0:12: 🍜 The video discusses the challenge of unhealthy but delicious food in Singapore and the need to change eating habits. 3:41: 💪 The speaker lost 35 kg in 8 months and shares tips on making healthier food choices. 7:27: 🥔 Eating mashed potatoes can lead to high sugar levels, insulin resistance, and pre-diabetes due to the ultra-processing and frying methods of cooking. 11:03: 🍲 Choosing healthier options in Hawker centers, such as noodle soups without the soup, stir-fries, and roasted or grilled dishes, can help reduce sodium and oil intake. 14:30: 🧂 Excessive salt intake has led to increased hypertension rates, and our taste buds have adjusted to the high salt levels. 18:07: 🍽 Singaporeans have a strong food culture and are indulging in salty and processed foods, leading to an increase in calorie intake. 21:38: 💰 Eating healthy can be expensive compared to instant and processed foods. 25:00: 🥗 Salads may not always be as healthy as they seem, as they can lack nutrients and be nutritionally unbalanced. 28:28: ✅ Start small and make gradual changes to your eating habits to improve overall health. Recapped using Tammy AI
18:45 Yes, when you sweat during a workout, your body does excrete salts, including sodium, that you have consumed through food. However, the amount of salt you lose through sweat is generally quite small compared to your overall intake and doesn't have a significant impact on your overall sodium balance. Sweat is made up of water and small amounts of other substances, including minerals like sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium, as well as trace amounts of urea and lactate. The concentration of these minerals in sweat can vary depending on a number of factors, including diet, hydration status, and individual differences. However, it's important to note that while sweating can help remove some salt from the body, it's not an effective way to manage high sodium intake. The best way to manage sodium intake is through a balanced diet that is low in high-sodium foods. Also, excessive sweating can sometimes lead to electrolyte imbalances, which can be harmful. If you're doing a lot of intense physical activity and sweating a lot, it's important to stay properly hydrated and replace lost electrolytes. - Sweating during a workout does excrete small amounts of salt (sodium). - The amount of salt lost through sweat is generally small and does not significantly impact overall sodium balance. - Sweating is not an effective way to manage high sodium intake; a balanced diet is the best approach. - Excessive sweating can lead to electrolyte imbalances, so it's important to stay hydrated and replace lost electrolytes during intense physical activity. Reference ChatGPT
A lots of singaporean dont do workout. From bed to mrt/bus then seat in office for 7 hours then back home to sitting infront of the TV then sleep would be the normal routine
I use to have an urge to eat supper. It all started after Covid and WFH. Never eat, stomach feels empty and cannot sleep. I got rid of it by just pure discipline and swapping it to light biscuit if I cannot resist. After a few weeks, I lost the habit of eating supper and the urge to eat late night.
From experience, eating healthy need not be expensive. Here are some cost effective food items 1. Beans e.g. lentils, chick peas, green beans, red beans, kidney beans etc 2. Canned fish 3. Frozen vegetables e.g. mixed vegetables 4. Nuts e.g. peanuts 5. Cauliflower rice. 6. Toufu. Having lived abroad, canned beans are readily available (look for those that are canned with water only). However it is harder to find them in SG. Hopefully more can be brought in. Makes food preparation easier. Healthy eating is critical as we all live longer
Cut Short... Just 1 sentence summarise all.. Eat like a Monk to stay healthy. No Fast Foods, no highly processed food.. Holy Moly ... Then the Fast Food Chains will start worrying... hmm....leave the soup behind.. so next time you order a noodle meal... eg... Uncle, Noodle Soup with No soup... Can sell cheaper... Since I don't drink the soup... Singapore is a Food Heaven City... Everywhere u go... Shopping Centres, You can see more Food n Restaurants ... How leh... If u go Hawker Centre, Ask Store owner... Uncle Uncle.. Less Salt. Less Rice... No Pork Lard .. Char Know Teow , less black sauce, no Hum , Less Oil.. Sooner or later u get Stared and Scolded by Uncle.. Say.. you go home cook yourself lar... Haha......
Dear Singapore, just seeing the title of this video made me anxious and scared! Promise me you will not stop making delicious food! Even if it is unhealthy, please never stop! Delicious food is one the important things that makes life worth living, and Singapore, you do it so well. The world needs your food!
The amount of sodium and carbohydrates mixed with palm oil a single plate of hawker center food contains is way over one's daily requirement. It is delicious but I am not gonna try to fool myself by calling it healthy just because I love the taste and it's cheap for me.
Unhealthy food is becoming less delicious this days due to inflation, delicious taste depends upon individual ages, there is no standard when comes to food, there is a big gap between the rich and the poor when comes to food, the lower income persons has no other choices when they are hungry, it is quite ugly when modern human being eats every unhealthy food for a long perod of time. Most food nowaday are not the same quality like the old days. however we need to import more fresh organic food across the whole world and lower the price too. Economy food as she mention is ok and make it halal for all races so that all Singaporean can buy and will make economy food price can even lower to become extra economy. I'm sad to see more and more Singaporean becoming obese and sick😢
Addiction is the result of trauma. In Singapore's case, the trauma is the repressive government. Therefore, the only freedom for the citizen is freedom for unhealthy food.
A tip to a healthier diet, buy a water bottle that you really like and make sure it is always filled with plain water. Bring it around with you and take a sip once in awhile it really helps keeps you more full and hold backs some cravings.
I am a Malaysian,, recently reading Choi Lan(蔡澜) book, he suggest ordinary people can get happiness from delicious food they like most ( but not overeating). Maybe is all about TRADE-OFF ,but i prefer eating some fruit before going to KFC outlet and walking half an hour after it😊
Cool stuff. It would be neat to highlight healthy local dishes or options. Or explore healthier local food prep options. Vegetarian Indian food is super tasty. Chinese vegetable dishes and soups are so wholesome. Malay urap, ulam, tempe, etc. are nutritious. That bowl of lettuce isn't the only option (lehh) :)
It all starts with the motivation in the WHY we should eat healthy. And then having the initiative of the gov to make healthy food cheaper to be more accessible by perhaps giving more incentive to eat healthy like giving discounts to healthier choice meals at hawker or food courts.
