Foods & Nutrition
Summer! It is one of the most awaited seasons by many of us because it is the time to be lounging on the pool side or visiting the beach. The best part is you get to wear your swimsuits and show off that well trimmed body of yours (or is it?). The best part of summer is during the Memorial Day we...
The human body has the ability to produce many things by itself except vitamins that are essential for good health and long life. One's food intake determines the kind and amount of vitamins which goes in and utilized by the body.
With the rise of fashionable diets and the so-called dieting "industry," prospective dieters are faced with a bewildering amount of information. In such a situation, it becomes extremely difficult to try to pick out the accurate information from the snake oil peddling. Somewhere among this mass o...
Certainly, everybody has heard something good about green tea. You probably thought of drinking it when you went on a diet. You might have seen it in beauty products, health clinics and spas. There are many testimonies that proclaim the marvels of green tea. And, indeed, green tea is really great...
One of the biggest ailments in the 21st century is definitely obesity. This is perhaps due to our life style of too much stress, too little physical activity and exercise, less sleep and more fatty foods (such as fast foods or grease fried foods). All of the factors combined above create a volati...
A lot of us are aware of the bad impact of high cholesterol on health. If you are among the informed public who have decided to lower cholesterol by proper diet, read on. The type of cooking oil you choose in preparing your meal matters a huge deal.
A balanced diet supported by proper nutrition is one of the most reliable ways to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Many people understand this in theory, yet struggle in practice-often because highly processed, high-fat, high-sugar foods are engineered to be tempting, convenient, and deeply...
The Super Foods part of our official website has been one of the most visited sections of our readers. On the page, we enumerated a lot of healthy foods, which are of course beneficial to our health in general. Among the string of foods listed, I decided to choose the top five of the healthy foods.
RDA means Recommended Daily Allowance. It tells us the amount of nutrients our body needs to prevent sickness caused by lack of certain vitamins and minerals. Beriberi and scurvy are just some examples of these deficiencies.
It has been observed by many that people who are long time smokers and those who smoke heavily tend to get heavier after they decided to stop smoking. This observation however is employed in most cases as an excuse for those who continue to smoke. But this immediate effect, which people try to av...