Detox is important for the body. Having said that, it is important to choose the right foods for detox. Something that will not hurt your digestive system, and yet at the same time offers anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory effects, and can improve our overall well-being 🙂
Heard of Kumazasa leaf and Ashitaba leaf? They are native plants to Japan.
The Japanese have found the kumazasa leaf to have anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties. They use the leaf as food preservation, to wrap sashimi, and as a traditional folk remedy for health issues such as diabetes and, hypertension. It is also used in cosmetics such as balms, and soaps .
Check out the following video on Orchestra Part 1 🙂
Orchestra comes in a box of 20 sachets. Priced at S$92.65.
Not sure if anyone managed to read this article. .. The heading really caught my attention – Getting through perimenopause as a family, dated September 15, 2025 published in The Straits Times, under the segment [life].
Yes…, women go through perimenopause, to menopause and to post menopause. Perimenopause is the stage when a woman starts experiencing menopausal symptoms even though she menstruates. This stage can last four to five years, or even longer for some.
The body enters menopause when a woman does not menstruates for 12 months. Production of progesterone and eggs stop. A healthy menopause happens between 45 to 55 of age. The years that follow menopause is called Post menopause.
Indeed, going through perimenopause and menopause can create “hell” for women. The transitions and sudden drop in estrogen levels can simply throw a woman’s life to hell 🙁 !
For some women, it can be as bad as what the article mentioned, “My wife, F, describes it as a new operating system that downloaded overnight. And the next morning, nothing works the same as before, and you have funky features you’ve never encountered.“
Estrogen is a large part of the body’s hormonal system, controlling many functions in women. Not only it can affect one’s emotions, but also one’s health.
Common symptoms include:
Hot flashes A sudden, brief sensation of heat on the skin that often starts in the chest, rising to the neck and head, accompanied by sweating, skin reddening, and a rapid heartbeat.
Night sweats When hot flashes occur at night, they are called night sweats. They can be severe enough to drench a person in sweat and wake them from sleep.
Vaginal dryness The declining estrogen levels that leads to thinning, drying, and inflammation of the vaginal walls – a condition known as genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM).
Mood changes
Anxiety Some may also feel anxious or uneasy. It can be severe enough to wake you from your sleep, leading to long-term sleep loss, fatigue, and irritability.
and difficulty concentrating
It’s can really be hell, isn’t it? 😥😪
I am a woman myself and naturally heard of stories on how a woman’s life can be “wrecked” entering menopause. The above are just some of the aspects. The drop in estrogen levels also starts to puts women at a higher risk for breast cancer, heart disease and osteoporosis! 😩
Yet I also do have friends that went through perimenopause with not much of symptoms, or symptoms that are milder.
I am a typical Singaporean. Meaning the kiasu type (afraid to lose 😜). After hearing so many scary possibilities circulating around perimenopausal symptoms, I naturally will get scared!
I prefer to take prevention instead of wait-and-see, or take action when it happens. Prevention is easier, cheaper, and with less agony. Everyone wants to age beautifully and healthy.
I am grateful that E.Excel International Founder, Dr Jau-Fei Chen researches into natural, holistic and healthy plant ingredients that can help women in this area. It is convenient and easy to prevent and alleviate conditions.
Ingredients are freezed-dried, and packaged into convenient sachet with no preservatives, coloring or sweeteners.
Safe and effective stand by their name – Extra Excellence.
For nourishing women’s health and age healthly, I am taking three products,
1. Nutrifresh for its wholesome quality soy protein
Soy also contains many phytoestrogens. Isoflavones, phytosterols, saponins, coumestans, and lignans. In fact isoflavones are also present in a wide variety of plants, such as berris, grains, and nuts, but most ample in soybeans. Phytoestrogens are also associated with multiple protective effects against cancer, heart disese, and bone weakness.
Nutrifresh Original Flavour – You just need about 200ml of water to mix for a nice healthy drink.
Nutrifresh comes in three natural flavours – mixed fruit, strawberry and original.
