Tag: Diet
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Diva Of The Aesthetic Realm: Meet Jennifer Glodik
Jennifer Glodik’s story has quite the edge to it. This 30-year-old Russian was married too young, experienced a lot of pain at the hands of her then-husband and mother-in-law, lost everything she built up, and was eventually left with nothing. If she wasn’t made of steel, she would have given up on life. Ms. Glodik,…
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Book Review: Why The Chinese Don’t Count Calories
Book Title: Why The Chinese Don’t Count Calories: fifteen age-old secrets that can change your life By Lorraine Clissold As opposed to taking up another fad diet, adopting the traditional Chinese attitude towards food could be the best dietary step you can take. With regards to one’s relationship towards food, many have made the act of…
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Cod Liver Oil: Why It Should Be In Your Medicine Cabinet
Cod liver oil is a type of fish oil that’s often taken as a supplement. Cod liver oil is taken from the liver of the cod fish. The oil is a pale yellow, translucent liquid with a strong odor. Fish oil can be traced back to the Viking Era, when it was used both for…
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Ginseng: Everything About Its Proven Health Benefits
Ginseng is a plant that has been adopted as a herbal supplement. As the most medicinally valuable element of the plant, its roots have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. There are many variations of this plant – most notably red Korean ginseng, American ginseng, and Asian ginseng. The compounds found in the…
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Youthful, Beautiful Hair At Every Age: Here’s How
Your hair is one of the first things people will notice about you, and for many of us, it’s one of the first things we look to change up at critical life stages. However, as you age, the cells responsible for keeping your hair growing strong and healthy start to slow down and need a great deal of care. We speak to…
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Flaxseeds: Tiny Superhero’s Of The Digestive System
Flaxseeds are seeds that are rich in fibre, antioxidants, omega-3, and protein. This rich nutrient composition allows for the seeds to help in lowering the risk of cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. Flaxseeds also contain ALA, which are fatty acids that can only be obtained from food sources. This fatty acid has been linked to…
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The Ultimate Diet For Men: What Should You Be Eating?
What should men be eating? This is a great question and one that often causes confusion. Between banting, carbo-loading, calorie-counting and plain old meat and potatoes, it’s hard for guys to navigate the domain of diets. Longevity asked experts about the latest dietary research. 1. Fathoming fats For 50 years, we were told fats are…
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Dairy Benefits: 5 Reasons Why You Should Consume It
The Consumer Education Project of Milk SA shares that milk and dairy is a source of important nutrients that we need to survive, including calcium, vitamin A, vitamin B12, vitamin B2, potassium, phosphorus, zinc, magnesium and protein. The South African Department of Health’s daily dietary guidelines stipulate that we should all have milk, maas or…
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Ingredient Watch: The Silicon Dioxide In Your Pizza
Silicon dioxide, or silica, is a common additive in the production of foods, where this ingredient is used primarily as a flow agent in powdered foods (to prevent the formation of lumps), or to absorb water in hygroscopic applications. Hygroscopy is the ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules found in its…
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Ingredient Watch: MSG or Monosodium Glutamate
In order to make informed choices, it is important to know what your food contains. In this post, we shed light on a particular ingredient that can be found in many of the foods you may be consuming on a daily basis. Ingredient Name: MSG or monosodium glutamate What is it made of? Excitotoxin Where…