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The pantry can be a place for quality foods – canned wild-caught salmon, almond flour noodles, quality cooking oils and all of your favorite sauces and condiments made without sugar. The pantry can also house the usual carb suspects – chips, cookies, crackers, pasta, cereal and bread. If you’re not …

It’s not an understatement to say that Singaporeans are ardent lovers of food. The city-state has often been fondly described as a ‘Nation of Foodies’, and even its hawker culture has managed to make it into the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and …

While looking for candidates for my piece on entrepreneurs who’ve left their startups to return to a 9-5, I met a woman with a story that stood out to me. Her name is Adelyn Loo. Via Messenger, she revealed a harrowing story of leaving her corporate job to look after …

Dr. Steven Bratman coined the term orthorexia (“right appetite”) more than two decades ago to describe what happens when health-conscious diets go too far. Although it still hasn’t been accepted as an official medical diagnosis, orthorexia nervosa is a proposed eating disorder that involves an extreme obsession with eating a …

Photo by B-D-S Piotr Marcinski / Shutterstock.com Looking for another reason to keep those pearly whites gleaming? Tooth decay and gum disease can impact more than just your smile. Advanced periodontal disease “is linked with other health problems, such as cardiovascular disease, stroke and bacterial pneumonia,” according to the American …

Author’s Blurb: I used to think broths or soup noodles were sick people’s food as a kid. As an adult full of worries and anxiety now, one bowl of it never fails to soothe me. From its warmth to the fragrant flavours, it’s my first suggestion every time I’m asked, …

When Yummy Bros co-founders launched their business on 1 April 2018, many of their friends thought that it was an April Fools’ joke. It shouldn’t come as a surprise though. Gerald Tan and Anson Lim, the first two members of the founding team, are both fitness junkies. For Gerald, it’s …

When you were a kid, adults probably drilled into you that you should “be nice,” share your toys, and put yourself in other people’s shoes. Those are necessary lessons, of course. Humans are prosocial creatures. Our ancestors needed the protection of the clan, so they had to get along and …

Andrew Lim, 35, and Walter Oh, 33, first met each other when they were both working at DBS Bank. They had started out as management associates, and eventually became corporate bankers. During their time there, they often worked long hours till late at the office. They frequently skipped meals, and …