Tag: detox

Quinoa Apple Breakfast Bowl

A quick, low-carb, nutritious superfood breakfast bowl to boost your mornings and keep you feeling full till lunch!

The Powerhouse of Healthy Slimming

Spinach is one of the most nutrient-dense leafy green vegetables you can eat and it contains more protein per calorie than beef and is considered one of the vegetables that has the highest fiber content which keeps you full, curbs hunger and activate metabolic cells. Similarly, tofu is extremely high in protein and has both …

5 Mistakes You Are Making in Losing Weight and How to Fix Them

5 Mistakes You Are Making in Losing Weight and How to Fix Them Mistake #1: Eating lesser The true key to losing and maintaining weight sustainably is by increasing your metabolism rate. By eating lesser, you are telling your metabolic cells in your body to go into hibernation mode, which will reduce their ability to …

How to lose weight in 1 week even if you have no time?

4 EASY DIET TRICKS TO LOSE WEIGHT IF YOU HAVE NO TIME 4 EASY DIET TRICKS TO LOSE WEIGHT IF YOU HAVE NO TIME A. Switch out "bad" carbs When it comes to losing weight, 80% is your diet and 20% is exercising. Hence, it is important that you change your diet first if you …

Carbs should be part of your healthy diet and weight loss journey

Carbs – everyone has unfortunately mislabelled carbs as the bad guy when it comes to weight loss. The truth is, there is such a thing as Good Carbs and believe it or not, it helps you lose weight. The key is not to stop eating carbs altogether, but to find the right one to fuel …

Why Your Body Needs A Detox, Especially After The Weekends

Have you heard the phrase “Your body is a temple.” And that’s the truth. You live in your body every day of your life so how you treat it is important. According to Sibylle Kranz, a registered dietician and nutrition expert at the University of Virginia, “weekend dietary intake is very different from weekday. On …

How to lose weight if you have no time?

Ah, with everything that is always going on – there just doesn’t seem to have the time to do anything What more have the time to lose weight? So we listed down our top 5 eating habits you can implement into your life to help you shave off some pounds wherever, whenever. 1. Use smaller …

Burn the Bakwa: 5 Easy Ways to Effectively Detox after CNY

Burn the Bakwa: 5 Easy Ways to Effectively Detox after CNY After feasting hard during Chinese New Year, it’s time to get your body back to 100%. The bakwa are great, but the aftermath not so much. Pineapple tarts are uh-mazing but the pounds you can put on after is unfortunately, not. And the best …

Pairing Superfoods with Wine

  The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other – Burton Hillis   Sometimes, the best way to celebrate this festive season might be to just stay at home and enjoy a simple home-cooked meal together with the ones you love. Nothing …

5 Top Healthy Chocolate Recipes!

Hey Superfriends! Let’s make our dearest Santa slim and healthy this Christmas! He has been eating way too many Christmas snacks lately. Don’t worry, we won’t be depriving him from his treats or making him do killer workout routines; we’ll just be adding a teeny-weeny bit of Superlife Co magic dust – Cacao Powder. 😉 Our Cacao Powder is …

5 Simple Ways to Detox Besides Juicing!

Untitled Document We all love juices, but relying on juices as a meal replacement is not practical for a variety of reasons. For starters, when you juice your fruits and vegetables, you’re actually removing the healthy fiber needed in your body. And for those who purchase their juices from a store, there is a chance they …

Bloated? 10 Belly-Bloating Ingredients to include in your diet!

Untitled Document Were you feasting throughout the holidays and weekend and suffering the after effects of it? You probably have an uncomfortable stomach and suffering from bloatedness! We rounded up the top 10 MUST HAVE ingredients in your diet to help ease digestion and make your stomach well again! 1.           Coconut Water Coconut water is …

Here’s why (and how) to detox after post-holiday binge

Are you guilty of eating too much junk over the weekend/holiday? Trust me, I can relate (#GUILTY). So how to get rid of all the nasty in the body? DETOX. Imagine our body is an engine. Each part has an important role to play to keep us moving. If any of the systems is compromised, …

Why do I need to detox?

Imagine our body is an engine. Each part has an important role to play to keep us moving. If any of the systems are compromised, the “engine” will not run and likely, to shut down.

