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.
If time is of the essence, you’ll want to focus on the snacks that help you lose weight in the shortest amount of time. These weight loss foods and snack rituals don’t really feel like your typical diet food, but still, get the job done and leave you feeling good about your choices. 1. One Glass of Lemon Water In the Morning Don’t…
Garlic is one of the most healthy foods with “healing powers” worldwide. Besides the fact that garlic cures colds and flu due to its antibacterial effects, it is also used in other situations. If you suffer from any of the following problems, read how to use garlic as a medicine: 1. Hair Loss If you have a problem with hair loss, garlic is…
Some foods have been promoted as “healthy” when they’re exactly the opposite. Clean Plates founder Jared Koch shared nine examples. Here’s an expansion on his observations: 1. Canned Tomatoes Many canned foods contain BPA, a toxic chemical linked to reproductive and neurological abnormalities, such as breast and prostate cancers, diabetes and heart disease. High acidity in tomatoes causes BPA to leach into your food.…
One of India’s most important spices, turmeric can do as much for your health as it can for your taste buds. Here are some ideas for ways in which this bright yellow spice can pep up all kinds of humdrum dishes while bringing you some very significant health benefits at the same time. An underrated additive You probably think turmeric, a pivotal spice…
Imagine if you had to walk two miles to get drinking water for your family every day. That’s what many of these children in Zambia have to do three times a day. They have dreams of going to school. Watch what happens when their village gets clean water for the first time. To learn more about how you can help the people of…
Who doesn’t love celery? It adds a crunchy texture to salads and aromatic intensity of flavor to all kinds of soups and stews. But there’s another way to deliver that spicy flavor, with even more intensity and to a much wider range of foods. It’s celery seed, a spice that’s easily available but sadly under-used. The spice with the misleading name. It seems…
Why do you need to drink more water and how to do it? A couple of months ago, when I would get up each morning, I had a deep dull headache. It left me feeling lethargic and unsurprisingly a bit grumpy. After looking at many aspects of my diet, I realized that whilst I was drinking a lot of drinks, I was not…
You know that fruit is good for you, so eat it all. Orange and banana peels prove just as beneficial to your health, as the pulp inside. Fruits are healthy, no doubt. They are packed with vitamin C and other nutrients like Potassium. But I bet you didn't know just how incredibly nutritious the skins of fruits could be. Orange and bananas peels,…
Addictive drugs aren't exclusive to street drugs or prescription medications. Sometimes foods can be just harmful. Exorphins, chemicals found in certain foods, can mimic the effects of addictive drugs. Since we know this, strategies are being developed to save our health from these harmful foods, or rather the inability to utilize moderation. So, here's the magic question: Which foods contain this potentially deadly…
Fast food has an extremely bad reputation, wouldn't you think? But the truth is, you don't know the half of it! I spent much of my young adulthood eating fast foods. I wasn’t cooking much home prepared food because I was busy going to parties and hanging out with friends. Little did I know, I was endangering my body and mind. Even when…