The Health Guru

Facts, Hints, Tips, Advice and Inspiration on everything to do about health & weight loss.

Nutrition Info: Calories in Lor Mee

Lor Mee

Lor Mee is a local Singapore dish inspired from Hokkien heritage. It consists of thick flat yellow noodles (lor mee) in a starchy broth of braised stock soup containing pork, fish cake, braised egg and slices of chinese five spices sausage.  It can be served with vinegar, minced garlic/ginger, chilli paste, half a boiled egg […]

Nutrition Info: Calories in Takoyaki

Preparing Takoyaki

Takoyaki is a traditional Japanese cuisine that literally translates to “fried octopus balls”. It is claimed that the dish originates from Osaka, Japan and through popularity has reached other parts of Asia and eventually found notoriety in Western cuisine. First a savory batter is made and poured into a specially crafted takoyaki pan that consists […]

Nutrition Info: Roti Prata

Roti Prata

Roti Prata is a popular Singaporean breakfast (and also snack). It is a flour based dough that is stretched and flipped to resemble a large pancake and then cooked over a flat grill. This dish originates from India and is also hugely popular across Malaysia with differing names such as “parata, parotha, roti chanai, roti […]

Lose 1kg in 2 weeks – The results!!

The results are in! I practiced what I preached and here’s how I went: Start                        Finish Weight:            53.3kg                        51.8kg                        (-1.5kg) Body Fat:            26.5%                        26.3%                        (-0.2%) Muscle:            36.7kg                        36.2kg                        (-0.5kg) Waist:                72.6cm                       […]

Cyclone Yasi – My little Tully town

APTOPIX Australia Storm

Most of you would have probably heard about the destructive Cyclone Yasi hitting the northern coast of Queensland, Australia in a little township called Tully– however most of you won’t know that this is actually my home town. Cyclone Yasi was a severe category 5 cyclone, the worst in recorded history in Australia. Highest sustained […]

Happy Chinese New Year!

chinese new year rabbit

Happy New Year! (Gong Xi Fa Cai) Wishing you all a happy and prosperous year of the rabbit.


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