pizza, three burgers, a bag of chips and a whole sleeve of cookies. Afterwards, you felt guilty for eating too much and being in a negative mood which then leads you to starve yourself for the next two days, going on an extremely strict diet…
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5 Reasons You Might Have Binge Eating
By Victoria Q Everyone overeats from time to time. But binge eating disorder is different from normal overeating. Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is a mental illness in which a person, due to underlying issues and other risk factors, develops a pattern of binge eating which they come to rely on food as a way of…