The Health Guru

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

Nutrition Info: Calories in Chicken Skin

I think most people know that chicken skin is quite fatty, but this comes as a good reminder to us all.  If you’re trying to lose weight, the most simple tip you can follow is: Remove the skin from your chicken before you eat it!  It makes a big difference. Nutrition in 100g Chicken Skin […]

Nutrition info: Calories in Popiah

Popiah is a type of fresh spring roll filled mainly with grated turnips and can also contain prawns, egg, peanuts, chinese sausage, other greens and chilli. It’s quite a healthy lunch option (even 1 roll makes a good inbetween snack if you’re hungry).  However, make sure you ask for NO LARD which will lower the fat […]

Nutrition Information: Milk (Condensed, Evaporated, Coconut, Soy, Whole)

Here is guide to the best types of milk you can choose when given the choice.  Enjoy! What is Condensed Milk: Condensed milk is a highly shelf-stable milk product made by evaporating much of the water from milk to create a thick, syrupy liquid, and adding sugar to it before canning in a sterilized can. Condensed […]

Top 10 Healthiest Hawker Meals

This is the list of the TOP 10 HEALTHIEST HAWKER FOOD options you can choose from when trying to manage your weight but of course manage you budget as well. Yong Tau Foo Nutrition Information: 1 bowl (175g) Energy: 165 calories Protein: 10.7 g Fat: 8 g Carbs: 12g Sodium: 936 mg In my opinion […]

Coca-cola and pepsi banned from using cancer causing ingredients in artificial colours

Coke and Pepsi whom account for more than 90% of the US soft drink market are changing the way they manufacture their drinks after the FDA banned the use of a carcinogenic ingredient used to make artificial brown caramel colouring. In February a California law has mandated that drinks containing certain levels of carcinogens must […]

Nutrition Info: Calories in Red Sauce (Yong Tau Foo)

Is Yong Tau Foo a healthy hawker food option? YES!  Is the sauce you smother it with equally as good for you – NOT NECESSARILY! It’s quite a general rule of thumb with sauces – just assume they’re high in calories! There’s only a few exceptions to this rule (vinaigrette, balsamic vinegar, lemon/oil etc).  Always […]

Healthy snacks under 100 calories

I’m not an advocate of snacking – but everyone’s different and I know there’s just some occasions and days where you are hungry and need a little snack to see you through to your next meal. The biggest danger with snacking is that often that ‘little tempting morsel’ is a calorie bomb. So i’ve found […]

Which are the best types of fruit to eat for weight management?

Follow this guide to see which fruit is the best to eat rated on how many calories per serve (typically 100g or 1 piece).  You can also see the content of protein, sugar and fibre in each.  Typically the more sugar it contains – the more calories. Therefore, when trying to manage your weight and […]

I survived Febfast!

Well I made it… 29 booze free days in February.  I must admit, there were some tough days, I may or may not have craved beer for breakfast on the last saturday – but I stayed strong and not a drop of alcohol passed my lips.  I even managed to easily stay sober at networking […]

Calories in Alcohol – Estimate how many you drink.

If you are a Health Guru fan you’ll know that this month I’m ‘Febfasting’ – no drinking for the whole month of Feb.  I’m past the halfway mark now, and so far so good.  I must admit, there’s been some tough days where drinking a nice ice cold beer would have been fantastic, but I’m […]

Alcohol Calculator – How much money do you spend?

    Click on the image in the this blog entry to take you to a resourceful website where among many things – you can calculate how much money you spend on alcohol every week, month and year!  It’s kinda scary….

Nutrition Info: Calories in Beer

“MMMmmmmmm…… Beer” – Homer Simpson There are thousands and thousands of beers being brewed across the world.  Therefore to answer the debate correctly – how many calories in beer… it truly depends on what type of beer you’re drinking.  And of course, the volume. As a typical rule of thumb:  The higher percentage alcohol – […]

Calories in Bak Kwa (Chinese BBQ Pork)

Bak Kwa (BBQ Pork)Calories in 1 sheet Bak Kwa – 45g Energy: 176 calories Protein: 12 g Carbs: 18 g Fat: 6 g Does that suprise you?  That BBQ pork contains more carbohydrates than protein?  That’s because it’s loaded with sugar during cooking! From Wikipedia: Bak Kwa, or rougan is a Chinese salty-sweet dried meat product similar to […]

It’s official – The Burgers are NOT BETTER at Hungry Jacks

Hungry-Jacks_logoIt has bread, lettuce, tomato and a meat patty – it can’t be that bad right? Wrong! And just how bad it is is now printed for everyone to see. Fast food giants Hungry Jacks (Burger King) have bowed to new changes to combat obesity and have printed the calorie content of their food on […]

Nutrition Info: Calories in Waffles

Waffles!I’ve been asked, how many calories in waffles?  Before I answer this question, I am going to ask you: What brand? What size? What weight? Was it home-made, bought from a store or from a supermarket? What ingredients? How much butter, milk and eggs were in the batter? Was it low fat milk or full […]

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    • Guest_4051 : Hi, would you consider thosai as one of the healthiest hawker foods available?
    • Beauty : thanks so much! It makes it so easy to count my daily calories. Can you do a table of calories for different genders, ages and lifestyles? I found a very good one online.
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    • Guest_4634 : I just read your post on Egg McMuffin. I had it for breakfast yesterday. No wonder I was feeling all cranky and moody and hungry the whole day!
    • Guest_3110 : Could you do a post on different kind of sugar? White sugar, brown sugar, cane sugar, molasses sugar, stevia, xylitol etc. :)
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    • Guest_2939 : Hey! Could you do an article on the different types of rice porridge? Thanks:)
    • CM : Hello!! I saw the Mr Bean Soya Beancurd calories and I was thinking, does that include the one w soya milk? Or is it just the plain one (apparently immersed in water) If its the one in water, how many calories is the one w soya milk?
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    • anorexicrecovery : Hello, I would like to ask whether if pork lard bits being garnished on top of the prawn noodle soup would be counted within the calories but I didn't consume them?
    • Cheryl : hi there, could you provide more information on the calories for some common snacks in singapore? like those in bakeries and so on. thank you!
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    • yv : In your post on boiled egg calories, you mentioned taking 2 hard boiled eggs everyday, Will that be too much for cholesterol?
    • shawna : ive lost close to 10kg now after almost 4 months of clean eating (with some cheats inbetween) and im looking at losing the last 5kg. ive been stuck at 51kg for a month now.. any ways? please help! :)
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