YOU KNOW the old joke about Chinese food? An hour after eating it you’re ready for a pizza. We’ve found its opposite.
Evolutionary Fitness
There’s a lazy caveman inside your head telling you to keep packing down that fat and to skip that workout. Here’s how to outsmart him.
Cabbage is Good for You
IT MAY NOT be the most appealing food you’ve ever eaten, but cabbage, despite its Dickensian connotation is extremely good for you. Just dont cook it. Unlike many other vegetables whose nutrients are activated when cooked, cabbage loses half of…
Cheap Eats When Travelling
FROM LOS ANGELES to Luxembourg, Tourists always pay too much to eat, and for food that’s rarely good for them. The solution is to eat like a local: Stop in at a local gym to get a recommendation on where…
Smart Drinkers
CONSIDERING how much stupidity has been perpetrated under the influence of alcohol, it may come as a surprise to learn that Japanese researchers recently reported that moderate drinking is associated with a higher IQ. Scientists at Japan’s National Institute for…
Hemp, Hemp, Hurrah!
YOU COULD SAY that hemp is where soy was 15 years age, an offbeat product with an exotic, even illicit reputation and an overlooked nutritional reservoir. Hemp is rich in protein (a higher concentration than in beef, fish or poultry),…
If No One Sees You Eat It, It Has No Calories!
If you are trying to lose weight, aren’t getting the results you want and want to give up….stop! Take stock and see if you have fallen foul of these ‘diet traps’. 1. If no one sees you eat it, it…
Spoonful of Sugar May Curb Stress, Obesity
Sweets may decrease production of glucocorticoid, a stress-related hormone that has been linked to obesity and decreased immune response, researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC) have found. “Glucocorticoids are produced when psychological or physical stressors activate a part of…
Making Life Sweet – Splenda®: Is It Safe Or Not?
The dangers of aspartame are now widely known, but the risks of using Splenda are not as well documented – yet. Essentially, the sucralose in Splenda does not readily penetrate the blood brain barrier as aspartame does, hence creating neurotoxic…
Cancer Diet – The Important Vitamins
A cancer diet needs particular emphasis on the following vitamins. Vitamin A Role: as an anti-oxidant and important for healing. Natural sources: green and yellow fruits and vegetables, organic animal liver but be careful, a non-organically raised animal’s liver could…