Of late, I’m learning through various medical related interviews on Youtube, on how through decades, the general population has been misled, and continued to be mislead regarding health-related information, especially those related to our dietary approach.
Myself both a consumer of the food market, and also 40-something mom takes it upon my responsibility that making informed choices when it comes to food (and drinks); whether from the groceries, when eating out or even when prepared at home, is essential.
Essential in the sense, what was common and acceptable 20-30 years ago, is now under scrutiny thanks to various studies and a more developed understanding on the association of dietary choices and their consequences to our healthy and morbidity. One example to this is breakfast cereal. Before it was accepted that this is a healthy go to breakfast staple, just because it is fortified with mineral and vitamins, and simply, convenient. Perfect for families for young kids, or simply anyone who has no time to prepare a meal! Milk, bowl of cereal and walla!
So for me, I have been reassessing what kind of food which really has to go, including from my kitchen pantry or being incorporated in my dietary on a general basis. This include :-
- Added sugar
- White/brown sugar
- Condensed milk
- Too much fruits
For my kids, it is not too hard to re-teach them on reducing sweetness from their dietary, though it can never be too abrupt of a change. One good thing which has came out so far, if we ever ate out is to avoid sweet drinks when having a heavy meal. I’ll tell them you can have your sugar after.
Its not an easy journey I may say, especially if you’re parenting young kids and teens!
Imagine a traditional sitting (in Malaysia as context) where you have plateful of rice, coupled with ..lets say, bandung cincau (prepared with condensed milk) and.. followed by dessert later in the form of cream caramel, or your favourite nyonya kueh for that matter, the pink & white kueh lapis.
If this has been somewhat the pattern for you for lunch and dinner, you may want to take a pause from this blog post, head on Youtube and look for videos on what happens when you go on high carbs for decades of your life.
There many red flags on the macronutrional values we’re getting out of this 1 meal. Good news is, there are hacks around how we can improve our dietary approach. We’re never too late to go into the game, that I must say. There has to be a level of determination and cofidence with an objective view towards health and nutrition. In another blog post perhaps?
Anyway, coming back to this post, I’m sharing with you what I had today as my first meal. I’ll treat it as my powermeal when I do need to get something in without compromising my low carb approach (yes, I’m on this journey now!). I made a mistake of consuming some supplements earlier this morming only to realise, it is better to take supplements after a meal to avoid any tummy upset.
Recipe: So quickly whipped out 2 eggs, some baby spinach, sliced a couple of baby tomatoes. Salt & black pepper to even things out. My typical scrambled egg is with’ dairy but since I don’t have milk in the fridge at the moment, I decided on omelette and cooked it with coconut oil.
Result? Amazing. Filling than it simply looks. I added some Chinese chilli oil to taste. 😃
missJewelz 
Inspiring! Can’t help but to comment that having a perfect balanced diet in the Malaysian food culture and environment is not an easy task, but somehow, I think the yesteryear food was much more balanced, tastier and healthier. Food were prepared and cooked with original condiments like santan perah, rempah yang segar di tumbuk/giling and with almost zero additives and yet as tasty and healthy as can be.