Amazing Health Benefits Of Garlic and Shallots Make The Culinary World Go Round
The garlic and shallots share many similar health promoting properties. Firstly, their beauty promoting properties are solutions for problems related to your face, hair, body and skin. Secondly, their vision-promoting properties make them good eye-foods that can be incorporated into diet plans. Thirdly, their bone-promoting properties will help you overcome your joint bone aches. Fourthly, their brain promoting properties can be traced to the folic acid content. Thus, despite the size of the garlic and shallots, they rank high in terms of their health benefits.
What To Do If You’re Bored With WaterWater is my drink of choice – I drink it when I am thirsty and I drink it when I am sad, I drink it first thing in the morning and right before I go to bed. Honestly life without water would make for a much (excuse the pun) drier existence. My love for water keeps me away from the perils of fizzy drinks or caffeine loaded alternatives.
8 Best Herbs and Spices to Fight InflammationFor centuries, herbs and spices have been used as a potent remedy for inflammation. The write-up briefly discusses the medicinal properties of 8 magical herbs and spices, and their overall health benefits.
5 Foods To Avoid If You Want To Flatten Your TummyDo you wish you could actually feel good about the food and drinks you see in your refrigerator and cupboard and know how to flatten your belly with the right food choices? Here are 5 foods that you need to avoid, or least only eat occasionally if you want to flatten your belly and get the body shape that you want.
Cocoa Vs CacaoEver wonder how cocoa is made? Ever wonder the difference is between cocoa and cacao? Find out all you need to know about the origins of chocolate!
The Protein Bar ProblemAll Protein Bars are good for you, right? Especially big name brand ones? Not so fast. With the ever expanding protein bar market front and center in the public eye, there are things going on behind that shiny wrapper that you should know about.
Low Carb Comfort Foods: Comfort Beyond Breads And PastaComfort food! No matter who we are, we all have those delicious foods that make everything better.
Cutting Down On Meat? Be Careful What You Replace It WithEven a decade ago you were either a vegetarian or you weren’t- there was no two ways about it. Today however, the term ‘flexitarian’ has entered our vocabulary- a vegetarian who may occasionally indulge him/herself in a meal containing meat or fish.
Farm to Table to FitnessChoose local, fresh produce. The path from farm to table will give you a menu of foods with maximum flavor and help shorten your trek to good health and fitness.
How Logging Helps You Defeat Sugar AddictionLogging your food intake is a highly effective tool for changing your eating patterns. It can be particularly effective when dealing with sugar addiction or binge eating.
East-West Green Leafy Vegetable Comparison: Kale, Spinach and LettuceA green leafy vegetable may be called by the same name in the East as well as the West. However, in the West and only the leaves are eaten, and the stems are discarded; while both leaves and stems are eaten in the East. Moreover, the leafy greens are also prepared differently. In the West,the curly kale is braised with other whole foods. As for Western spinach, the leaves are pan-cooked while the leaves are discarded. In the case of western lettuce, the leaves often double up as wraps as as a bed for other foods. In the East, the Chinese kale is often blanched or stir-fried. Meanwhile the Chinese spinach may refer to the amaranth greens or Malabar spinach, both of which are cooked with leaves and chopped stems. As for the Chinese lettuce or celtuce, the stem is either pickled or blanched while the leaves are eaten as a stir-fry.
3 Reasons The Media Are Misleading YouIt really is a no-brainer, right..? – “Natural” is better for your health, both body and mind… so why exactly is it that the mainstream media doesn’t appear to see it the same way..? Could it be the desire to keep the general public ill-informed..? Hmmm, partly but, I really don’t think that’s the complete reality… first, it’s their job to inform us and second, they’d never be able to hide the truth for too long… history has in fact shown us that on more than one occasion that “The Truth Will Out..!”