I think food is the one thing that Singaporeans have left of their culture and cultural identity. In my opinion, unhealthy eating is symptomatic of bigger cultural problems (which I won't go into here because I don't wanna write a doctoral thesis.) Despite what one of the ladies claims, healthy eating is much more expensive than fast food etc. People just don't have the time and the money to eat healthily in Singapore. Especially with rising prices and the decision to increase taxes. When we solve the problem of time and especially the work culture here in Singapore. I'm certain we can solve a lot of issues associated with unhealthy eating as well. I don't want to be too critical of the panel but I think the ladies need to be a bit more realistic and a bit more practical. Idealism will only go so far before it becomes fanaticism and obsession...
Selectively naming char kway teow as unhealthy is rather biased when it is no worse than a carbonara pasta or mee goreng. Just take less sugar, salt, deep fried and avoid all processed foods with added additives and preservatives. Shouldn't the calorie intake be based on level of your activity. A strictly lean and healthy diet is ensured only by cooking your own meals of wholegrains, steamed lean chicken/fish and vegetables.
Carbonara, Char kway teow, mee goreng, all of them are unequivocally unhealthy. One should always consume them in moderation and should not make them a part of their daily diet.
In my family, we have been eating black rice since 2009. I use white rice to cook porridge maybe once per month. Other than this, we eat black rice only. We only eat wholemeal bread. We do not like white bread. In short, whole-grain rice and wholemeal bread can be very yummy. You just have to try out different brands until you find the ones that your family likes.
More tasty may not necessary equivalent to unhealthy. We should first understand what is unhealthy. Lard is healthy if you dont consume too much, but the media think otherwise...
What stuck in my mind was what Mahathir said his secret to long life was, and that is to eat only portions of what is needed to live. That definitely helped me trim down, like eating only about 3 to 5 tablespoons of rice. I sometimes get hungry in between and just eat some small snack. One gets used to it in the long run, I can go 1 whole day eating only one small meal if needed, but sometimes my blood sugar would go low and I have to get in some carbs. Ideally, 3 small meals a day is fine, especially for those also trying to build muscles.
Food price in Singapore have lost their balance in Singapore already making it miserable to live in Singapore. The cost of eating outside is cheaper than cooking at home. Foods are significantly more expensive nowadays in Singapore and single meal dishes are now the only thing that can still be call affordable in Singapore though vendors will try to sell it as high as possible if they can get away with it or they cut corners in order to sell it. These meals come at around 5 to 8 bucks on average. Side dishes have totally gone out of control already though. Zhi char stalls not restaurants are selling dish at 18 to 22 dollar per dish and the portions are miserable.
I eat only whole corn, unpolished rice and wholewheat noodles. I do not eat white, polished rice or white or yellow noodles. The most difficult issue around it is not eating it, but findig it for purchase, and at a reasonable price.
Healthy food can also be delicious; its all about how one is knowledgeable and creative with diets and food preps. Food prepared at home (home-cooked meals) are at least 2x cheaper than buying from outside. It's really the combination of over-reliance on convenience foods from delivery providers like Grab and Foodpanda, as well as the reluctance to make dietary and lifestyle changes for the better that hampers the progress of making the switch to healthy eating for Singaporeans. These factors, coupled with the prevalence of mainly carb-heavy food options island-wide, result in the the rise of pre-diabetes, Type 2 diabetes and obesity amongst the population. Moderation of food portions and self-control is key. Just like having higher taxes for tobacco products, Singapore could "assimilate" its citizens into adopting healthier eating habits by mandating higher costs for fast food as well as beverages high in saturated fat/refined sugar, especially soft drinks and bubble tea variants, and make people think twice about breaking their wallets for unhealthy foods.
Forget about the less salt, less soup, etc. There is hardly any vegetable in most of the local food served at the hawker centre and food court at all. Chicken rice? With few slices of cucumber? Or mee pok with a small piece of lettuce and some bean sprouts and spring onions? And don't forget the palm oil. Delicious or not is really subjective. Italian food is much tastier and balanced, for instance. It's expensive to eat healthily in Singapore unless you cook your own. Imho.
We can practice cooking our food by buying fresh from both supermarkets and wet markets!!!! For me, there are certain good healthy food i can't consume because of a digestive disorder with my large intestine!!!!
What HSA / MOH /NEA could do is roll out mandatory regulations to all eating outlets to cut out added sugar, salt & oil in meals & food preparations. As for desserts, cakes, pastries and drinks to reduce the sugar to MOM / HSA’s recommended levels. These could be implemented with a carrot & stick incentives / disincentives. Also to grade the hawker stalls with the A to D grading for their food recipe and rewards to customers for discount when choosing grade A (no added sugar & no added salt & less oil).
I dont eat chicken rice because I have ever watched a documentary about chickens that hang outside which are exposed to bacteria that causes gut upset. I am vegetarian. And my daily to go breakfast is just greek yoghurt with blueberries, chia seeds and banana. I don't take white bread nor white rice. Only brown rice if i need to. And I eat only 1-2meals a day and I dont eat after 7 or 8pm. I ran 3-4 x a week and have not drink coke for more than 10years, In sg, many people are tempted to eat anything they want hence the rise of chronic diseases such as diabetes. Being a nurse, I saw too many patients who enjoy now and suffer later and I do not want to be like that. Some week, I do intermittent fasting too. Remember we are what we eat and what we eat are what we are! :)
people wouldnt mind to eat "healthy food" with the right serving and quality, but the price is just too high. just look at organic food as an example....
People who don't like to eat outside and want to save or enjoy coooking at home always face a problem doing grocery shopping in Singapore. The shops and marts sell ingredients in bulks that cinsumers cant finish using at all. For example people just want to cook a few bowls of meals at home and just need a handful of onions and yet the shops and marts sell a big bag of it instead. People cant use it up at all and these items cant be stored for long either leading to rot and wastage. There is no common sense and a philosophical value toward life in Singapore at all.
