More Singaporean women getting ovarian cancer

♦ For every 100,000 women in Singapore, 15.5 will come down with this Ovarian Cancer, a rate more than twice that of 40 years ago (source) ♦ Ovarian Cancer  is the 5th most common cancer among Singaporean women ♦ The signs and symptoms are non-specific, so sometimes we won’t even know when we have it That’s basically saying, anyone of us is at risk of Ovarian cancer and until there is a test, awareness is best! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ I don’t know…

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Low-Carb Way of Life

This is what I’ve been eating lately: 1. Broiled Salmon with Steamed Broccoli 2. Broiled Salmon with Mushrooms and Salad 3. Low-Carb, Wholemeal Tortilla Wrapped with Low-Fat Tuna Mayo 4. Clear Fish Soup 5. A lot of Pacific Rose Apples (they are really quite satisfying!) 6. Steamed Broccoli, Cauliflower and Beans topped with a bit of Butter 7. Mushroom Omelettes (omg these are very nice!) 8. Everything Omelettes (anything I need to clear from the fridge, I put them in…

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The Atkins Diet – Day 9

Yes my dear friends, I am still alive. I still have not consumed any obvious BAD carbohydrates like rice, noodle, cakes, bread of any sort. I am damn proud of myself. The first few days were TERRIBLE! I had bizarre cravings every second (I still do but more on that later). Pizza with cheese (No thank you to Pizza Hut commercials) at 9pm, Amoy Street Fried Rice at 4pm, Fried Bee Hoon at 10pm, Porridge at 11pm and erm, Muffins…

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The Atkins Diet

Yup, I’ve been up to that lately. The 21st century diet fad. It’s bascially a very restrictive low-carb diet whereby one limits the intake of refined carbs and increase intake of proteins. Maximum carb intake in 1 day is 20gms!! Figure mean nothing to you? Well it soon will. Oh my goodness. I’m day 2 into it and I am already dying! Ok actually not Day 2, I started last week but I got it all wrong and consumed too…

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