I prefer original as it tastes good on its own as well as when I mix with other E.Excel beverages. They even have Nutrifresh-D that caters for people with special dietary needs, example the diabetics.
Nutrifresh Mixed Fruit (30 packets in a box. Wholesale price is S$55.59 including GST.)Nutrifresh-D (30 packets in a box. Wholesale price is S$57.77 including GST.)
2. Menovie for its rich phytoestrogen ingredients.
✓ Regulate periods ✓ Eases uncomfortable symptoms including sudden flashes of warmness, irritability, depression and mood swings, heart palpitations, vaginal dryness, vaginal infections, and headaches.
You can take three capsules a day for normal prevention and maintenance. One bottle for 100 capsules, wholesale price is S$83.93 including GST.
Five natural ingredients:
Chinese Yam (山药) 👑 Lowers high blood pressure and protects the heart. 👑 Rich in polysaccharides to boost immunity. 👑 Has anti-tumor, neuroprotective, antidiabetic and anti-cellulite properties.
Sage Leaf （鼠尾草叶） 👑 Helps to reduce hot flashes and night sweats. 👑 Its high levels of potassium and magnesium can help replenish minerals that the body loses in perspiration after hot flashes. 👑 Phytoestrogens (genistein and daidzein) are helpful for menopausal symptoms. 👑 Prevents osteoporosis in menopausal women.
Raspberry （覆盆梅） 👑 Helps to maintain hormonal balance, relieves hot flashes and other effects of hormonal imbalance. 👑 Has antioxidant activity that is 50% higher than strawberry. 👑 Relaxes and lubricates the uterus and relieves dryness of the vaginal tract during menopause. 👑 Can inhibit the proliferation of cervical cancer cells.
Gingko （银杏果） 👑 Relieves chilliness experienced after hot flashes by improving blood flow to cold hands and feet. 👑 Ease memory lapses and may be useful in therapy for neurodegenerative diseases in postmenopausal women. 👑 Alleviates perimenopause effects such as fatigue, depression and memory problems. 👑 Inhibits estrogen-activated cancers such as bladder, breast and ovarian cancers.
Licorice （干草） 👑 Helps stimulate interferon production and boosts immunity. 👑 Improves ability to cope with stress and maintain hormonal balance. 👑 Relieves hot flashes, fatigue, irritability, and memory problems.
3) Oxyginberry beverage for its high antioxidants plant ingredients.
✓ Rich in antioxidants ✓ Increases the body’s production of collagen ✓ Reduces oxidative stress ✓ Slows down aging ✓ Supports healthy skin ✓ Supports healthy vision, joints and hair
Oxyginberry rose beverage. A box of 30 sachets, wholesale price is S$239.80 including GST.
Oxyginberry comes in two natural flavours – Oxyginberry and Oxyginberry Rose. This is my last sachet of oxyginberry rose. I will be taking Oxyginberry for my next box. No special reason for me since both taste wonderful for me. Just a change of flavours. haha.
Three types for you to choose from. All at the same cost :))
Ingredients:
Ginseng and ginseng berry – improves blood circulation; enhances the skin’s ability to repair itself
2. Cactus fruit – Promotes cell repair and renewal
3. Cactus – Improves immunity and prevents free redical damage
4. Grape seed – Powerful antioxidant; protects the skin from oxidative DNA damage.
5. Rose – Inhibits enzymes that break down elastin and collagen, and effectively enhances the body’s ability to produce collagen.
6. Seaweed – Helps maintain skin elasticity and eliminates toxins from the skin.
cheers to women!!! 💕🥰👍
Oh, men can also take all the above products! You need them too… we empathise with you too… hang in there when your lady is going through hormonal changes and difficult period. A good choice will be just get her these products!! And not forgetting yourself 😉
Note: Any phytoestrogens foods will not affect men’s libido according to various Research. ➢ Will not alter testosterone levels ➢ Have no effect on sperm concentration, count or motility ➢ Helps to prevent breast and prostate cancer
A moisturizer that sets our skin to defy gravity 🤩
Aqua Cacti is designed to nourish, strengthen, and to deeply hydrate the skin while leaving it feeling light and free.
