by Jessica Lewis | Aug 30, 2016 | Lifestyle
One’s mood is viewed as a temporary state of mind or feeling which, at first glance, is affected by external factors: anything from TV news to bad weather; even other people’s mood can impact our own. Yet, it is in our power to significantly reduce the influence of...
by Jessica Lewis | Aug 29, 2016 | Food&Nutrition
Cocoa Powder Theobroma cocoa is the scientific name of the plant more commonly known as the cocoa tree. The name bears a Greek origin and literally means “food of the Gods”. The cacao tree has been used for its health-related benefits ever since the ancient Mayan and...
by Jessica Lewis | Aug 27, 2016 | Probiotics
Leading a successful life means preserving the incredibly fragile balance in the many existential dimensions, of which the biological or the social are just components. Today, we will be talking about an instrument designed to maintain a certain physical balance,...
by Jessica Lewis | Aug 21, 2016 | Food&Nutrition
We often see various commercials and articles or even Facebook feeds, talking about high or low glycemic foods but do we understand the process behind them? We are told, even since childhood, that we need to have a constant control of what we eat and avoid the...
by Jessica Lewis | Aug 20, 2016 | Food&Nutrition
Foodborne poisoning is a health problem and occurs in people who consume contaminated food and drink. Scientists discovered around 200 pathogens that can cause a foodborne disease. Unfortunately, 76 million people develop a foodborne disease annually. Many of them end...
by Jessica Lewis | Aug 18, 2016 | Nootropics
Nootropics Mind bender or mind turner. That is one way to translate the word “nootropic”, which the Romanian chemist and psychologist Corneliu Giurgea used to name the cognition-enhancing process. Why? Because let’s face it! Humanity has always looked for ways to...
by Jessica Lewis | Aug 15, 2016 | Lifestyle
Sometimes we are having a hard time falling asleep. Many of us are struggling the whole night to stay asleep. It should not be like this. Lack of sleep means more stress on the body that leads to weight gain, hormone imbalances, infertility, premature aging, hair...
by Jessica Lewis | Aug 14, 2016 | Health
How can someone get Lyme disease? People can get the Lyme disease through the bite of infected black-legged ticks. These ticks contain the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium. After they get infected, people experience these symptoms: headaches, fever, fatigue, and a...
by Jessica Lewis | Aug 13, 2016 | Lifestyle
Chocolate as we know it 1. Chocolate is made of fruits called pods. These fruits grow on cacao trees. The cacao trees can be found in hot, very rainy areas, close to the equator. The cacao trees need around five years before they produce the pods. The peak of the pod...
by Jessica Lewis | Aug 12, 2016 | Health
A person can get dehydrated when he doesn’t have the necessary amount of fluids in his body. If a person doesn’t drink water or other liquids for an extended period of time, he can have severe health problems. In some cases, the person has to be hospitalized. What is...
