The Health Guru

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

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 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 […]

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 […]

Nutrition Facts: Calories in Cocktails

Singapore Slings from the legendary Raffles HotelLet’s face it.  Cocktails taste delicious. They look good, taste delicious and really get the party started.  But what alot of people don’t consider is how many unnecessary calories & sugar they are happily drinking. The average cocktail contains 2 x 30ml pours of liquor  (average about 90 calories / 30ml).  They are then mixed […]


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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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