Hi there, I came across your website while doing some research and was on the brink of going back to my horrible eating disorder. This is so inspiring how there's such community in Singapore that I wasn't aware of! I am now a business owner and would like to share my story below in how this disorder led me to this path of my life ?? You can find out more as well on my linkedin profile: Hayley Matchafanatik or my website: matchafanatik.com Here goes the story: ?As a Certified Tea Sommelier, Entrepreneur and owner of my very own tea farm in Kyoto, MATCHAFANATIK™ believes in sourcing ingredients from only the best quality. Which is why, we work directly with our own Japanese tea farms and farmers, to ensure the best-tasting organic, environmentally sustainable Matcha, from farm to cup. ?This is my personal story of how I came to create MATCHAFANATIK™, from using it as a secret help to transforming it into my greatest passion today. ?As a teen struggling with anorexia and bulimia, the first time I had Matcha was with the intention of losing even more weight despite being severely underweight. I knew Matcha had the properties of increasing metabolism, so I took advantage of this, and only had Matcha (and an orange a day), consecutively for 6 to 7 months. ?This habit eventually landed me in the hospital. My sister tried to help, bringing me enticing-looking food, but I would never eat any of it. I felt I would get fat just from eating a piece of carrot. ?One day my sister came up with a brilliant idea that managed to fool my impressionable mind (at that time). She got me a Matcha flavoured cookie and explained that since it had Matcha in it, Matcha would counterbalance the other ingredients in the cookie, making it a neutral calories food item. Somehow that enticed me and I started eating solid food for the first time after months. Slowly my interest for Matcha flavoured food items started building up as I went on the hunt for more Matcha varieties. Eventually, I got back to a healthy weight, and the rest is history. ?I found my passion and started gaining more confidence as well as becoming more health conscious and got out of that dark period of my life. ?This epiphany became my greatest mission to helping others lead healthier, more fulfilling lives. I started to spread my love for Matcha and consistently build a bigger Matcha community as I realised there are still many out there who are unaware that Matcha is the best healthy alternative you can have.