Category: Food Blogs
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Potatoes: Friend or Foe For Your Diet?
South Africa. Health experts have raised the red flag on the deadly connection between COVID-19 and heart disease. They’ve warned that a balanced, healthy diet is more important than ever for safeguarding your health. In this opinion editorial, I, Claire Julsing Strydom, dietitian, weigh in on the role of potatoes in your daily diet. In…
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Healthy Snacks To Munch On At Work
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Study Looks At Whether High-Fat Diets Will Make Us Obese
The impact of high-fat diets is hotly debated. Dietary habits are closely linked to longevity. Researchers recently looked at what happens when rats are fed a high-fat diet. They found it disturbs the body clock in their brain that normally controls satiety, leading to over-eating and obesity. The study sheds light on the link between…
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How To Cook Vegetables To Get Maximum Nutritional Value
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text] Eating vegetables is a challenge, especially for young children. Even though vegetables have numerous health benefits unless they are prepared in…
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What You Need In Your Diet To Increase Testosterone
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Testosterone is a male sex hormone that affects more than just sex drive. The hormone is also…
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Expert Panel: Will Meat Substitutes Contribute To A Better Environment?
There’s little debate left that reducing our consumption of meat will help to lower global carbon emissions. A great way to do that seems to be switching out your protein for a tasty meat substitute. But will meat substitutes really contribute towards a better environment? Our readers and an expert panel give their take. The…
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Small Diet Changes Can Help You (and The Planet) Live Longer, Study Finds
We’ll admit that leading a healthy and sustainable lifestyle does require that you make some changes. Now, before you start to worry about completely turning your life over, you should remember that the best way to make changes stick is by making small ones. Now the only question is, how small? Well, researchers found out…
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Eating Habits That Are Ruining Your Health
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The Best Teas to Drink for Health
Beth Czerwony, MS, RD, CSOWM, LD, from the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Human Nutrition with the Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute, shares the best teas to drink for health and ranks them for common ailments. While studies have shown the health benefits of drinking tea, the variety of options can be overwhelming. A dietitian from…
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100-Year-Olds Have Superior Gut Health. Here’s How You Can Too
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]Everything we do, everything we think, and everything we eat all leads back to one thing – the gut. So, if you’re…