For me, chocolate has many uses. If I have an awful day, I fix it with chocolate. If I just aced an exam, I celebrate with chocolate. If a party or birthday celebration is underway, chocolate is bound to be present. Some studies have shown benefits in consuming chocolate from decreasing blood pressure to improving… Continue Reading
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Category Archives: Diet
Eating Grapes Associated with Healthier Eating Patterns
Did you know grapes contain the following vitamins: vitamin C, vitamin A, calcium, B6, magnesium, vitamin B12, and iron? Increased consumption of grapes may be associated with a better overall diet according to a recent observational cross-sectional survey published in the Journal of Food Science. After analyzing the diets of more than 221,800 children and… Continue Reading
Probiotics may Increase Metabolism and Decrease Body Weight
Earlier studies showed that breakfast can increase metabolism. It is also known that exercise can raise metabolic rate and take some pounds off. How about actually eating yogurt to increase your metabolism? Does that sounds like a fantasy?! Maybe not. Probiotics are defined as live bacteria that benefit its host’s health. The term probiotics was… Continue Reading
Watermelon May Reduce After-Workout Soreness and Increase Athletic Performance
What comes to your mind when you hear the word “watermelon”? Sweet, juicy, pink fruit, childhood, sunshine, picnic, pool party, and so on? Whatever it is, it is probably not associated with the gym, vitamins A, B6, C or people in a desert. There is so much more about the watermelon than just a sweet… Continue Reading
Skipping Breakfast May Increase Risk for Coronary Heart Disease
“Beep beep beep”— this familiar sound wakes many in the morning in order to make it to work on time. Who doesn’t love the snooze button? Although this increases sleep time, it also decreases the amount of time one has to get ready, often resulting in skipping breakfast. A prospective study done showed that men… Continue Reading
Sunshine or Mushrooms for vitamin D?
Our ancestors used to collect mushrooms in the fall and dry them out in the sun to preserve for winter. Is it only a coincidence that mushrooms that were exposed to UV radiation are found to have a good amount of vitamin D or is it our ancestors instinctively knew that? Today vitamin D deficiency… Continue Reading
Healthy Eating Tips
Sometimes, it is hard to know exactly what it means to eat healthy. What do you eat and how? Of course this is open to a great amount of subjectivity, a lot of complex science and even more unknowns. However, this list of 10 tips for eating healthy is a good basic guide and starting… Continue Reading