Regular people will just go to the neighbourhood wet market. If u need just 1 onion, they will usually give it to you for free if you are regular customer. And if aren’t one, just buy the whole pack. Lol
Neighborhood wet market is now a scarcity in modern days by now. Meaning not everyone have the fortune of having one nearby when they need it. As for giving it to you free if you want something you continue to dream for it then. People will greet your mother if you dare to ask for freebies. Remember to bring mom along to hear the warm greetings. Lol
@@anglo-saxonconnor817 It’s obvious you aren’t familiar with how things works in the neighbourhoods. Or perhaps you haven’t lived in sg for long. There are 26 wet markets in sg, so most of the neighbourhood has one (Except orchard road). Even the CBD area has 2.
@@anglo-saxonconnor817 It doesn’t have to apply for everyone. But it works for most people. And it’s just less than $2 a pack. It’s not possible & not profitable to sell just 1 or 2 onions. It’s common sense. Don’t be stupid.
As i foreigner, i am so surprised that some food at coffee shop don't have vegetable but only meats maybe with some toufu. Especially. For youngsters, don't like to eat vegetable. And handmake noodles stalls also give very little vegetable. So i give thumb up to health SG program
Mixed rice stalls do offer many vegetable dishes. There is usually one such stall in every coffee shop or food court. If you wish to eat more vegetables, go for those. The fact is all the other types of set meals do not have much of meat or veg but mostly of carbohydrates. Meats are sliced thin unless you pay more money closer > $10. Not everyone eats out for every meal. The supermarkets have an abundant variety of relatively cheap fresh vegetables and greens; more than a supermarket in the West! Cook for yourself at home if you feel you are short of vegetables in your diet. Besides this, Singapore also has many cheap fresh tropical fruits. No excuse!
This is due to market force. As you know young people hate to eat vegetables. and some vegetables got sand that need to wash. They either give you chemical fed hydroponics vegetables or they don't give vegetables. Washing vegetables requires water, and it adds to their cost. Market force.
Getting the weight off isn't the problem. It's keeping it off. I pity some who have boiled chicken 24/7. 70:30 sounds right. We don't want to feel deprived. That isn't life. I don't have sodas often but when I do, I block out all the noise. You can't beat The Real Thing.
I eat everything "good", but the key is to do it in small portions. My wife and I just usually share a cake these days, for example. As for sodas, none for me anymore, I no longer crave them.
those who are addicted to delicious food are seldom hungry in real life for long terms.... When you are hungry for a long period of time, anything taste good... even plain food taste good when you are really hungry.
Why can't Singapore make more delicious and healthy food available at same price for all of us? At hawker centre and coffeeshops, I seriously can't find many healthy options. At some places, I can't find any. I can ask for less carb and more vegetables and my requests still get ignored. 😢
U have get used to paying more for veg. Your request for more veg get ignored because you didn't want to pay extra for the more. Or u kpkb online about how veg cost as much as meat for ur cai peng. Hawkers are not there to make sure you eat healthy. They work hard to make profit. So you either pay more for extra serving of veg or you prepare your own food.
@@deschan2246 I'm born and raised in SG. Your comment seems to be insinuating something discriminatory. Let's make our country a better place to live for all mankind.
Singapore move is on right track. Please do not follow Malaysia. Avoid the overly MSG-laden and salt-heavy fare in Malaysian cuisine. The teh tarik is a sugar bomb, to say the least.
I've not been to Malaysia for 2 decades. My impression is the proportion may be bigger. I last bought the Bau, it is twice the size at about the same price. and As the number 1 or 2 biggest palm oil producer of the world, the oil is probably like free flow.
Too much white rice and noodles can also give you high cholesterol and even pre-diabetes or diabetes!!!! That was my results this year after my yearly blood and urine tests, last year was good!!!!! I gave up eating most fast food, most spicy food, most Malay and indian food!!!! Only nasi lemak and nasi ayam once or twice a month, roti prata and chapati is still consume but not very often!!!!
Salad bars are for the Western diet. Not suitable for Singapore diet. Most of the vegetables aren't cook in salad bars ! There is more danger of food poisoning and transmission of diseases in salad bars than eating normal cooked oriental vegetables! Salads are not necessarily healthier than asians vegetables. Salads can be loaded with lots of sauces, creams, oils, cheese, fats and carbohydrates in pastas etc.
Selama berabad-abad manusia telah mengambil kesempatan daripada ini - menggabungkan semula gen dengan cara yang semakin sistematik dan menggunakan hibridisasi yang meluas dan pemilihan buatan - untuk mencipta banyak kombinasi yang tidak akan berlaku sebaliknya. Hampir semua yang kita makan berasal dari ternakan, tanaman, dan mikroorganisma yang dibiakkan khusus untuk menyediakan makanan. Manusia juga telah mengagihkan semula gen secara geografi: kacang soya berasal dari Asia tetapi kini ditanam di seluruh benua Amerika, manakala kentang berasal dari benua Amerika dan kini ditanam di seluruh kawasan sederhana. DNA tidak pernah "statik", sama ada semula jadi atau buatan manusia. Pengubahsuaian genetik adalah lanjutan daripada itu. Walau bagaimanapun, tidak seperti pembiakan tradisional, di mana gen untuk varieti baru dijana lebih kurang secara rawak, ia membolehkan gen tertentu dikenal pasti, diasingkan, disalin dan diperkenalkan ke dalam organisma lain dengan cara yang lebih langsung dan terkawal.
Healthcare cost is also getting higher. I'd rather spend more effort and my hard earned money on healthy food and habits like going to the gym than spending them on medical later on.
The point here is work on your health rather than paying for it later with medical bills. Nothing can be guaranteed because health comes from God but it's definitely a kind of self-sabotage if one does neither eat well nor exercise. Whether to go gym or not, it's up to individual. There are plenty of ways to workout. @@deschan2246
To say the food in Singapore is delicious is overrated. Much of the taste of Singapore everyday staple food comes from sauces. There is very little meat and vegetables in the meal and the primary component of the meal consists of rice or noodle aka starch. The vendors just pour sauces over it to give the pathetic thing taste to it.
Cut out sugar and ultra processed food. Eat real natural food. That would be a good start. The major culprit with modern diseases is eating too often and food which raised blood sugar and insulin level.
