Vegan and vegetarian are the most debated lifestyles/diets at the current moment. All of us have at least one friend recommending us to make the “big change” in our lives by showing us the numerous benefits of a meat-free lifestyle. Before you make that “jump” and...
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Whole Foods: How to Improve Your Overall Health by Choosing the Right Foods
Whole food is a term referring to ailments that are not refined or processed at all or they are very little. The first time this term was used was in 1946 in The Farmer, which is a magazine edited by F. Newman Turner, a predecessor of organic farming. He was also a...
Spinach Health Benefits and Nutritional Facts
The prevailing stereotype offers the image of spinach as being one of the primary weapons in the dietary arsenal of housewives and, at the same time, a long-lasting bane for children, who are hard to convince that it should be an integral part of their regimen,...
Brussels Sprouts: Fun Facts and Health Benefits
Historically speaking, Brussels sprouts are among the least popular of the cruciferous vegetables, especially if one takes into consideration their ubiquitous cousin, plain old cabbage. Nevertheless, in recent decades, Brussels sprouts (along with broccoli, another...
Broccoli: Nutrition Facts and Health Benefits
Broccoli is probably the vegetable which has suffered the most from cliché cultural representations of healthy eating over the now 70+ years of mass media driven society. However, clichés are not 100 percent detrimental constructions. Like myths and stereotypes, they...
29 Natural Appetite Suppressants You Never Knew Existed | Cravings Control
Weight loss always involves reduction of the caloric intake this can only be done in two ways: by burning more calories (through an increased metabolism or exercise) or by eating fewer calories. There is no other way to lose weight excess, no matter what anyone will...
Chamomile: Health Benefits and Side Effects
Chamomile is one of the oldest medicinal plants known and used by humanity. Medicine people have put chamomile to good use and created naturist treatments for various health issues. The world’s greatest empires have acknowledged its healing abilities, but the plant’s...
Benefits and Myths of Drinking Apple Cider Vinegar
For many centuries, vinegar has been used for a great variety of cooking and household purposes, but did you know that it’s also an ancient folk remedy which helps in case of all types of health issues? The most famous vinegar is apple cider vinegar which has various...
Whey vs Casein Protein – Benefits & Disadvantages
Nutrients are for the body what electricity is for a TV or what gas is for a car: its primary fuel. Specialists make a clear distinction between the two nutrient classes, micronutrients and macronutrients, and assign them different roles in the human body’s structure....