Everyday health and beauty

This “Char Kuay Teow” looks good isn’t it? Something almost every Malaysian loves it. The price for a plate of Char Kuay Teow” is not as standardized as the life insurance rate. It can be as low as RM 3 from the normal stalls. But as high as RM 7 a plate from the famous […]

Cheese, ice cream, chocolate, pastries, desserts, sweetened fruit juice and soft drinks, are they your favorite? I ate every of them in this CNY.
Also, I ate cheese, drink sweetened fruit juice and soft drinks almost everyday for years since young. I always visit Hagen Daz before my girl was born. Until now, I am still […]

 I keep breastfeeding until I found the organic milk powder “Babynet” that Elizabeth could take it regularly without causing allergy. After she was about 1 year plus, I found Bonmil. Another cheaper but more rich in taste organic milk. I am glad she accept it well until now.
Yes! My girl has milk allergy. At the […]

As I took Zentel a month ago, I had diarrhea about 2 days later. Then, it was abdomen pain and nausea which last about 3 days. I also feel very weak and tired later on. Frankly, I just never feel good for the next 10 days since I took Zentel.
Then, I thought it should be […]

I wondered anyone would believe me if I am going to tell you people that I actually never own a microwave oven before. Microwave oven has become so popular in this competitive world where everyone seems can’t afford to lose even 1 or 2 minutes. In fact, it is something we will see it in […]

I went shopping for food this afternoon. Thinking of getting some biscuits or cornflakes for my girl to bring to school as snack while she was waiting for mummy to pick her up after school.
As I picked up and have a closer look of certain buscuit’s packs, I found out that some of it seems […]

 
Salted Fish Bone Curry with rich santan, fragrance salted fish bones and sweet pineapples. My favorite! It is yesterday ’s dinner. And, I had 2 plates of rice. Slurp! Yum! Yum!
I like salted fish fried rice. I enjoyed taking porridge or white rice with fried salted fish and sambal too. Something that will […]

Just in case you missed the important health news yesterday……

Manufacturer/Distributor on Package
Product Name(s) on Package

Alamo Packing
The Original Chinese Candy,Dried Plums with Pickle and Lemon, Saladitos Con Pepino Y Limon

Almax International
ItsFruit Chinese Style Dried Prune, Saladito

Bolner’s Fiesta Products
Saladitos 6 Count

Casa De Dulce
Salted Plum Suckers

Cheung Fat
Plum wrapped “candy” (Packaging predominately in Asian foreign language – blue and […]

“Most of those so called main ingredients have no application to weight loss! In fact, one is connected to kidney failure, liver failure, heart attack, and stroke, but not weight loss.”
I read this statement from one of the web page. It’s about zyatonix. And, I think may be some of you will appreciate it if […]

 
Do you like Kiwi fruit? I hate the green, but once I get a bit on the yellow Kiwi, I started to fall for it. Now it’s the season we can see big yellow Kiwi circulating in the market.  Hooray! I keep buying, then eat and eat and eat! Hehe……
I had experienced that Kiwi is […]

Do you start stocking any germs protection soaps, mask or health food that strengthen our immune system? May be you might even want to buy another 1 or 2 more air purifier. Panic! Panic! Panic! All because of the deadly Swine Flu.
Frankly, I think most Malaysian are still staying calm. As there has […]

Now should be mango season, right? Yeah… I am kind blur. Always!
But, it’s quite obvious. As I see mangoes everywhere. The mango trees in the households are full of mangoes. And, the quantity of mangoes I saw in the fruit stalls are almost 2 to 3 times more than other fruits.
The weather changes. […]

Well, I found it coincidentally. I think it’s a good one. And, guess what! I am actually drinking the top worst beverage in this list of 10 almost everyday for years. (Yeah… I kind of hate plain drinking water since young. As the result, Carbonated drink or fruit flavored drink has become my daily fluid […]

