Tips to treat overweight/obesity • Engage more in physical activities.• Take a brisk walk one hour daily• Swim more if you can• Start doing exercise that you can keep doing and not get weary• Use tread mill if you can for at most thrice a… Read More »Obesity to slim
Healthy nutrition tips for the year 2023
I have a confession! I am a foodie ….Sounds funny? When we were little, my cousin once ate a dozen of bean-cake ‘akara’ and I ate just 9 pieces…smiles. Well, I don’t know why my appetite changed while growing up but I still eat well.… Read More »Are you a random eater or an intentional eater?
Plantain is one of the staple foods in tropical countries. Plantains are the bigger version of banana fruits although they contain more starch.They have thicker skin than banana and are often called cooking bananas. Plantains are thick and dense while bananas are soft. The major… Read More »Plantain| Benefits, Useful tips on plantain selection and preparation suggestions.
Fasting is abstinence from all or some food, or drink for a period of time. Fasting is often viewed as unhealthy but when done properly, it is very healthy. Starvation is an extreme form of fasting which is unhealthy. The healthy types of fastings are… Read More »Is Fasting Healthy?
Do you know that probiotics can help to prevent some diseases? Over the last few years, probiotics, especially the lactobacillus species were shown to be effective in the therapy of type 2 diabetes (Ejtahed, H. et al., 2011). Probiotics are live microorganisms which provide health benefits when… Read More »Fermented food condiments as cheap probiotics
Added sugars are sugars (solid or liquid) added to foods or beverages during processing. They exist as sucrose, brown sugar, molasses, raw sugar, dextrose, fructose, glucose, maltose, lactose, corn syrup, cane juice, fruit nectar, maple syrup, honey, high fructose corn syrup. Added sugars have high… Read More »Added Sugars and type2 diabetes
Do you fart a lot? Do you bloat (a feeling of fullness or pressure in the abdomen)? Do you belch a lot? Are you embarrassed with it? Flatulence is often referred to as ‘farting’. It is an expected biological process in which the body releases… Read More »Flatulence and Nutrition
Fruits are colourful and natural food that nature provides. We eat fruits for their satiety value and their health benefits. Fruits provide nutrients such as vitamin C, potassium ,dietary fibre and other important vitamins which are helpful for health and maintenance of the body.… Read More »How much fruits?
Introduction While you make smoothie, salad, or juice from fruits, there are lots of leftover fruit scraps, majorly the peel which should not go in the trash. Processing these peels to different forms is a novel step in their sustainable utilization. Fruit peels are rich… Read More »Brewing tea from fruit peels