It’s a common complaint, especially among those struggling to shed extra weight; you always seem to be hungry, even after polishing off a hefty meal. These hunger pangs are the death of many diets, and can be as baffling as ...
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A South American Super Grain: A Look at Quinoa
When it comes to food, people tend to be weary of the unknown. A certain item might be packed with nutrients and amenable to the taste buds, but if it has a strange name, bizarre appearance or hails from a ...
Read More »You Are What You Eat: Food and Your Immune System
In most cases, the results of our dietary choices are blatantly obvious to others. Health-conscious people usually exhibit a trim, cut physique with little in the way of flab or noticeable body fat. In contrast, those who habitually feast on ...
Read More »Fighting Inflammation through Diet
If you’ve ever suffered a cut or burn – which covers just about everyone – then your body has experienced inflammation. Under normal circumstances, this bodily reaction is nothing to be alarmed about. This type of inflammation, called acute inflammation, ...
Read More »Avoiding the Crutch of Comfort Eating
Judging by the growing number of oversized waistlines, it’s pretty obvious that people love food. Just check out these numbers; According to the Gallup polling organization, the average American family spent $151 per week on food. This works out to ...
Read More »The Possible Benefits of Probiotics
Admittedly, the term probiotics doesn’t seem all that appealing; it sounds dangerously close to “antibiotics,” a type of medication that brings to mind particularly nasty illnesses, such as pneumonia and sinus infections. Not to mention that antibiotics carry along a ...
Read More »Tips for Kicking Your Sugar Habit
Sugar has a fairly contradictory relationship with consumers. On one hand, we’re generally taught about the unhealthy nature of sugar at a pretty young age – remember when your mom told you couldn’t get that certain cereal or cookie brand ...
Read More »Eating Green While Saving Green
It’s no secret that eating organic food has become a nationwide trend in recent years. While the health benefits of organic food are well documented, many consumers are still reluctant to buy organic products due to their relatively high prices. ...
Read More »Is There Arsenic in Our Apple Juice?
One of America’s most well-known doctors, Dr. Mehmet Oz, recently announced to viewers on The Dr. Oz Show the findings of an independent study on arsenic levels in apple juice. The study involved three dozen samples from five different brands ...
Read More »Is Our Food Really Getting Weaker?
We hear it all the time, the soil is depleted due to over farming, we learned how to genetically modify food, but it’s not as nutritious. Is this really true? From our live stock to our poultry to our vegetables, ...
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