E.Excel Aqua Cacti!
When applied, Aqua Cacti creates an invisible, powerful structure (matrix) to support the skin.
It creates a flexible and resilient network that mimics the skin’s natural support system that can be seen each time you open the jar – the lotion simply resets to perfection after each use!
The matrix micro-scaffolds to retain moisture and ingredients on the skin for extended hydration and nourishment.
Breathable and light-weight
Nourishes, strengthens and deeply hydrates skin
Contains moisture-retaining compounds that help maintain the -skin’s suppleness
Shields skin from environmental stressors and external irritants
Have you heard and eaten lion mane mushroom before?
Before I was a vegetarian, I have not consumed or even heard of lion mane mushroom. A delicacy that I was missing out!
I love the chewy texture and most vegetarian restaurants use lion mane mushroom to mimic western steak. It tastes good 😊
I love to include it to my cooking and since my husband likes it too, as it somewhat tastes like meat.
I have tried getting the dry mushroom form from supermarket, but it is not as easy to handle and cook. So I ended up getting those frozen and ready-to-cook types from vegetarian stores.
Happy that now there are even more reasons to consume lion mane mushrooms – for our brain health 🤩! Be it to prevent Alzheimer’s disease or to improve children’s memory, lion mane mushroom has proven itself to be useful!
E.Excel has <E-memories> and <ToThink>, both contain high concentration of lion mane mushroom.
<E-memories> is in capsule form, containing three concentrated ingredients: Lion mane mushroom, Ji-lin ginseng and Ashitaba for brain power.
<Tothink> is in liquid form with Lion mane mushroom and American ginseng.
Through much exploration, no other brands beat E.Excel when it comes to wholesome ingredients concentration. I love [Tothink] especially! In liquid form, tastes nice and the concentration of the ginseng is so high, by finishing a pack in a few hours, I can feel my energy boosted, focus level still sharp despite having late night the day before 😅
Feeling lethargy or recovering from a illness? You may want to try [Tothink] for that added boost! 💪
Dr Jau Fei Chen shares with us how global warming can affect our health in various manner, including the drop in the body’s ability to fight infections, and the potential increase of the body’s inflammation.
What we may not think of is how global warming may also cause the cold-blooded animals to adapt to the rising mercury, mutate and may become warm-blooded animals. When this happens, the viruses that used to be found only in the cold-blooded will eventually be able to jump to the warm-blooded animals. This can cause dire consequences to the warm-blooded animals, including human beings. What we can do now is to eat less meat to reduce the body’s inflammation, consume more plant foods (e.g cactus #millennium) to fight inflammation and at the same time increase our immunity.
The talk offers much insights. The same talk in English will be delivered by Dr EE Zhang in Malaysia Kuala Lumpur next month August. Drop me a text if you are keen to attend! I can have companion 🙂
Do you include sunscreen in your skincare routine? If you have not, better start the soonest 😒 Do not wait for premature pigmentation to appear before you start to do something, it may be well too late…
This happens to someone close to me. He is born with fair, flawless, porcelain skin that women will envy. Yet he found himself too fair. When he was in his 30s, he tanned himself often under the hot blazing sun and even applied some unknown tanning brand lotion. Now he is full of regrets – pigmentation fills up his previous flawless, porcelain face. Pigmentation is something that even with current technology, it cannot be effectively removed. The best reach is only to lighten.
Up to 90% of skin aging and damage is caused by harmful UV rays. UV rays damages the DNA in skin cells, accelerates premature aging, form premature wrinkles, dark spots, and can also lead to skin cancer. Sunscreen application is not a choice, but a necessity for healthy skin.
E.Excel currently has two sunscreen: – Sunny Time SPF 50 PA+++ (30g) lotion-based – Oxyginberry Sunscreen SPF 50 PA+++ (30g) cream based
Current new launch SunCacti is gel-based. Depending on which you prefer!
One worthy mention – SunCacti is 60g. Double the grams than the predecessors, yet at a lower price 😃 (S$69.76). Kudos to E.Excel that always try to keep price low but not at the expense of quality!