Real natural food is from an earlier era. These days, certain healthy vegetables and meat have become rare. The chicken variety that is most common is a fast growing and fat breed called Cornish cross. This is different from real kampong chicken, and even kampong chicken is different from the kampung chicken from years ago. The vegetables are hydroponics chemical fed plants. Local scene, land price is too high, not many farmer wants to do farming in Singapore.
Actually can.. singapore can ban everything including fast food, ban sugar, salt.. and oil.. also ban pork… then you singaporean can go healthy.. also ban eggs, ice cream…
As someone who'd traveled to both countries quite a bit, yes, Singapore does have comparatively more gourmet culinary choices and balanced flavours with respect for natural ingredients. Most Malaysian meals are just overly salty, greasy, sugar and msg-loaded and overcooked to the point where you don't taste the natural food ingredients anymore. Street foods are all just cheap highly processed foods with dirty recycled seed oils. The locals there seem to get so used to such excessive sodium content that delicious, healthy and flavorful food everywhere else seem tasteless to them. It is also no wonder that Malaysia has the highest obesity rate in the whole of Asia now. Not something to be proud of. Just because you're used to it, doesn't mean it tastes better.
Sorry but delicious hawker food??? The truth is we no longer experience all tat anymore.. Only a few hawkers here really cook with love..other than tat all anyhow cook. Then their most response will be u want nice ah go cook urself lah...
Firstly , sodium salt is an essential mineral. It is very strange but those elderly on medication for high blood pressure, diabetes, may at some point be given sodium chloride pills by the doctor ! I said may and not will. I cared for my mother for 15+ years, she was hospitalised 2 times for low sodium. The effects of hypertension medication is very hard to predict its effect on blood sodium. You cannot say Singapore's addiction to unhealthy food. Singapore is a country ! It is not a human ! What nonsense to say a country is addicted ! because you said so ??? I say Singapore is addicted to Capitalism . This is the root of the problem. On the ground level at hawker center, it is market force that determines if an food related enterprise thrive or bankrupt. and a primary additive has been Monosodium Glutimate ,MSG. It is an invention of the Japanese. even Mrs Lee from a past era was said to promote MSG. I heard but I donno if it is true. and today ! local politicians are seen on TV talking about a particular manufacturer of Japanese soya sauce. Soya is just soya sauce, why the association with japanese soya. There is more than it meets the eye. A few earlier generation chinese soya manufacturers did some iffy manufacturing. No doubt Japanese are known to be extremely careful and meticulous. But soya sauce is soya sauce. It has sodium. I'm chinese btw, for any culture, there is fermented food. From what I gather on the internet, fermented food is iffy. It may preserve some food, and make salted vegetables very delicious, and most fermented vegetables are imported from China, which is facing water pollution problems. It may not be the salt that is problem, but also the fermentation process. Not related to salted veges, The toxin of some bacteria seem to cause liver problems, which is very complex and lead to problems with the pancreas, spleen etc..Environmental pollution is part of the reason as well as stress. We live in the 2nd most densely populated country in the world, everyday we are exposed to a higher than normal level of human pathogens in the MRT and public spaces. I think we should be careful with fermented vegetables and salted eggs, salted shrimps, salted fish and a lot of processed foodstuff. Every Soya is processed and sometimes the bean curd taste a bit sour on some days. What drive the Capitalism of the food industry are mercenaries such as marketing industry. They are paid to promoted bakkwa and mooncakes and such. I caught a severe sore throat just recently, coincides with a short haze season. HSA detected strep bacteria on a few imported moon cakes. Moon cakes are overhyped over marketed. It over evolved into a money making opportunity. Traditionally, doctors and hospitals are forbidden to place ad for their services because they are professionals. but now I see some entities are pushing the boundaries of enterprise. This push up medical cost indirectly. so it is Capitalism.
One-third of Singaporeans speak Mandarin. Majority of them are from the freedom-loving nation Taiwan 🇹🇼, not China. Of those Mandarin speakers from China, most have *negative impressions* about the authoritarian surveillance regime.
They've been singing different tunes at different times. They've totally lost morality and credibility. Better off paying attention to how our body responds to different types of food.
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0:12: 🍜 The video discusses the challenge of unhealthy but delicious food in Singapore and the need to change eating habits.
3:41: 💪 The speaker lost 35 kg in 8 months and shares tips on making healthier food choices.
7:27: 🥔 Eating mashed potatoes can lead to high sugar levels, insulin resistance, and pre-diabetes due to the ultra-processing and frying methods of cooking.
11:03: 🍲 Choosing healthier options in Hawker centers, such as noodle soups without the soup, stir-fries, and roasted or grilled dishes, can help reduce sodium and oil intake.
14:30: 🧂 Excessive salt intake has led to increased hypertension rates, and our taste buds have adjusted to the high salt levels.
18:07: 🍽 Singaporeans have a strong food culture and are indulging in salty and processed foods, leading to an increase in calorie intake.
21:38: 💰 Eating healthy can be expensive compared to instant and processed foods.
25:00: 🥗 Salads may not always be as healthy as they seem, as they can lack nutrients and be nutritionally unbalanced.
28:28: ✅ Start small and make gradual changes to your eating habits to improve overall health.
Recapped using Tammy AI
18:45 Yes, when you sweat during a workout, your body does excrete salts, including sodium, that you have consumed through food. However, the amount of salt you lose through sweat is generally quite small compared to your overall intake and doesn't have a significant impact on your overall sodium balance.
Sweat is made up of water and small amounts of other substances, including minerals like sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium, as well as trace amounts of urea and lactate. The concentration of these minerals in sweat can vary depending on a number of factors, including diet, hydration status, and individual differences.
However, it's important to note that while sweating can help remove some salt from the body, it's not an effective way to manage high sodium intake. The best way to manage sodium intake is through a balanced diet that is low in high-sodium foods.
Also, excessive sweating can sometimes lead to electrolyte imbalances, which can be harmful. If you're doing a lot of intense physical activity and sweating a lot, it's important to stay properly hydrated and replace lost electrolytes.
- Sweating during a workout does excrete small amounts of salt (sodium).
- The amount of salt lost through sweat is generally small and does not significantly impact overall sodium balance.
- Sweating is not an effective way to manage high sodium intake; a balanced diet is the best approach.
