Kay Sy

A Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach, Plant Based Nutritionist and a Certified Pilates Instructor.

Her expertise in Nutrition and Pilates created Kay Sy Dynamics, a platform to share how food and Pilates can help in our health and healing. Health and wellness have always been the biggest parts of Kay’s life. Early on in life, she has been battling with an extreme skin asthma condition with attacks being so severe that it made simple acts seems difficult and painful to accomplish. By age 12, Kay

started her journey on detoxing, cleansing and juicing to try and help her recurring skin condition. Thankfully, green juicing and a
regular cleanse appeared to help manage her symptoms but still did not completely take it away. In the summer of 2006, after visits to several alternative doctors, she finally decided to completely eliminate meat and dairy from her diet making things better. Along with this and the discovery in the recent years that food intolerances and a weak immune system have been causing her conditions, a vegan lifestyle seemed to be most beneficial. With this and recurring back pains, she was able to realize a needed change in lifestyle as well as the discovery of Pilates. The combination of the right nutrition and the practice of Pilates became the start of a better and more nourishing life! Realizing that the exercise became more than just a successful program that improved her posture and back problems, Pilates became a passion, motivation and part of her new way of life. By 2010, Kay took her practice to the next level by getting her International Instructor Certification from the BASI Pilates Program in Singapore. In her training, she learned to teach Pilates with passion, dedication and a deep sense of commitment to the Pilates principle of ensuring happiness through physical fitness. She has been a teaching in Singapore since 2011 at Studio UP Tanjong Pagar. Her teaching style and philosophy includes the combination of 3 types of methods: Classical Pilates, Eve Gentry and the BASI Program. By the end of 2012, Kay finally followed her heart and shifted careers. From the finance world, she shifted to the Health and Wellness Industry in Singapore - working for the highly respected Australian-owned company, Sana Cleanse. It was during her 1-year stay with the company that she was able to apply and fully expand her knowledge in Juicing and Plant-Based Nutrition. She worked closely with clients handling their nutrition needs as well helping in formulating and developing new cleanses and detox programs. She further expanded her knowledge in Nutrition by completing her Plant-Based Nutrition course from Cornell University in the same year. Though not limited to just a plant-based approach, since then she has been helping clients with their nutrition needs specifically those who are interested to learn more and practice a wholesome or plant-based approach to nutrition. Today, Kay is bringing all her knowledge and experience about Food, Nutrition and Fitness to Manila – opening her mat-based Pilates home studio, Kay shares her passion for Pilates through her array of classes at Powerhouse and the same time sharing her advocacy in Food and Nutrition through her Plant-Based Nutritional Coaching. Kay is a strong believer that living a healthy lifestyle is not a cookie cutter fit for all to follow. It is rather an individualistic approach of finding what is right and what feels right to each one. Her journey with food and Pilates led her to understand that each individual is different, thus making her approach very personalized and hands-on.

“Each one of us responds to certain foods and exercise in a different way. All of us, when willing, has to go through the journey of finding out what is right for us.” - Kay

24/08/2020

To anyone who needs to hear this today...Be gentle with yourself, wherever you may be. Show the same kindness and compassion to yourself as you would your loved ones.

17/08/2020

Kay shares more tips on how you can support your immune system (aside from eating clean, of course!).

11/08/2020

All month of July, we talked about the Macronutrients in our diet or the big guys, the adults. But we shouldn't forget about the little guys: the MICRONUTRIENTS. As important as the macros are, the micros are equally as important. They give us the phytonutrients that are essential for health and bodily function. Most, if not all, of these phytonutrients are found in plant foods that you can add, combine and use in your daily cooking.

07/08/2020

The threat of COVID plus the strong rains is a combination no one wants. It’s important now more than ever to take care of yourself and boost your immune system. Here’s a handy list to keep for when you are planning your meals.

05/08/2020

Ginger is most famous in the country for its use in dishes and even for soothing tea. It has numerous benefits and is an ingredient you should keep handy in your fridge.

Now that Metro Manila is back to MECQ and the rise of cases is even more alarming these days, let's revisit the foods that help boost your immunity.

For an easy recipe, check out Kay's Immunity Tea in our highlights. Stay safe and healthy, everyone!

31/07/2020

The focus is still on FIBER on the last few days of NUTRITION MONTH. Here are 5 important things you should remember.

28/07/2020

Though it is not part of the 3 major macronutrient groups, FIBER is crucial for a healthy diet and not to mention, healthy p**p. ☺️
(yes, we look into p**p too).

Largely found in whole and unprocessed carbohydrates, here is why we should not take it for granted.

24/07/2020

After all that we've discussed about carbohydrates, here are 5 things that you should remember by heart when you are thinking about this macronutrient in your diet.

22/07/2020

Everyone always talks about good vs bad carbs but what might be important for us to understand and know are the type of whole unprocessed carbs that we should be eating.

06/07/2020

As we mentioned, food is information. Our bodies use the food we eat to function well.

With that, we need to talk about the macronutrients we need.

First up, PROTEIN.

01/07/2020

To me, food is not just calories. It is much more complex and powerful that that. It is information that supports our entire existence. For example, carbohydrates give us energy, protein repairs and rebuilds our muscles, and fat fuels the brain and regulates our hormones. Or that micronutrients from simple foods like mushrooms and berries help sleep and immune function. We even use black pepper and mustard seeds to make vitamins and minerals more bioavailable in darky leefy greens. Food is fascinating.

But just as it can heal, it can also be part of what can destroy our bodies. All the processed, refined, and unreal foods that we have around have caused disease and inflammation to sky rocket.

As Hippocrates said, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”

In my practice, this statement has always been my guiding light and my north star. I believe that food is so powerful as it can both be healing and damaging. So when I realized that July is nutrition month, I wanted to take advantage and highlight some of the important things I learned about food!

All throughout this month, we'll be discussing nutrition, food, and superfoods.

I'd also love to share more of how I do my work as a health and nutrition coach. If you have any questions for me, feel free to send a DM.

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