The Health Guru

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

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Nutrition Info: Calories in JCO Donuts

The doughnut  (or donut) is type of sweet fried dough.  They are typically shaped in rings or can be flattened and filled with flavourings such as jam, chocolate or fruit. I actually don’t know any donut store that advertises how many calories are in each donut (for very obvious reasons).  Therefore when I was asked […]

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Nutrition Info: Calories in Char Siew Pork Rice

“Char siu” means “fork burn/roast” named after the traditional method of cooking long seasoned strips of pork on a fork over fire. Char siew pork rice is served with slices of char siu, sliced cucumber, white rice and covered in a sweet gravy or dark soy sauce.  Generally you can choose steamed white rice or […]

Calories in Drinks

The true fact is the only fluid that we need to drink to keep us alive is water.  Anything else is taken out of habit, addiction or to provide the body with some type of satisfaction (sugar, bubbles etc) Drinks other than water are a hidden source of calories and sugar.  As shown in the […]

Nutrition Info: Calories in Ban Mian

Ban mian is a dish containing handmade noodles served in soup.   The fragrant soup is made from a rich fish stock containing anchovies, onions, garlic, ginger and spices.  As well as the ban mian noodles and rich soup, the meal is served with some variety of meat  (minced pork) or fish (fresh or fried) and […]

Healthy Eating Inspiration

Where does The Health Guru get nutrition information from?

I am regularly asked where I find the nutrition information for my blogs posts – here is my answer: I actually don’t send any of the food to laboratories – that costs a lot of money to do and is the responsibility of the manufacturer, not mine! I buy, try, eat, weigh and estimate:  Just about every […]

Nutrition Info: Calories in Horlicks Malted Milk

Horlicks is the branded name of a malted milk drink that is marketed to promote sleep (although how it does this is not truly known!).  There are 3 versions of Horlicks:  Original (that is mixed with milk) and Horlicks Light and Horlicks Light Malt Chocolate which are both made by mixing with hot water. Nutrition […]

Nutrition info: Calories in Ovaltine

OvaltineOvaltine is a branded milk drink that comes in chocolate and malt flavours.  The original name was “Ovomaltine” however due to a spelling error on the trademark registration when being imported to Britain in 1909, it was accidentally renamed in most countries (except in Europe) Able to be drunk warm or cold – the company website […]


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