About SunCacti
Lightweight, gel-based
Glides easily and protects while moisturizing
Long-lasting sun protection and hydration
Requires less re-application compared to traditional sunscreen
Sweat-resistant; stays effective through sun, workouts and humidity
Easily removed with a regular facial cleanser
Eco-friendly ingredients and gentle on skin
SPF30 PA+++
Apply a thicker layer, you get SPF50+++ protection
Not to mention calcium pills being a synthetic mineral, can also cause blockage to our artery. E.Excel has Nature’s best real food ingredients that can help us to improve our calcium intake.
Let’s make the correct choice for ourselves and our family.
AI business industry is selling the work that still need to be done by humans, to people that are building models that would replace them.
In this real world of “human eats human” to survive, I am glad I have chosen a more humane business model where we work as a team to help one another gain success and live an ideal life!
The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates once said, “All disease begins in the gut.”
This proclamation was made over 2000 years ago, yet it is now gaining significant attention. Emerging research is shedding light on the profound connection between gut health and a wide range of diseases, from digestive disorders to autoimmune conditions, mental health issues, and more.
But where is our Gut? The entire digestive tract, from mouth to anus. This includes many organs such as the stomach, small and large intestines, gallbladder, and pancreas. A significant portion of the immune system resides in the gut.
An imbalance in the gut microbiome (a diverse community of bacteria in our body) can:
compromise immune function, making the body more susceptible to infections and autoimmune diseases
promote inflammation, contributing to the development and progression of chronic low-level inflammation such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer
can lead to food allergies, eating disorders, obesity
may contribute to anxiety, depression, and even neurodegenerative disorders
can lead to skin dermatitis such as acne and eczema
When there is an imbalance in the gut, it is known as dysbiosis. This can happen if there
are too many “bad” species
not enough “good” species
not enough diversity of species
Once the communication between the gut microbiota and immune cells is disrupted, it can lead to many diseases, including inflammatory bowel diseases, celiac diseases, obesity, and metabolic disorders.
Gut-brain Connection
Gut-brain connection or gut-brain axis is complex and bidirectional. Signals pass both ways between your digestive system and central nervous system (CNS), health or disease in one can affect the other.
The brain communicates with the body through nerves. Your brain and gut are like besties. The gut is practically like our second brain. More information passes between them than any other body system. There are more nerve cells in the gut than anywhere else in the body outside the brain. Their communication includes hunger and satiety, digestion, mood, stress levels, immunity, behavior, etc. An unhealthy gut may contribute to anxiety, depression, and even neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.
The Gut-skin connection
Gut-skin connection is another intriguing area of research. Conditions such as acne, eczema, and psoriasis may be influenced by gut health.
Signs of a healthy gut
You feel well after eating
You do not experience acid reflux, bloating, or digestive pain
Your bowel movements are fully formed, solid, smooth, brown, with no straining.
You do not notice undigested food, mucus, or blood in your stool
Foods for Gut Health
Dietary Fiber
Dietary Fiber produces high levels of SCFAs (short-chain fatty acids) that help to maintain a healthy intestinal mucosal barrier. Butyrate, a type of SCFA with anti-inflammatory regulates the immune system.
Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Omega-3 PUFAs can decrease the growth of Enterobacteria, increase the growth of bifidobacteria, and produce anti-inflammatory chemicals called short-chain fatty acids SCFAs.
Importance Avoid antibiotic overuse. Antibiotics can disrupt the gut microbiome. Chronic stress can also affect gut health.
Heal your gut and you may be able to heal your body.
A fever is not an illness by itself. It is usually a sign that the immune system is hard at work.
During an infection, the immune system raises the body’s temperature by secreting certain chemicals that increase the production and activity of immune cells. This slows down an invader’s ability to reproduce, resisting its attack.
Lowering a fever may make it more difficult for the immune system to overcome the infection. Fever medications have side effects. Even paracetamol. It can lead to side effects such as the death of liver cells and kidney cells, and neurotoxicity.
