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Just weigh what works
The Glycemic Index helps determine how a food affects the blood sugar levels. Usually, the lower the Index, the better.
Beware, the junk food trap
Breakfast cereals, aggressively advertised and promoted as healthy food for children, are making them fat, even obese. -NST
Watch those health drinks
No proof that taking drinks with collagen, peptide, coenzyme Q10 and L-carnitine does the body any good, said uni dean.
Leaving a sour taste
Are milks with added calcium a short cut to health or just a waste of money? -Daily Xpress
7 ways to fight that spare tyre
Do you think you are getting a little heavy around the middle? Here are seven diet tips to fight flab from nutritionists who spoke to WedMD.
8 brain boosters
Want to sharpen your memory or up your child's IQ? The key lies in eating the right foods, many scientists and nutritionists say.
Fight against "brittle bones" starts from young
Osteoporosis is known to be an ageing-related disease, but few may know the fight against it begins in the teenage years.
Fight against "brittle bones" starts from young
Osteoporosis is known to be an ageing-related disease, but few may know the fight against it begins in the teenage years.
How safe is infant milk formula in Singapore?
A reader asks why dented tins of infant milk formula are allowed on supermarket shelves.
Remove yoghurt-flavoured ice bar: Singapore's AVA
Singapore advises the recall of a yogurt-flavoured ice bar from "Yili brand", on fears of melamine contamination.
"White Rabbit creamy candy" found to contain melamine
Latest test results bring total number of milk & related products from China imported into S'pore that are found to be contaminated with melamine to 3.
A survivor's guide
The authorities try to answer the burning questions on the minds of consumers from the melamine scandal.
S'pore importer recalls all bottled milk made in China
Company assured that its other products from Malaysia are safe for consumption.
Low health risks with melamine contamination: Authorities
Levels of the chemical in products here much lower than that found in products in China.
5 more food items contaminated
Two flavoured milk and three confectioneries have been found to contain melamine.
No China milk in these Kraft goods
Mead Johnson goods melamine-free
It said Enfamil, Sustagen and Cal-C-Tose do not use dairy or protein containing raw ingredients from China.
Salts in the body
Salts in the body play an important role and too much or too little is harmful, causing effects like weakness, headaches, fits and death.
'Safe to eat' ads cause confusion
Kraft and Wall's press ads contradict AVA ban on China dairy products.
 
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