The Health Guru

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

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 […]

How to calculate calorie expenditure correctly

How many calories you burn depends on the whether you’re male or female, the intensity, the muscles used and duration of the activity. I often forget to mention these things when writing about how many calories I personally use up during activities.  So it’s only fair to write a disclaimer about the important things to […]


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    • Guest_1967 : Hi, would you know the nutrional information of Thai vermicelli salad? All I can find is for Phad Thai, but I'm looking for the boiled glass noodle one.
    • Health Guru : Thanks for the Thunder Tea Rice tip... I haven't eaten for ages - will go try it.
    • Guest_2263 : Hi Natalie, you need to check out Organic Thunder Rice in Bishan Bus Interchange. Cheers
    • Guest_4579 : please update..its years away now and theres a new version in the market as well.
    • Guest_2834 : Please update... :)
    • Guest_3832 : do u advocate low carb/keto dieting?
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