- Excessive sweating can lead to electrolyte imbalances, so it's important to stay hydrated and replace lost electrolytes during intense physical activity. Reference ChatGPT
A lots of singaporean dont do workout. From bed to mrt/bus then seat in office for 7 hours then back home to sitting infront of the TV then sleep would be the normal routine
I use to have an urge to eat supper. It all started after Covid and WFH. Never eat, stomach feels empty and cannot sleep. I got rid of it by just pure discipline and swapping it to light biscuit if I cannot resist. After a few weeks, I lost the habit of eating supper and the urge to eat late night.
Wah. Normally when people newborn. They no time to exercise cos have to attend to the new born all the time. But this guy champions
From experience, eating healthy need not be expensive. Here are some cost effective food items 1. Beans e.g. lentils, chick peas, green beans, red beans, kidney beans etc 2. Canned fish 3. Frozen vegetables e.g. mixed vegetables 4. Nuts e.g. peanuts 5. Cauliflower rice. 6. Toufu. Having lived abroad, canned beans are readily available (look for those that are canned with water only). However it is harder to find them in SG. Hopefully more can be brought in. Makes food preparation easier. Healthy eating is critical as we all live longer
Cut Short... Just 1 sentence summarise all.. Eat like a Monk to stay healthy. No Fast Foods, no highly processed food.. Holy Moly ... Then the Fast Food Chains will start worrying... hmm....leave the soup behind.. so next time you order a noodle meal... eg... Uncle, Noodle Soup with No soup... Can sell cheaper... Since I don't drink the soup... Singapore is a Food Heaven City... Everywhere u go... Shopping Centres, You can see more Food n Restaurants ... How leh... If u go Hawker Centre, Ask Store owner... Uncle Uncle.. Less Salt. Less Rice... No Pork Lard .. Char Know Teow , less black sauce, no Hum , Less Oil.. Sooner or later u get Stared and Scolded by Uncle.. Say.. you go home cook yourself lar... Haha......
Dear Singapore, just seeing the title of this video made me anxious and scared! Promise me you will not stop making delicious food! Even if it is unhealthy, please never stop! Delicious food is one the important things that makes life worth living, and Singapore, you do it so well. The world needs your food!
Many years ago, someone tell singaporeans that frozen food is better than fresh food.
@@nicklee7002 That's basically what we learned in Europe back in the 60s. It almost destroyed our food culture and it is only now slowly coming back.
Everything in moderation, life is too short to not enjoy it
Singaporeans should ask themselves this question. Live by good food or yearly covid vaccine? This should be a no brainer.
The key question, is the definition of unhealthy food correct?
Yup most hawker food is super unhealthy
The amount of sodium and carbohydrates mixed with palm oil a single plate of hawker center food contains is way over one's daily requirement. It is delicious but I am not gonna try to fool myself by calling it healthy just because I love the taste and it's cheap for me.
Unhealthy food is becoming less delicious this days due to inflation, delicious taste depends upon individual ages, there is no standard when comes to food, there is a big gap between the rich and the poor when comes to food, the lower income persons has no other choices when they are hungry, it is quite ugly when modern human being eats every unhealthy food for a long perod of time. Most food nowaday are not the same quality like the old days.
however we need to import more fresh organic food across the whole world and lower the price too. Economy food as she mention is ok and make it halal for all races so that all Singaporean can buy and will make economy food price can even lower to become extra economy. I'm sad to see more and more Singaporean becoming obese and sick😢
Addiction is the result of trauma. In Singapore's case, the trauma is the repressive government. Therefore, the only freedom for the citizen is freedom for unhealthy food.
A tip to a healthier diet, buy a water bottle that you really like and make sure it is always filled with plain water. Bring it around with you and take a sip once in awhile it really helps keeps you more full and hold backs some cravings.
22:29 Healthy fast food = Subway?
I am a Malaysian,, recently reading Choi Lan(蔡澜) book, he suggest ordinary people can get happiness from delicious food they like most ( but not overeating).
Maybe is all about TRADE-OFF ,but i prefer eating some fruit before going to KFC outlet and walking half an hour after it😊
It's better to just reduce overeating. Why say no to delicious food 😂
Cool stuff. It would be neat to highlight healthy local dishes or options. Or explore healthier local food prep options. Vegetarian Indian food is super tasty. Chinese vegetable dishes and soups are so wholesome. Malay urap, ulam, tempe, etc. are nutritious. That bowl of lettuce isn't the only option (lehh) :)
It all starts with the motivation in the WHY we should eat healthy. And then having the initiative of the gov to make healthy food cheaper to be more accessible by perhaps giving more incentive to eat healthy like giving discounts to healthier choice meals at hawker or food courts.
I think food is the one thing that Singaporeans have left of their culture and cultural identity.
In my opinion, unhealthy eating is symptomatic of bigger cultural problems (which I won't go into here because I don't wanna write a doctoral thesis.)
Despite what one of the ladies claims, healthy eating is much more expensive than fast food etc. People just don't have the time and the money to eat healthily in Singapore. Especially with rising prices and the decision to increase taxes.
When we solve the problem of time and especially the work culture here in Singapore. I'm certain we can solve a lot of issues associated with unhealthy eating as well.
I don't want to be too critical of the panel but I think the ladies need to be a bit more realistic and a bit more practical. Idealism will only go so far before it becomes fanaticism and obsession...
You can drink your coffee and tea but replace the condensed milk with fresh milk or alternative ones like oat or quinoa or almond, all fresh
Selectively naming char kway teow as unhealthy is rather biased when it is no worse than a carbonara pasta or mee goreng. Just take less sugar, salt, deep fried and avoid all processed foods with added additives and preservatives. Shouldn't the calorie intake be based on level of your activity. A strictly lean and healthy diet is ensured only by cooking your own meals of wholegrains, steamed lean chicken/fish and vegetables.
Carbonara, Char kway teow, mee goreng, all of them are unequivocally unhealthy. One should always consume them in moderation and should not make them a part of their daily diet.
In my family, we have been eating black rice since 2009. I use white rice to cook porridge maybe once per month. Other than this, we eat black rice only. We only eat wholemeal bread. We do not like white bread. In short, whole-grain rice and wholemeal bread can be very yummy. You just have to try out different brands until you find the ones that your family likes.
