Articles about healthy food and nutrition. Healthy eating habits, cooking methods and recipes. Various diets and everything you should know about them. Here you will also learn about superfoods and unexpected health benefits of different foods and spices.
Eating mango skin may sound like a weird option, but you will be surprised to learn about the incredible health benefits it has. There are many fruits and vegetables that we peel before we consume, often because we think the skin is bad and what’s inside is better. Of course, eating mango skin is safe. The peel actually often contains a lot of…
Hair loss can be a real drag, to say the least. Not only is it frustrating, but it can also really do a number on your self-esteem. How to fight it and regrow hair? You may even be tempted to take extreme actions like hair implants to solve the problem—but hold your horses. There are a lot of natural steps you can take…
Between 60-80% of our immune system is located in our gut so it’s really important to know when we have digestive system problems. Gut bacteria, which we have around 100 trillion cells, play a huge role in our general health. All of the systems within our body are connected, it’s important not to think that everything is independent of the other. For this…
Baby carrots are aesthetically appealing, they are cute, small, a good colour and the perfect size for a snack. They have become a regular in children’s lunchboxes and for adults for a great substitute to snacking on biscuits and chocolate. There are however some rumours surrounding these cute little snacks. One being that the carrots are soaked in chlorine and the white foam…
If you're health-conscious, you know something about Vitamin D. If you're health-conscious and you live anywhere that has a real winter, you've likely worried about whether you're getting enough of this vitamin. For the often kooky world of “health and wellness”, Vitamin D has undergone an enormous amount of research. More than most things you've probably heard are beneficial to good health. There…
There are many things that cause depression. Believe it or not, mineral and vitamin deficiencies are one of those factors! If you suffer from depression, most likely you've already been properly diagnosed and matched with a regimen of antidepressants. This is the common case when it comes to most people who suffer from mental disorders of various kinds. Counseling is also common, followed…
There are so many delicious ways to consume chocolate, from ice cream to cake, to the classic chocolate bar. But is chocolate good for you? If you’re a true chocoholic, you know that other flavors like vanilla or cookie dough just won’t do! Whether we’re talking candy or pudding, chocolate is the only acceptable flavor. Well, for you chocolate lovers out there, here…
There are actually two types of Vitamin K, K1, which is found in vegetables and K2 is found in dairy products and produced by the bacteria in your gut. Let us take a look as to why it's important in our diet, how to identify if we are deficient and where the best sources of it are found. Why is Vitamin K so…