Category: Nutrition and Diet

The food habits of people have changed over generations and, nowadays, food intolerance to different kinds of food are more common.

It can be caused by unhealthy dietary habits, stress, an immune function that is super sensitive, and weak digestion.

A food intolerance is different from an allergy in that it won’t be dangerous to life and the immune system is also not involved.

But with a food intolerance people can feel ill and their health will be affected over the long term if it is not diagnosed soon.

A person can develop intolerance for any kind of food as the body does not produce a sufficient quantity of the necessary chemical or enzyme that is needed to digest that particular food lactose intolerance, for example, or alcohol, or food additives such as caffeine and monosodium glutamate. Continue reading “How Can You Manage Food Intolerance?”

This cannot be said enough, but strangely though the concept of water as part of a healthy diet is often overlooked.

It should be considered a nutritious drink for all the benefits it offers us. Can you imagine going without water for a few days?

Why, then, is it not made a mandatory part of a nutritious healthy program?It;s a well-known fact that our body is about 70% water, our blood, lungs, brain, and muscles all contain water.

Our body temperature is regulated by water and nutrients travel in water to all parts of the body.

In addition, oxygen is transferred to cells in water; also, water removes wastes and protects our joints and organs. Continue reading “Drink Water as Part of Your Health Routine”

Many of you may remember the study by Michael Zemel, director of the Nutrition Institute at the University of Tennessee, which showed that consuming at least three servings of low-fat dairy such as milk or yogurt helped participants burn more fat and lose more weight than those who had a low intake of calcium. Following this, the dairy industry introduced the 24 ounces in 24 hours campaign.

Continue reading “The Dairy Controversy – Who To Trust?”

How many of us really read and understand food labels? Food labeling has always been tricky. Often the terminology can be misleading.

For example, a zero calorie food might have up to five calories. That might not be enough calories to make any noticeable difference however it is a surprise to unsuspecting buyers. Shouldn’t zero mean none?

Continue reading “The Lean Label to be Used for More Food Products”

Things you should not do after meals and we read enough about what to eat, calorie and sugar free diet etc.

Hygiene, organic, fat-less and what not there is another side to eating. What not to do after eating. It’s important to know things we should do and things that we shouldn’t. I will list them point wise with a little explanation.

Continue reading “Things You Should Not Do After Meals Must Read for All”

Cholesterol may be a common household word, but people don’t really know much about it. Cholesterol is actually a fat-like substance found in animal cells- including human cells.

Cholesterol is a must for life. Humans can live without eating anything that will raise their cholesterol level because our bodies are designed to produce all the cholesterol it requires for health and survival. At the same time high blood cholesterol is a risk factor for heart attack.Cholesterol is attached to lipoproteins.

These get collected in the liver and then circulate through our bloodstream. Two known lipoproteins types are, HDL, i.e. high-density lipoprotein and LDL – low-density lipoprotein.

They are “good” type that carries cholesterol out of the system; and the “bad” type, which does just the opposite respectively. Low-Density Lipoprotein deposits cholesterol in artery walls, which as it builds, narrows the arteries. Continue reading “Keeping an Eye on Cholesterol”

The problem of dealing with yo-yo dieting that can lead you to obesity. We’ve all been there before you diet, take some weight off, then you slowly backslide.

Over 95 percent of dieters end up regaining all the weight and sometimes more over a five-year period.

Continue reading “Yo-Yo Dieting Can Lead to Obesity”

I may be straying off actual illnesses at the moment but I think what we eat is equally important to keep us healthy and keep the illnesses at bay.

Today I am going to talk about fats and oils which all of us use almost daily.

We know that high cholesterol is bad for the heart, and some fats and oils can clog the arteries these are saturated fats. diets high in saturated fat increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.

Some foods that are these categories are butter, ghee, suet, lard, coconut oil, cottonseed oil and palm kernel oil.

Dairy products are also included in this section, cream, cheese, meat, chocolate and various prepared ready meals.

Vegetable oil has long been promoted as being heart healthy, but don’t be misled into believing that you can use it liberally. Oil is still oil and it still contains fat and calories. Continue reading “Stay Healthy Use Heart Healthy Monounsaturated Cooking Oils”

Honey is full of beneficial properties. In spite of so much being written on about honey there seems to exist a lot of confusion when it comes to this natural sweetener. Lets get a few facts in order first. That honey provides natural support for a range of body structures and functions. One thing is absolutely certain, that honey contains a number of good health-promoting antioxidants.

Vitamins, which are found in honey, include thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B-12, and biotin. Honey also contains minerals and amino acids, plus a number of live enzymes that help promote good health. Honey also helps when someone is suffering with insomnia and also with occasional. Continue reading “Honey Full of Good Health Unless Produced by Force-Fed Bees”