You might realized I always got sick recently. I think it’s the weather changes that cause this trouble. It’s so dry and hot!
Anyway, I think I should show you some very strong medication for flu which is not advisable to take at all, instead of just recommending the good one. So which medication […]

Today, I saw another diet pills review stating Slim 10 claim to use 20X the potency in hoodia of any other product. But, there is only 500mg of hoodia in it. In fact, every hoodia based product claims to use at least 500mg.
Moreover, this review actually pinpoint that the high majority of the hoodia currently sold on the market is fake. I think […]

Elizabeth is sick. Even her father is sick. That’s pretty tiring for me even though I am safe. And, I need to be extra careful. As I am making direct contact with 2 sick love ones. Hubby is especially dangerous as he is having a cold. We all know that it’s easy to get a […]

Finally, today Star Newspaper has came out with the first list of dairy products which are safe to consume. It seems that most products from Mead Johnson, Dumex, Nestle, Wyeth, Marigold, Vitagen, Anlene, Fernleaf, Anmum, Anchor, Nutrigen Cultured Milk, Vico, Vochelle, Darry’s and Horlicks sold in Malaysia are quite safe.
Somehow, this terrible incident has clearly […]

In this modern era, we just can’t live without computers. It seems that we manage to complete most of our daily chores, work or leisure activities, just by sitting in front of a computer. It’s extremely convenient!
For example, computer games are fantastic leisures, especially for the youngsters. Thus, my brother always wanted to be […]

There are all kinds of desserts. Each country has its own flavor and ingredients. I especially like cakes. It’s hard to let go desserts as it is the sweet taste that most of the dessert lovers like me crave for. But, it’s fattening!
Thus, we should avoid sweet desserts if we are on […]

If you are jumping on the high protein, low carbohydrates bandwagon like many others who wish to loss weight, then you have to be caution. At least you must find out how much protein do we really need.
As lots of protein but very low in carbs intake will leads to metabolisms changes. Our body might […]

As the Malaysian society become more educated, many individuals are very health conscious now. And, many started to buy various type of water filters and drink purified water as we learn that drinking unfiltered tap water could be hazardous to our health because of things like parasites, chlorine, fluoride and dioxins.
However, we can always […]

 
Durian is no doubt a nutritious fruits. However, Durian is traditional considered as “heaty” food among the Malaysia. In my opinion, this exceptional high in protein fruits could be harmful to our health if we consume in a large amount in a continuous period of time.
In fact, it is common for people in Malaysia […]

I like to eat Japanese food, especially sashimi. Sashimi is actually raw seafood. They are mostly raw fish. Mum thought me to eat only cooked food when I was still a kid. Frankly, I will have to run straight to the toilet once in a while after I came back from Japanese Dinner. […]

I always seen people have shaky hands. It is even obvious when this person is holding something. As we seen the thing is shaking while he or she is holding it. In fact, my old maid has this problem too.
Thus, I think it’s best to spare her the safety cutters. Using a normal cutter will […]

Diseases can be a result of environmental factors. However, it can be inherited too. There are many diseases passed on genetically from one family member to another. For example, if your mother has breast cancer, you are certainly at risk.
Thus, trace your family medical histories. We have to be caution and protect ourselves from the […]

I feel so lethargic when I wake up this morning. My maid was sick since yesterday. I hope non of us in the family will get infected, especially my baby girl.
Anyway, I got slight headache since this morning. May be I am not infected. It might be the rain. I went to the temple for […]

Life has become very competitive and pressured these days. Even kids or teenagers can decide to kill themselves. And, many adults from all walks of life are suffering the consequences of drug abuse too. As they started to indulge themselves in drugs while pressured by financial ruin, loss of employment, legal entanglements, family trauma, shattered […]

May be you will think that egg is so delicious and nutritious. I even like half boiled egg so much. However, many babies, toddlers or even adults are allergic to egg white. But, egg yolk should be safe.
Egg is one of the food that widely consume by all the people around the world. In fact, […]

