Power Foods

In recent years, emerging evidence has lead us to believe that certain foods may have a greater impact on our overall health and may even fight or prevent diseases such as a cancer. Phytochemicals, the biologically active substances in plant foods, are thought to be responsible for these observed effects. And according to the Journal [...]

Know Your Foods During Pregnancy

You may have heard the expression “you are what you eat”. While it’s relevant to everyone in all walks of life, it is especially relevant for expectant mothers. Proper foods during pregnancy play a pivotal role in the mother’s health and strength, and will also ensure that her child has every chance of developing normally.
Proper [...]

Isaac Toussie Discusses Phytonutrients

Eating vegetables can seem like quite a chore for many. After all, they don’t always go down easily, being full of water but not sweet like fruits, often requiring a lot of chewing for what seems to be little benefit to one’s taste buds. However, new scientific studies indicate the fascinating possibility that it is [...]

11 Tips for Improving Brain Power…from your Kitchen

 
Maybe your child isnâ??t doing well in school because he or she is eating the Standard American Diet (SAD) which really is sad!  Maybe your own memory, alertness and concentration could use a boost, too. Try these tips for a few months and see your brain power improve.
The brain functions more effectively when the body [...]

Foods To Eat When Pregnant: The Importance Of Pregnancy Foods

Many mothers today are very well informed when it comes to raising healthy babies – from breastfeeding to preparing the right kinds of food. However, remember that raising healthy children starts when you begin learning about the right foods to eat when pregnant. Nutrition during pregnancy has a very large bearing on the health of [...]

10 Tips To Avoid The Holiday Bulge – And Inner Thoughts About Them

Do you find it almost impossible to stay conscious and contentious about weight and nutrition during the holidays? Of course you do. More than half of all Americans are overweight. All American’s are in this together.
You can take heart from a new government study which shows most Americans gain about a pound over the holiday. [...]

Phtyochemicals For Your Immune Health

When you were growing up your mom may have fought to get you to eat your vegetables. Or maybe you’re the parent fighting with your kids to eat the right foods. What many of us don’t know is that our food also fights for us.


My mom used to dress the dinner plate in full matching [...]

Antioxidants – What Are They?

Antioxidants are nutrients that are present in the food that we consume. You can also purchase various nutritional supplements that are chalk full of antioxidants. Antioxidants can repair and prevent oxidative damage that often occurs to our body. Bi-products are naturally produced in our bodies when our body cells use oxygen. This can [...]

The best cancer-fighting vegetables

Many people don’t realize that their diet can actually influence on whether or not they will develop cancer. However, dietary habits are one of the few controllable risk factors for cancer prevention. Cancer scientists and nutritionists agree the increased vegetable intake modifies the risk factor up to a fraction of 20%-30% making the preventive effect [...]

Go Green on Superfoods!

Green is currently a very popular color. Environmentalists are talking about a greener world; corporate companies are going green to save the earth’s resources. Scientists are talking about fueling the future with green gasoline, derived from plant sources. Health and nutrition experts have been talking green for a long time. A diet that is rich [...]

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