Healthy Diet
7 Health Benefits of Green Tea
Green tea is an unfermented tea that is made from Camellia sinensis leaves and buds. In the world, tea is the second most consumed beverage after water, and green tea is the fourth most commonly used dietary supplement in the United States. Green tea
...
How to keeping your bones healthy and strong?
Think you know everything about keeping your bones healthy and strong? Check out the information below. You may be surprised.
The Hidden Life of Bones
Bone is living tissue that is continuously being renewed through a process that breaks down our old
...
8 Tips for healthy eating and lifestyle habits
We are what we eat, so why not eat the best? Healthy eating and lifestyle habits are a strong defense against the disease. Experts agree that we need an adequate but not excessive number of calories per day and that the bulk of these should come from
...
How to Control Weight and Avert the Freshman Fifteen
The freshman fifteen is a term used to describe students’ weight during their first year of college and is based on the claim that first-year students typically gain fifteen pounds. Although most students do not gain the freshman fifteen, a rec
...
What is dietary fiber and why we need it?
Health benefits from the dietary fiber may include a decreased risk of death, and lower coronary heart disease; physiological effects include laxation, attenuation of blood glucose, normalization of serum cholesterol. There are over a dozen significa
...
How to eat healthily? You need a lifestyle change
A good diet is essential for a body’s healthy growth and development. Through a reasonable diet, rich nutrition can have a healthy body. Switch up a few daily habits – like replacing white bread with whole grains – and you’ll unlock the s
...
Think you know everything about keeping your bones healthy and strong?
Bone is living tissue that is continuously being renewed through a process that breaks down our old bone and replaces it with new. Our bones start growing in the womb and reach peak mass in early adulthood. Then, in our mid thirties, both men and wom
...
Whole Foods – Your best bet for improving health and preventing disease
Whole foods are plant foods that are unprocessed and unrefined, or processed and refined as little as possible, before being consumed. These include fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and soy products in their natural, unrefined, unproc
...
What is childhood egg allergy? Symptoms of egg allergy
Egg allergy is the second most common allergy for young children. Between 1 and 2 percent of children have an allergy to eggs.
Symptoms of Egg Allergy
The most common symptoms of egg allergy in children are:
Skin Symptoms (59% of children wi
...
When is it safe to feed your baby eggs?
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended a lengthy delay in introducing potentially allergenic foods, such as eggs, to babies. However, new research suggests that delaying the introduction to foods may actually increase the potential for deve
...
Can you eat eggs in baked if you are allergic to eggs?
My friend is allergic to eggs, and cannot eat scrambled eggs, French toast or quiche. But every once in a while she has muffins with eggs, she feels fine. Is it oking for her to eating eggs in baked goods even though he has an egg allergy?
A study pu
...
Healthy and low-fat cooking tips
Many cooks are concerned about preparing healthy, low-fat meals.
Desserts present a special challenge, since many sweet dishes are made with butter, milk, cream, and other high-fat dairy products.
There are simple ways to reduce the fat content of m
...