More tasty may not necessary equivalent to unhealthy. We should first understand what is unhealthy. Lard is healthy if you dont consume too much, but the media think otherwise...
What stuck in my mind was what Mahathir said his secret to long life was, and that is to eat only portions of what is needed to live. That definitely helped me trim down, like eating only about 3 to 5 tablespoons of rice. I sometimes get hungry in between and just eat some small snack. One gets used to it in the long run, I can go 1 whole day eating only one small meal if needed, but sometimes my blood sugar would go low and I have to get in some carbs. Ideally, 3 small meals a day is fine, especially for those also trying to build muscles.
Follow blindly is not the way to health n longitivity. 😂
@@deschan2246the basis of the advice is sound. No excessive food.
There is no one solution for all on heath n longitivity yet.
He is just lucky.
@@deschan2246 maybe. But the over-indulgence of food is a major cause of ill health.
Food price in Singapore have lost their balance in Singapore already making it miserable to live in Singapore.
The cost of eating outside is cheaper than cooking at home.
Foods are significantly more expensive nowadays in Singapore and single meal dishes are now the only thing that can still be call affordable in Singapore though vendors will try to sell it as high as possible if they can get away with it or they cut corners in order to sell it. These meals come at around 5 to 8 bucks on average.
Side dishes have totally gone out of control already though. Zhi char stalls not restaurants are selling dish at 18 to 22 dollar per dish and the portions are miserable.
I eat only whole corn, unpolished rice and wholewheat noodles. I do not eat white, polished rice or white or yellow noodles.
The most difficult issue around it is not eating it, but findig it for purchase, and at a reasonable price.
Healthy food can also be delicious; its all about how one is knowledgeable and creative with diets and food preps.
Food prepared at home (home-cooked meals) are at least 2x cheaper than buying from outside.
It's really the combination of over-reliance on convenience foods from delivery providers like Grab and Foodpanda, as well as the reluctance to make dietary and lifestyle changes for the better that hampers the progress of making the switch to healthy eating for Singaporeans.
These factors, coupled with the prevalence of mainly carb-heavy food options island-wide, result in the the rise of pre-diabetes, Type 2 diabetes and obesity amongst the population. Moderation of food portions and self-control is key.
Just like having higher taxes for tobacco products, Singapore could "assimilate" its citizens into adopting healthier eating habits by mandating higher costs for fast food as well as beverages high in saturated fat/refined sugar, especially soft drinks and bubble tea variants, and make people think twice about breaking their wallets for unhealthy foods.
Forget about the less salt, less soup, etc. There is hardly any vegetable in most of the local food served at the hawker centre and food court at all. Chicken rice? With few slices of cucumber? Or mee pok with a small piece of lettuce and some bean sprouts and spring onions? And don't forget the palm oil. Delicious or not is really subjective. Italian food is much tastier and balanced, for instance. It's expensive to eat healthily in Singapore unless you cook your own. Imho.
We can practice cooking our food by buying fresh from both supermarkets and wet markets!!!! For me, there are certain good healthy food i can't consume because of a digestive disorder with my large intestine!!!!
What HSA / MOH /NEA could do is roll out mandatory regulations to all eating outlets to cut out added sugar, salt & oil in meals & food preparations. As for desserts, cakes, pastries and drinks to reduce the sugar to MOM / HSA’s recommended levels. These could be implemented with a carrot & stick incentives / disincentives. Also to grade the hawker stalls with the A to D grading for their food recipe and rewards to customers for discount when choosing grade A (no added sugar & no added salt & less oil).
I dont eat chicken rice because I have ever watched a documentary about chickens that hang outside which are exposed to bacteria that causes gut upset. I am vegetarian. And my daily to go breakfast is just greek yoghurt with blueberries, chia seeds and banana. I don't take white bread nor white rice. Only brown rice if i need to. And I eat only 1-2meals a day and I dont eat after 7 or 8pm. I ran 3-4 x a week and have not drink coke for more than 10years, In sg, many people are tempted to eat anything they want hence the rise of chronic diseases such as diabetes. Being a nurse, I saw too many patients who enjoy now and suffer later and I do not want to be like that. Some week, I do intermittent fasting too. Remember we are what we eat and what we eat are what we are! :)
people wouldnt mind to eat "healthy food" with the right serving and quality, but the price is just too high.
just look at organic food as an example....
I love brown rice. Very tasty, even on its own. Tastier than white rice.
People who don't like to eat outside and want to save or enjoy coooking at home always face a problem doing grocery shopping in Singapore. The shops and marts sell ingredients in bulks that cinsumers cant finish using at all.
For example people just want to cook a few bowls of meals at home and just need a handful of onions and yet the shops and marts sell a big bag of it instead.
People cant use it up at all and these items cant be stored for long either leading to rot and wastage.
There is no common sense and a philosophical value toward life in Singapore at all.
Regular people will just go to the neighbourhood wet market. If u need just 1 onion, they will usually give it to you for free if you are regular customer. And if aren’t one, just buy the whole pack. Lol
Neighborhood wet market is now a scarcity in modern days by now. Meaning not everyone have the fortune of having one nearby when they need it. As for giving it to you free if you want something you continue to dream for it then. People will greet your mother if you dare to ask for freebies. Remember to bring mom along to hear the warm greetings. Lol
@@anglo-saxonconnor817 It’s obvious you aren’t familiar with how things works in the neighbourhoods. Or perhaps you haven’t lived in sg for long. There are 26 wet markets in sg, so most of the neighbourhood has one (Except orchard road). Even the CBD area has 2.
Still not applicable to everyone. Common sense at work here.
@@anglo-saxonconnor817 It doesn’t have to apply for everyone. But it works for most people. And it’s just less than $2 a pack. It’s not possible & not profitable to sell just 1 or 2 onions. It’s common sense. Don’t be stupid.
As i foreigner, i am so surprised that some food at coffee shop don't have vegetable but only meats maybe with some toufu. Especially. For youngsters, don't like to eat vegetable. And handmake noodles stalls also give very little vegetable.
