It is a fact generally known that eating a variety of foods makes a diet healthy and well balanced. The problem is that once we embark on a certain diet, we start buying all those foods, which supposedly have the highest amount of nutritional value. Once we start doing that, […]
Tag: nutrition
Weight Loss Is Not a Simple Math Equation!
I remember sitting in a University nutrition class listening to the professor explaining the concept of thermodynamics and caloric balance. It was a simple math equation, if calories in are less than calories out your end result is weight loss. Wow! I felt like I was just let in on […]
Benefits & Risks of Fermented Foods
I experienced the benefits of fermented foods myself very recently – my doctor asked me to take probiotics in a pill form to balance my micro flora after an illness. Instead I bought some sauerkraut and started munching. Just after a day I felt a lot better, and my micro […]
Abolishing Heart Disease
Coronary artery disease, the most common form of heart disease, which is responsible for heart attacks need never exist and if it does exist, it need never progress. How can one make that statement when coronary disease is the leading killer of women and men in western civilization? Astonishing findings […]
5 Reasons To Eat Spruce Tips & 8 Ways To Use Them
I went for a walk in the park yesterday and picked a pocketful (I did not have anything else to put them into) of spruce tips. “Why on earth?” some might ask. They taste so good and are packed with vitamin C! When I finished picking the tips I felt […]
Heart Disease Starts in Childhood
By age 10, nearly all kids have fatty streaks in their arteries. This is the first sign of atherosclerosis, the leading cause of death in the United States. So the question for most of us is not whether we should eat healthy to prevent heart disease, but whether we want […]
Foods Containing The Most And The Least Pesticides 2014
Environmental Working Group (EWG) publishes its annual rating of conventional foods with the most and least pesticide residues.
Why Is Sugar Bad For You?
I hardly ever have sugar in my menu. Why is that? Added sugar is the single worst ingredient in the modern diet.It can have harmful effects on metabolism and contribute to all sorts of diseases.Here are 10 disturbing reasons why you should avoid added sugar like the plague.