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FOOD PYRAMID 2023

The idea of showing food groups in the form of a pyramid paints a clear picture – eat more of the foods listed at the widest part at the bottom of the pyramid and eat less of the foods listed at the narrow top apex. The food pyramid is a visual guide that represents...

METABOLIC HEALTH

When we eat, food gets broken down (digested) in the gut.  Digested food is absorbed from the gut into the bloodstream, supplying energy and nutrients to the body.  The body is made from organs and trillions of tiny, microscopic cells, which work together to...

ARE NIGHTSHADE VEGETABLES BAD FOR YOU?

Flavor of the month diets seems to come and go, with social media trending specific foods to eat, or avoid altogether.  Lately claims have been doing the rounds that vegetables in the nightshade family, such as tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, and potatoes, are bad...

THE CARNIVORE DIET

Trending diets seem to come and go, with the latest fad diet becoming flavour of the month.  One of these trending diets is the carnivore diet, also known as the all-meat diet. True to its name, the carnivore diet implies that you only eat meat and other animal...

SMILING IS A POWERFUL MOOD-BOOSTER

“The smile is the shortest distance between two persons.” Victor Borge. The act of smiling has intrigued scientists over the ages. The best-known earlier study in this regard was a French study on smiling, whose findings were published in 1862. The French anatomist...

ALCOHOL WHILE BREASTFEEDING

After abstaining from alcohol for nine long months during pregnancy, many new mothers can’t wait to relax again with a long overdue drink in hand.  While the harmful effects of the use of alcohol during pregnancy are well known, much less is known about the use...

APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

Vinegar has been around for thousands of years.  The word vinegar is said to originate from the Latin words meaning “sour wine”, while other sources indicate it refers to the French phrase “vin aigre”, also meaning sour wine.  Whatever the original source of...

HIMALAYAN SALT

Salt is essential for various biochemical processes in the human body.  Salt is also one of the five basic taste sensations, with its taste detected by sodium taste bud cells on the tongue. Apart from white table salt, there are a variety of different types of...

PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Normally associated with the uncontrollable tremor of a hand or other unintended movements, Parkinson’s disease is much more complicated than the tremor that meets the eye.  Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder that affects more men than women, and its...

BLOOD SUGAR SPIKES

That brief surge of energy that swells in us after eating a large sugary treat, commonly known as a sugar rush, is due to a temporary rise in blood sugar.  Blood sugar spikes occur when your blood sugar first rises and then falls sharply after you have eaten and...

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