Many is suspecting that the radiation from our daily use electronic devices such as the TV, the computer and especially the mobile phone will affects our health. However, it seems there is no proper prove until today.
Anyway, I believe it is affecting our health. As I can easily feel fatigue and nausea if I […]

Yesterday, the underground water pipe on the road near my house burst again. May be because we are living below the mountain. And, the water always flow down from the mountain top fast and fierce as the land is slanting. As a results, the water pipes here burst quite often.
At the same time, even the […]

I love massage. My mum loves massage. We both are massage maniac. Thus, almost every week we go for massage therapy. Massage therapy is so relaxing. And, I believe it’s a fantastic natural therapy to help protect our body health.
But, I have to admit that sometimes masseur can be careless. So, there are times […]

Today, there is news regarding court case which arguing weather the laser treatment for correcting our eye sight should be continue or stop permanently? This remind me of the info I read online. According to what I know, there is only about less than 5% of the patients who will suffer the side effects […]

 
Accidents happen almost everywhere everyday. In my opinion, accidents happen because of we being careless while doing things. And, it is fairly related to our health condition. For example, If we want to avoid road accidents:
1) We should check our eyes every year if we have vision problems to make sure we can see clearly […]

Hubby just can’t stop smoking even though he had made a promise to me that he will quit smoking since the day we get married. I am quite worried sometimes. As smoking can leads to many chronic health problems.
For instance, cigarette smoking is a major cause of coronary heart disease that eventually will leads […]

I learn that orange food like cantaloupe, pumpkin, squash, carrot, apricot and sweet potato contain carotenoids that can can repair our DNA. Thus, it can helps to prevent cancer. On the other hand, these orange food are especially good for our eyes. It improves our night vision.
However, there will be excessive vitamin A in our […]

Have you ever thought of going through laser surgery to improve your eyesight and get rid of your glasses or contact lenses forever? I did.
My mum just can’t wait to go through this surgery. There are 2 deep marks on her nose now cause by wearing glasses. She is one of the minority who always […]

GMC is one of the hospital that nearby my house. Thus whoever in the house is sick will be straight away sent to GMC. I even deliver my baby there. I have no compliant about the professions and services there.
But, I really can’t stand the air freshener that was released inside the lift. I […]

Do you know that dust mites that are invisible to the human eyes can cause:
1) Asthma
2) Eczema
3) Hay Fever
4) Bronchitis
5) inflammation of the mucus membranes
6) Itchy Red Eyes
7) Headaches
Sinus Pain
9) Fatigue
10) Early morning fits of excessive sneezing and,
11) Feeling of depression when you wake up
So, we should always clean our cushions , mattresses […]

There is a recent research published in the Journal of Cancer Research found out that drinking too much green tea at the time of conception and during early pregnancy could increase the risk of birth defects.
Even though green tea has 3 times less caffeine than black tea, but it contains five times more EGCG ( […]

I find it useful to understand people psychologically. However, most of the free online psychological tests are for personal use. Thus, if I want to learn more about others psychologically, I will have to get an online psychology degree.
However, there are many types of psychological studies including:

Clinical Psychology
Counseling Psychology
Educational Psychology
General Psychology
Industrial or Organizational Psychology
Leadership […]

Pain killers were commonly prescribed by doctors to stop the severe pain of a patient. In fact, we must know that pain killers do have many side effects. For example, pain killers can cause confusion, hives, itching, slow heart beat, rapid heart beat and muscle rigidity.
On the other hand, pain killers is a kind of […]

 
As for me, I always afraid that I will get sick while traveling. As long as we get sick, we will feel tired and uncomfortable. In this case, we will not enjoy the journey so much and it’s a bit stressful just as what happened during my Egypt trip.
In order to avoid sickness while traveling:
1) […]

Nowadays, obviously there is a shift is trends where people had accepted cosmeteic surgery well. And, even striving to achieve attractive out look through this alternative. Nearly 11 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures were performed in the United States in 2006. I believe many even apply loans to fund their fresh look too as plastic […]