Eating Processed Food Leads to Fat Cells Accumulation

Untitled Document Accoding to Maya Feller, a New York-based dietitian, the quality of what we eat is very important. A diet that is based on whole and minimally processed foods without an excess of added sugars, salts and saturated fats is more important for weight loss. By sticking strictly to calorie counting, you might choose …

Counting Calories Is Not The Key To Weight Loss, It Only Makes You Miserable

Untitled Document We believed that counting calories does not work and eating nutritiously densed real food is the key. We have also written an article on this before where you can read it here The recent article published in New York Times and republished in Business Times Singapore supported our view: “I think one place …

DETOX Mushroom Turmeric Quinoa Porridge Recipe

Here is a DETOXIFYING Porridge Recipe. Yes, you read that right. DETOXIFYING. Not only is this recipe low in calories and very high in protein, but it also has extra health benefits from the turmeric and quinoa. Turmeric is known as an anti-inflammatory root, used to treat health problems like headaches, bronchitis, arthritis and even …

My Detox Buddy Launch

Chinese New Year is over, which means that it’s time to detox again! Gone are the bakwas and the pineapple tarts, and say hello to detox’s best friend… QUINOA. After a weekend of feasting, we know it’s tempting to stop your healthy journey. But don’t give in (and don’t your allow your friend to fall …

Throwback to KpopX Fitness & Korean Feast Night!

Hey Superfriends! To celebrate the relaunch of our Kimchi Quinoa packs, we threw a mini party on the 9th of February at Caffe Vergnano 1882! It was an action-packed, Korean-inspired evening filled with kpop music, fitness, and food! 😀 It started off with an hour of KpopX* Zumba conducted by professional dancer, Eleanor Fong, followed …

6 ways to have a healthy CNY Steamboat

Hey Superfriends! Chinese New Year is filled with feasts that are high in calorie, salt, sugar and cholesterol. However, there are ways in which you can make your reunion dinners healthier without compromising taste. Minor changes in diet can lead to big differences in health! Here are 6 ways to make your Chinese New Year …

The Superlife Co. Quinoa Experience

Hey Superfriends! We’ve received many of your feedbacks and reviews regarding our Asian Quinoa packs since we launched it. We appreciate your feedback as it helps us to grow and become a better company, so we’d like to thank each and every one of you for your honesty! Here’s what some of our customers have …

7 Day Quinoa Detox Meal Plan

Hey Superfriends! Today, we wanted to share a 7 Day Detox Meal Plan that we’ve specially crafted just for YOU. We know that Chinese New Year is nearly here and there are bound to be feasts coming your way! To prepare yourself for it, why not do a little detox before the festive season begins. …

Happy Boxing Day!

Untitled Document DID YOU KNOW? Boxing Day is a holiday that is celebrated on the next day after Christmas Day. Traditionally in the United Kingdom, people will celebrate Christmas and go to the stadium to watch a match (football or rugby) the next day. Countries that were previously part of the British Empire generally celebrate …

The TGIF Tips

Quinoa is extremely high in fibre. The fibre content slows down your stomach’s emptying time and hence ensures that the alcohol sinks in slowly and not hit you suddenly =)

2 simple ways to get rid of the “I LOOK FAT TODAY” feeling

Are you feeling fat or have you really gained fat? Figure out the difference! How many times have you said this or heard someone saying this: “I feel really fat” “I look fat today” “I look swollen / bloated today :(“ “I’ve been eating too much recently and I’m getting flabby” The key thing to …

How are fats formed and stored? How to lose fats naturally and look better?

Have you ever wondered what is your body fat percentage?  It is important to determine and understand your body fat percentage because it is closely related to your health and well being. There are 2 categories to body fat – the essential and storage fat. Essential fats are needed for normal, healthy functioning of the human body. They are …

Why Should You Eat Clean And Organic?

Healthy eating strategies is an anomalous concept to most people who value time more than well-being. Although a desire to develop or sustain a healthy body may exist, it may not necessarily translate to actions. We are no strangers to this developing inclination, whether we admit it or not, as the perceptive trade-off between convenience …

Using Natural Diet to Detox, Increase Metabolism Rate and Stay Lean Sustainably

The aspirations and search for a healthy body is, more often than not, contradicted by our lifestyles and routines. People today are immensely captivated by the quick fix of health complications through the means of pill and medicine consumption that are potentially disastrous in the long run. The provision of an external source of help …

Quinoa Fritters Recipe in 3 Easy Steps by Superlife Co

Ingredients 2/3 cup quinoa 1 1/3 cups water 1/4 cup all purpose flour 1/4 cup grated cheese Pinch of ground black pepper 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 bunch Italian parsley leaves, chopped 1 egg 1 egg yolk 3/4 cup vegetable oil Method 1.Wash, drain and add quinoa into a saucepan. Toast quinoa over high heat while …

Daily Habits To Lose Weight Healthily

When it comes to losing weight, some of us think that it requires a strict diet of chicken breast, broccoli and limited carbs with every food calculated by the gram. Unless you’re an athlete competing at an elite level, that’s not true. In fact, small and gradual changes in lifestyle have shown to be more …

How to Cook Quinoa?

Quinoa is easy to prepare, similar to rice. Cover it with water and boil until soft (about 15 minutes). Or place 1 part quinoa with 2 parts water in your rice cooker. You can also replace water with vegetable or chicken stock to make your Quinoa extra tasty! Cooked quinoa seeds become fluffy and creamy, …