Whether you're striving to build your immunity or fighting against a debilitating disease, eating right can help reclaim your health. French fries, a succulent burger, and a fizzy drink may seem like the ideal working lunch while...
Whether you are struggling to loose those extra pounds or have been overdoing the beers and junk food of late, belly fat can be a formidable nemesis. No matter what you weigh or how fit you are it is not unusual to pack on the pounds around your...
Unravel the Bitter Truth of Sugar: The sweetness of sugar has always been associated with love, beauty happiness and joy. Singers, play writers, literature scholars and philosophers have ascribed sugar and honey with qualities most desirable...
Broccoli is a cruciferous vegetable that belongs to the cabbage family. Not only is it tasty, it is also packed with a lot of nutrients. It is, therefore, considered a good source of vitamins and minerals. Some of the nutrients in broccoli are...
This Christmas go easy on the marshmallows, lollies and candy sticks, and instead throw in some extra walnuts, almonds and cashews into your meals and desserts. Contrary to the popular notion, nuts actually help you lose weight as the fat they...
Some people believe that lactose intolerance is connected to gaining weight or a lactose weight gain as some would call it. This claim however has not been substantiated or proved, experts suggest otherwise instead. Let us first look at what...
If you find it difficult to have an adverse reaction to milk or dairy foods, you could be lactose intolerant. Lactose is a sugar found mainly in milk and milk products. The body works to digest lactose. It is broken down into two simpler sugars...
If you are lactose intolerant it means that your digestive system is unable to break down the lactose found in milk and milk products. The undigested sugars (lactose) remain in the gastro-intestinal tract and cause unpleasant symptoms such as...
Your digestive system is made up of an intricate system that involves a series of hollow organs, joined together by a long tube that travels all the way from the mouth right to the anus. Many organs along the way contribute to help break down...
It’s marketed as a health food. The Japanese have been eating it for centuries. It’s one of the country’s main crops – Soy is everywhere. Once touted as the health food du jour, soy could be found in everything from...