So i give thumb up to health SG program
fresh vegetables are getting expensive. definitely seeing less vege when eating out
Those foods might be good for carnivore diet. The proponents of that diet have scientific proofs against fibers and vegetables
Mixed rice stalls do offer many vegetable dishes. There is usually one such stall in every coffee shop or food court. If you wish to eat more vegetables, go for those. The fact is all the other types of set meals do not have much of meat or veg but mostly of carbohydrates. Meats are sliced thin unless you pay more money closer > $10. Not everyone eats out for every meal. The supermarkets have an abundant variety of relatively cheap fresh vegetables and greens; more than a supermarket in the West! Cook for yourself at home if you feel you are short of vegetables in your diet. Besides this, Singapore also has many cheap fresh tropical fruits. No excuse!
This is due to market force. As you know young people hate to eat vegetables. and some vegetables got sand that need to wash. They either give you chemical fed hydroponics vegetables or they don't give vegetables. Washing vegetables requires water, and it adds to their cost. Market force.
Getting the weight off isn't the problem. It's keeping it off. I pity some who have boiled chicken 24/7. 70:30 sounds right. We don't want to feel deprived. That isn't life. I don't have sodas often but when I do, I block out all the noise. You can't beat The Real Thing.
I eat everything "good", but the key is to do it in small portions. My wife and I just usually share a cake these days, for example. As for sodas, none for me anymore, I no longer crave them.
Intermittent fasting is the way to go. I can eat whatever I want and maintain my weight at the same time.
I think you can find good health food at a reasonable price outside
Didnt the government check on salt content for the outside food??how can it increase so much 😮
those who are addicted to delicious food are seldom hungry in real life for long terms.... When you are hungry for a long period of time, anything taste good... even plain food taste good when you are really hungry.
Don't eat out,One solution is pack home cooked food to cut cost.
Can CNA do a segment on "Toe Jam" and if its good or bad for you? CNA is known for asking the hard questions that don't really matter after all.
Why can't Singapore make more delicious and healthy food available at same price for all of us?
At hawker centre and coffeeshops, I seriously can't find many healthy options. At some places, I can't find any. I can ask for less carb and more vegetables and my requests still get ignored. 😢
U do hv a choice to return to where u came from or bring yr own food.
@@deschan2246 where I came from?
@tabbyginger u dont know yrself????😂
U have get used to paying more for veg. Your request for more veg get ignored because you didn't want to pay extra for the more. Or u kpkb online about how veg cost as much as meat for ur cai peng. Hawkers are not there to make sure you eat healthy. They work hard to make profit. So you either pay more for extra serving of veg or you prepare your own food.
@@deschan2246 I'm born and raised in SG. Your comment seems to be insinuating something discriminatory. Let's make our country a better place to live for all mankind.
What's the alternative then? Crappy but healthy food?
Singapore move is on right track. Please do not follow Malaysia. Avoid the overly MSG-laden and salt-heavy fare in Malaysian cuisine. The teh tarik is a sugar bomb, to say the least.
Right track? 😂 how do u know? Base on?😂
I've not been to Malaysia for 2 decades. My impression is the proportion may be bigger. I last bought the Bau, it is twice the size at about the same price. and As the number 1 or 2 biggest palm oil producer of the world, the oil is probably like free flow.
You can eat healthy but eating too much is also no good. Japanese eat 80% full rule is a good rule.
Pls interview Zermatt Neo! 😅
Too much white rice and noodles can also give you high cholesterol and even pre-diabetes or diabetes!!!! That was my results this year after my yearly blood and urine tests, last year was good!!!!! I gave up eating most fast food, most spicy food, most Malay and indian food!!!! Only nasi lemak and nasi ayam once or twice a month, roti prata and chapati is still consume but not very often!!!!
Are they speaking on behalf of Singaporeans?
What is Singaporean food?
Singapore needs more affordable salad bars. Hawker food has to go right in the bin where it belongs
Singapore is very hot and humid. Eating commercial salad prepared hours ago is very high risk of food poisoning.
Its easier for you to return to where u came from or bring yr own salad then to ask Hawker food to go to the bin. 😂
Salad bars are for the Western diet. Not suitable for Singapore diet. Most of the vegetables aren't cook in salad bars ! There is more danger of food poisoning and transmission of diseases in salad bars than eating normal cooked oriental vegetables! Salads are not necessarily healthier than asians vegetables. Salads can be loaded with lots of sauces, creams, oils, cheese, fats and carbohydrates in pastas etc.
Avoid refined carbs, seed oil and processed sugar
Y?
@@deschan2246 Cancerous and damaging to our kidneys
Not entirely. 😂
Love the socks
Cheap, delicious, fast.
Two choose one.
It's simple but not easy HAHA
Selama berabad-abad manusia telah mengambil kesempatan daripada ini - menggabungkan semula gen dengan cara yang semakin sistematik dan menggunakan hibridisasi yang meluas dan pemilihan buatan - untuk mencipta banyak kombinasi yang tidak akan berlaku sebaliknya. Hampir semua yang kita makan berasal dari ternakan, tanaman, dan mikroorganisma yang dibiakkan khusus untuk menyediakan makanan. Manusia juga telah mengagihkan semula gen secara geografi: kacang soya berasal dari Asia tetapi kini ditanam di seluruh benua Amerika, manakala kentang berasal dari benua Amerika dan kini ditanam di seluruh kawasan sederhana. DNA tidak pernah "statik", sama ada semula jadi atau buatan manusia.
Pengubahsuaian genetik adalah lanjutan daripada itu. Walau bagaimanapun, tidak seperti pembiakan tradisional, di mana gen untuk varieti baru dijana lebih kurang secara rawak, ia membolehkan gen tertentu dikenal pasti, diasingkan, disalin dan diperkenalkan ke dalam organisma lain dengan cara yang lebih langsung dan terkawal.
Healthcare cost is also getting higher. I'd rather spend more effort and my hard earned money on healthy food and habits like going to the gym than spending them on medical later on.
Does going to gym equate to healthy? 😂 An enclosed place where u breathe in n out each other carbon dioxide? 😂
The point here is work on your health rather than paying for it later with medical bills. Nothing can be guaranteed because health comes from God but it's definitely a kind of self-sabotage if one does neither eat well nor exercise. Whether to go gym or not, it's up to individual. There are plenty of ways to workout. @@deschan2246
@@deschan2246it doesnt gurantee healthiness if you go to gym but it does helps.
