Category Archives: Healthy Eating

Bread is a great part of any diet. Its addition complements other food like meat. But not all bread is made equal, as some are healthier than others. Take white bread, for example. It is often thought to be the least healthy, at least when compared to whole wheat bread. However, no clear distinction has ...click here to read more

The human body is an extremely adaptive organism. If you live in a cold climate country, your body creates more subcutaneous fat to serve as insulation. If you live in a sunny part of the world, chances are, your skin is darker to help deal with the sun’s harmful rays. The body’s own metabolic process ...click here to read more

There is no fad diet that will do for your body what healthy eating can. Healthy eating consists of a balance of the right amount of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins. Of course, over the past two decades, diet trends have swung in favor of one of the three food types at different times. For a ...click here to read more

Food is a necessity of life. We crave it, seek it out, and devour it when we’re hungry. This primal desire is an evolutionary trait that serves to provide us with the energy we need to survive. However, some people will literally die when they come into contact with a particular item of food. We ...click here to read more

Can you be indifferent to cinnamon? Not really. Either you’re really not into it and don’t understand what the fuss is about. Or, you’re a cinnamon aficionado. Your nose can probably detect freshly baked cinnamon buns from miles away. At a coffee shop, you always top off your latte or cappuccino with a pinch of ...click here to read more

Eating food is one of life’s greatest pleasures. It not only provides us valuable energy but can also bring us joy and happiness. This is all the more troubling when food is the cause of our immediate suffering, as in the case when we contract food poisoning. These are times when we unknowingly eat contaminated ...click here to read more

Medicine does not taste good… that’s the conclusion we inevitably make as we go through rounds and rounds of common cold and respiratory infections during childhood. After all, even that raspberry-flavored cough syrup isn’t as pleasant to take as the advertisers claim, so it’s not surprising that when it comes to eating things that supposedly ...click here to read more

Our joints usually receive little attention and don’t really enjoy much limelight, but their function in the body is crucial. Think of anything you do during the day—stretching in the morning, going for a walk, cleaning the house, cooking meals, mowing the lawn, lifting grocery bags, reaching the top shelf, playing tennis—and you can bet ...click here to read more

You’re going grocery shopping and want to pick up something to energize you in order to keep up with the pace of the busy week ahead. What are you stocking up on? Energy drinks? Protein bars? Caffeinated snacks? You see, the products you pick don’t have to scream “energy” to perk you up. In fact, ...click here to read more

Dear Friends, We all want to eat well because the foods we ingest work to improve our overall health—but, of course, I don’t need to tell you that. The problem arises when temptation sets in or we are unsure about what we should be eating. One day we are told to stock up on kale, ...click here to read more

Eating a well-balanced and healthy diet is something we all strive to do, and there is no question that including whole grains is a common part of the equation. Several studies have proven time and time again that an adequate intake of whole grains significantly reduces the risk of developing a disease such as type ...click here to read more

Even if this cruciferous vegetable hasn’t won your heart, you’ve surely heard about kale, the nutritional superstar. If you look up the topic of healthy eating, clean eating, vegetarianism, or green smoothies (just to name a few), you’ll find talk of kale. But what is kale all about? Is it as good as healthy food ...click here to read more

Love them or hate them, avocados have a ton of health benefits. This unique fruit, composed primarily of carbohydrates and healthy fats, has been shown to have powerful beneficial effects on our health. In addition to that, a new investigative review suggests that avocados may help combat metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of ...click here to read more

The greatest wealth is good health, and the older we get, the more we appreciate the importance of keeping our body fit and strong. However, a healthy lifestyle is often seen as an expensive and inaccessible luxury, and the latest superfood fads of overpriced foods like goji berries and flaxseeds perfectly illustrate this trend. But ...click here to read more