Top 5 Super-foods to Elevate Your Health
In the pursuit of optimal health, our diet plays a pivotal role. While the term “superfoods” often sounds like a marketing buzzword, certain foods indeed boast exceptional nutritional profiles that can transform your well-being. Let’s delve into the top 5 superfoods backed by research (see below), exploring their nutrients, benefits, and how they can improve […]
Top 10 New Year Resolutions For A Healthier You
Top 10 New Year Resolutions For A Healthier You Some simple New Year resolutions can be reading the nutritional labels before buying products from grocery store, eating well-balanced meals, managing stress levels and avoid over eating. It’s time to for us to start thinking about ways by which you can become healthier. What are some […]
5 Ways to Use Food as Medicine
Good nutrition and what you put into your body is the foundation for good health. “Food is Medicine” as Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine said almost 2400 years ago. He believed that eating wholesome food is the basis for good health. The same as we see Ayurveda texts (3000-3500 years old) also guide us […]
Whole Grain Bread Nutrition
Whole grain bread has higher nutritional value than wheat bread In recent years, bread has received a bad rap for being filled with junky carbohydrates and containing little nutritional value. For many breads and baked goods, this reputation is well deserved because of the cheap, poor quality options consumed by most people. But all bread […]
Are all processed foods harmful?
The definition of processed food applies to any food that has been altered from its natural state in some way, either for safety reasons or convenience. Food processing techniques include freezing, canning, baking, drying and pasteurizing products. Some ingredients can undergo changes — like being frozen, fermented or sprouted — that makes them equally or […]
Proper Nutrition During Pregnancy
It could be that good nutrition has always been a priority in your life. Or maybe you’re just now beginning to be more intentional about what you eat. Either way, you will find that proper nutrition during pregnancy is very rewarding. Taking care of yourself during pregnancy gets your baby off to the best possible […]
Pros and Cons of a Juice Cleanse
A juice cleanse is a type of diet that involves consuming only juices from vegetables and fruits in an attempt to lose weight and detoxify the body. As these cleanses are restrictive in terms of food groups and calories, many people are skeptical about their possible benefits. It is important to note that there are […]
Prediabetes – Steps to take now
So what is Prediabetes? That may be a burning question on your mind if you have been recently diagnosed with prediabetes, or if you have known about your prediabetes for a while now. Even if you have not been told that you have prediabetes, you could be worried about it, since 90% of the people with […]
Sugar Cravings
Sugar, Sugar There are many things that are detrimental to our health, but if I had to choose one thing that is a problem for so many people, its sugar cravings. Complications from sugar kill more people than cigarette smoke. Yes, you read that correctly. People think it’s the opposite, but it is not. Sugar […]