Eating satay while watching this video. 😂 The video did make me pause for two seconds. Buy only for two seconds...
To say the food in Singapore is delicious is overrated. Much of the taste of Singapore everyday staple food comes from sauces. There is very little meat and vegetables in the meal and the primary component of the meal consists of rice or noodle aka starch.
The vendors just pour sauces over it to give the pathetic thing taste to it.
Cut out sugar and ultra processed food. Eat real natural food. That would be a good start. The major culprit with modern diseases is eating too often and food which raised blood sugar and insulin level.
Comment of an individual strongly influenced n brainwashed by propaganda, sad isnt it
Real natural food is from an earlier era. These days, certain healthy vegetables and meat have become rare. The chicken variety that is most common is a fast growing and fat breed called Cornish cross. This is different from real kampong chicken, and even kampong chicken is different from the kampung chicken from years ago. The vegetables are hydroponics chemical fed plants. Local scene, land price is too high, not many farmer wants to do farming in Singapore.
Think the best is to cook at home
Less oil is gd but wat abt nvr change oil??
That's cancer in progress
@@yenchu1237 wat is cancer to u? 😂
To be honest , I found no delicious food in Singapore🤣🤣🤣 ( better come to Thailand where lots if yummies 👍👍👍)
Can't compare apple to orange.
Being very honest too, I'm not a fan of Singaporean food, but Thai food is boring. Once in a while ok.
Don't get me wrong look at a person and their body structure only then you know how healthy they are.
Actually can.. singapore can ban everything including fast food, ban sugar, salt.. and oil.. also ban pork… then you singaporean can go healthy.. also ban eggs, ice cream…
Can, get cna to report more on the good food lah
As a Malaysian: Singapore making delicious food??? 😂😂😂
As someone who'd traveled to both countries quite a bit, yes, Singapore does have comparatively more gourmet culinary choices and balanced flavours with respect for natural ingredients. Most Malaysian meals are just overly salty, greasy, sugar and msg-loaded and overcooked to the point where you don't taste the natural food ingredients anymore. Street foods are all just cheap highly processed foods with dirty recycled seed oils. The locals there seem to get so used to such excessive sodium content that delicious, healthy and flavorful food everywhere else seem tasteless to them. It is also no wonder that Malaysia has the highest obesity rate in the whole of Asia now. Not something to be proud of.
Just because you're used to it, doesn't mean it tastes better.
Sorry but delicious hawker food???
The truth is we no longer experience all tat anymore..
Only a few hawkers here really cook with love..other than tat all anyhow cook.
Then their most response will be u want nice ah go cook urself lah...
This is nonsense
Hot roti prata at my door.u sure or not??
The prata they make one shot many²,stack one side and then sit down n play hp..
👍
Nowadays, I love granola 😅
Granola has a NO in it😂
yea right, eat salad with chicken breast every day. this is damn stupid topic to begin with.
hsr and subyas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Crash course on becoming whiter
Oh no!!!!!!
Firstly , sodium salt is an essential mineral. It is very strange but those elderly on medication for high blood pressure, diabetes, may at some point be given sodium chloride pills by the doctor ! I said may and not will. I cared for my mother for 15+ years, she was hospitalised 2 times for low sodium. The effects of hypertension medication is very hard to predict its effect on blood sodium. You cannot say Singapore's addiction to unhealthy food. Singapore is a country ! It is not a human ! What nonsense to say a country is addicted ! because you said so ??? I say Singapore is addicted to Capitalism . This is the root of the problem. On the ground level at hawker center, it is market force that determines if an food related enterprise thrive or bankrupt. and a primary additive has been Monosodium Glutimate ,MSG. It is an invention of the Japanese. even Mrs Lee from a past era was said to promote MSG. I heard but I donno if it is true. and today ! local politicians are seen on TV talking about a particular manufacturer of Japanese soya sauce. Soya is just soya sauce, why the association with japanese soya. There is more than it meets the eye. A few earlier generation chinese soya manufacturers did some iffy manufacturing. No doubt Japanese are known to be extremely careful and meticulous. But soya sauce is soya sauce. It has sodium. I'm chinese btw, for any culture, there is fermented food. From what I gather on the internet, fermented food is iffy. It may preserve some food, and make salted vegetables very delicious, and most fermented vegetables are imported from China, which is facing water pollution problems. It may not be the salt that is problem, but also the fermentation process. Not related to salted veges, The toxin of some bacteria seem to cause liver problems, which is very complex and lead to problems with the pancreas, spleen etc..Environmental pollution is part of the reason as well as stress. We live in the 2nd most densely populated country in the world, everyday we are exposed to a higher than normal level of human pathogens in the MRT and public spaces. I think we should be careful with fermented vegetables and salted eggs, salted shrimps, salted fish and a lot of processed foodstuff. Every Soya is processed and sometimes the bean curd taste a bit sour on some days. What drive the Capitalism of the food industry are mercenaries such as marketing industry. They are paid to promoted bakkwa and mooncakes and such. I caught a severe sore throat just recently, coincides with a short haze season. HSA detected strep bacteria on a few imported moon cakes. Moon cakes are overhyped over marketed. It over evolved into a money making opportunity. Traditionally, doctors and hospitals are forbidden to place ad for their services because they are professionals. but now I see some entities are pushing the boundaries of enterprise. This push up medical cost indirectly. so it is Capitalism.
One-third of Singaporeans speak Mandarin. Majority of them are from the freedom-loving nation Taiwan 🇹🇼, not China.
Of those Mandarin speakers from China, most have *negative impressions* about the authoritarian surveillance regime.
The young lady invited guest ....like cakes?😢
Just exercise away the calories and you be all right
Its amazing these doc & nutritionist people still think whole grain, brown rice , noodles is healthy? 😂😂😂
They've been singing different tunes at different times. They've totally lost morality and credibility. Better off paying attention to how our body responds to different types of food.
its amazing that these people still believe sodium and saturated fat are unhealthy.
Dont overeat lol, simple
Logical
pseudoscience.