Eat Tuber Roots, And Tuber Leaves As Well: Sweet Potato, Yam and Cassava
Tropical tuber roots like the sweet potato, yam and cassava are often eaten as root vegetables but the tuber leaves are just as, if not, even more nutritious, and are never left to waste. Sweet Potato Tuber…
Diet: Eating For Short Or Long Term Benefits?A short-term diet dies not appeal to the taste buds It can work against you if you resort to it repeatedly. Further it can only bring about temporary results. On the contrary, a long term diet is synonymous with a lifestyle practice, as in following a plant-based diet where nature works hand in hand with you. You will get to eat a variety of colorful whole foods that fill you up, nourish and heal you. These natural foods can also be prepared in delicious ways; and they can even improve your looks and performance at work.
The Black And White Medicinal Mushroom ShowTwo fungi or mushrooms, the black auricularia and the white tremella, are riding a wave of recent interest in the West. They are ahead of the pack for their health-giving, medicinal and beauty properties. Besides, with these two mushroom fungi types, you eat healthy within your means. Moreover, the edible mushrooms make delicious, easy to prepare meals.
10 Ways to Boost Your Energy Levels10 quick and simple ways to boost your energy levels naturally and simply. If you feel you are low on energy try a few of these simple ideas.
The Single Best Reason To Eat OrganicWhy organic meat should be your choice. Read about conventionally kept animals and solutions for carnivores.
Why A Plant-Based Diet MattersA plant-based diet caters to your need for variety in your diet. The different colors of varied whole foods are closely bound up with their phytochemical content. You can also tap the healing powers of natural foods, though not for instant results. Further, the chlorophyll of greens will help you make it through life. Finally, the way food is prepared will affect the outcome of a plant-based diet.
Do the Switch: How to Go From Processed to Whole FoodsWhat is processed food? Is it good for your health? Are calories in processed food the same as calories in natural or whole food? How does it affect my weight? When you look at the ingredients label, do you know what these ingredients are?
Food That Helps Promote Healthy BonesWhether you have problems with weak bones or you just want to make sure that your bones stay strong, diet is crucial. This is true when you are young and still growing, when you are old and your bones are starting to deteriorate, or the time in between those two, when you can build up your bones. There are also exercises and supplements that can help with this, but I will only deal with the benefits that can be achieved from diet.
How Your Favourite Diet Soda Makes You FatPeople are piling on the pounds and one of the many reasons for this is soda. Whether you indulge in bottles, glasses or cans of liquid, drinking soda is a poor choice if you want to remain slim and healthy.
Anti Inflammatory Foods – A Must Know To Avoid Rheumatoid ArthritisInflammation is part of our body’s immune response. Without inflammation, then the body will be unable to heal. Arthritis is mainly an “acidic” condition, related to the inflammation and pain that typifies this disease. The most common form is osteoarthritis; this comes from a slow degeneration of cartilage, which is the cushion tissue that lines the joints. Joints mainly affected by arthritis are the knee, hips, fingers and the vertebrae of the spine. This type of illness is often confused with osteoporosis which is another serious health issue that affects the bones. Osteoporosis is when your bones become fragile and brittle, losing minerals such as calcium faster than the body can replace them. This leads to low bone density and high risk of fractures. To treat this type of illness would be entirely different to treating rheumatoid arthritis.
What Your Nutritionist Wishes You’d Stop DoingEven if you don’t work with a nutritionist, the points covered in this article offer several straightforward ways to improve your food habits. If you do work with a nutritionist, she/he will be glad to see the changes.
Why Can’t I Just Eat What I Want, When I Want? You Can And Still Care For Your BodyEating what we want, when we want seems to be the mantra of many today especially in the more affluent societies… to wit – North America. The cry of modern-day sociologists is that we can do what we want, when we want and to who we want, as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone. When it comes to caloric intake and health and wellness, we cannot eat what we want, when we want and expect our bodies to perform as they were designed. Eating more wisely and eating for health is a learned habit that must be practiced daily. It is not a matter of self denial, but a matter of knowing how our bodies work in terms of digestion, absorption and elimination of the nutrients with which we fill them. Some nutrients come from the food we ingest and some must come from supplements. Here are some facts and fallacies that will help you make wise decisions.