What Not to Eat Before You Sleep
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You've got a pretty good idea of what foods can put you to sleep, but there's another list of vittles to avoid.
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HEALTHY FOOD
Five foods that nourish your brain
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Boosting our brain power in whatever way we can is advisable as the rates of Alzheimer’s disease keeps climbing.
Read MoreThe Blessings of Balsamic Vinegar
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Balsamic vinegar (the “balsamic” references its curative qualities, and not the wood sap) can fight cancer, just like the diet it spices up.
Read MoreWhy eating may provoke low blood pressure
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If after eating a meal you experience symptoms of feeling dizzy or light-headed to the point of fainting or making you afraid you might fall, you may be experiencing a condition called postprandial hypotension.
Read MoreEat Fat! (Healthy Fat)
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You cannot eliminate fat from your diet, and more importantly, you should not. Fats are what make your hair glossy and your skin smooth and promote a healthy nervous system.
Read More20 easy ways to get in more fiber each day
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Fill your plate with fiber-rich foods we’re told and yet the average intake of this nutrient in the United States is only 14.8 grams a day.
Read MoreWalnuts: Working to Suppress Colon Cancer
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Eating walnuts may change gut bacteria in a way that suppresses colon cancer, researchers from the University of Connecticut and The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine have discovered.
Read MoreCauliflower’s colorful nutritional background
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Eat the colors of the rainbow we’re told – green, blue, red, yellow, purple. This time, though, look for just the opposite, the color white as in the color of cauliflower.
Read MoreA Nutritional Beet Down
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Beets get beat up by whoever it is that makes up all those diet plans mainly because they have the largest sugar content of all vegetables.
Read MoreSidestep these 7 weight loss saboteurs
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Weight loss is tough. Add in certain factors sabotaging your valiant efforts and it becomes even tougher.
Read MoreHealthiest Ways to Grill
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Here are some tips to allow you to enjoy your summer barbecue without making your pancreas toast:
Read MoreOmega-3 fatty acids – masters at keeping you healthy
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Omega-3 fatty acids are a must in everyone’s diet but many of us are failing to achieve the amounts required for good health.
Read More25 easy ways to eat more fruits and veggies
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Next time you sit down to a meal notice how many fruits and veggies you have on your plate. Is half of it filled with these disease fighting foods?
Read MoreThe nutrition facts panel reveals a more user-friendly makeover
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The Food and Drug Administration has been involved in developing changes by consulting with and using recommendations from nutrition groups such as the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Read MoreCelebrate salsa month year round
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May is National Salsa Month and even though the month of May is just about over with, that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate salsa throughout the rest of the year, right?
Read MoreWhy Are We Vitamin D Deficient?
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Vitamin D most famously is found in sunlight, and we've all been told to get at least ten minutes of sunshine to score our recommended daily dose of it. With the bar so low, how can anyone be deficient?
Read MoreBeware These Unhealthy “Health” Foods
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It is downright insidious, and almost predatory. Companies pitching food to a fitness-crazed nation are taking advantage of our healthy obsession.
Read MoreIs Camel's Milk Worth It?
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When it's midnight at the oasis and time for the Bedouins to bed down, we've no doubt a warm cup of camel's milk sits atop their desert nightstand.
Read MoreAsparagus – the king of vegetables
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This tender perennial stem vegetable belonging to the Asparagaceae family, was considered a prize delicacy by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
Read MoreLet lentils lead you to good health
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One on the oldest known sources of food dating back over 9,000 years ago and still in demand today are lentils.
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