There are many people who suffer from allergies, and for some something as common as peanuts may be deadly; others cannot tolerate milk. Perhaps our diets as children have affected what allergies we obtain. According to the University of Southampton, introducing foods into a baby’s diet after 17 week may decrease the chances of food… Continue Reading
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Coffee Antioxidants may Improve Function of Blood Vessels
Vascular lining (endothelial cells) is responsible for healthy blood flow to and from the heart and to every cell in the body. Healthy endothelial cells help prevent clotting of the veins and therefore Heart Attack and Ischemia. So, how is coffee related to prevention of heart attack, you probably wonder by now?… Continue Reading
Can Pizza be Considered Healthy?
After a long day sometimes making dinner is the last thing I want to do. An easy alternative to making dinner is pizza. Call my husband up and ask “hey can you pick up some pizza on your way home?” Dinner done check that off! Pizza has been thought of as a classic “junk food”… Continue Reading
Natural Food Colors – Maybe Not What You Expect, Unless You Expect Insects in Your Fruit Juices, Yogurts and More.
Remember when as kids we joked that the grape flavored gum with purple color was made of bugs? Maybe that was not a joke, but a legend. An insect, cochineal, is used for dyes in many food products, such as juices (cranberry, strawberry, pomegranate) and ice creams, yogurts and so forth. Other products that contain… Continue Reading
How to Reduce Carcinogens in Your Steak
Cooking meat has several benefits: killing bacteria, making it easily digestible, improving texture, and probably most expected- improving flavor. But did you know compounds in your meat change during the heating process and become carcinogenic? The formation of carcinogens is a result of the reaction between creatine (muscle energy), free amino acids (building blocks of… Continue Reading
Power of Milk
We’ve talked about milk and its proteins before when we went over the different major kinds of proteins, but casein and whey aren’t milks only beneficial nutrients. The naturally high blend of protein and carbohydrates makes milk a great choice to fuel muscles after a workout so they are primed and ready to go again… Continue Reading
Antifertility & Contraception Fruit – Papaya
Papaya has been used for medicinal purposes for several hundred years in tropical and subtropical regions, where it is actually grown. It is known in Africa for several famous healing properties, including prevention of miscarriage. This is one of the interesting examples where the old belief is not supported by science. Furthermore, experiments show the… Continue Reading
Foods that May Boost Fertility
Food affects almost every aspect of health including fertility. Women who watch their weight and eat a Mediterranean-style diet may increase their chance of becoming pregnant. The Mediterranean-style diet is high is vegetables, fish, beans, and vegetable oils. Good eating habits not only effect fertility, they effect the fetus and the chance of complications with… Continue Reading
Caffeine Use for Aerobic Exercise
For decades endurance athletes, who rely on their aerobic energy systems, have been using caffeine as an ergogenic aid to increase the time it takes to reach exhaustion. The purpose of this research article was to determine if there is a difference between the ergogenic effects of caffeine on endurance trained and untrained individuals.… Continue Reading
Saturated Fat May Be Safe for the Heart and Arteries
You probably have heard about the new popular diet, “Paleo diet”, revered by fans of crossfit and heavy weight lifting. In short, this diet is trying to simulate a cave man diet. Those people eliminate sugars and grains and substitute it with the more meat, eggs and fat in their meals. They also probably told… Continue Reading
