Nutrition & Wellness
From learning about the health benefits of turmeric to staying up-to-date with the latest superfood trends, discover the best diet tips to improve your health.
How a fiber-rich diet can improve your overall health
Apart from doing wonders for your digestive system, eating more foods rich in fiber is an amazing way of keeping different diseases at bay. A recent study has shown that those whose diets incorporate more fiber, are more likely to live longer and have a lower risk of suffering from common chronic Read More...
Three tasty dishes to eat when you’re feeling sick
Sometimes when you’re under the weather, the best thing you can do for yourself is eat a meal that hits the spot. These three dishes, which range from spicy to simple, are gentle on the stomach and can help you feel better when you’re feeling unwell in the Read More...
How to ensure that your liver is doing its job properly
Do you feel consistently groggy? Have seasonal allergies or itchy skin? If you find yourself feeling less vital than you used to, you may be suffering from sub-optimal liver function. Ensuring that your liver is in good health and not overloaded with chemicals can help your body prevent a great Read More...
Top 10 US cities for plant-based eating
I am old enough to remember when there was maybe one place in a given city in which a person could get a vegan or vegetarian meal. And said vegan or vegetarian meal was often flirting so hard with the health-food cliche that it was hard to celebrate it much as a culinary experience. But times have Read More...
These cow-free dairy products taste exactly like the real stuff
Using his ability to create proteins genetically identical to those of animals, a bio-engineer has managed to develop cow-free dairy products that taste exactly like the real thing. Together with another vegan biologist, the scientist created a technology to insert a DNA sequence into microflora Read More...
Floating deep farms promise year round production of food crops
However, rising sea levels caused by climate change are likely to lead to increased erosion and inundation of salt water, reducing the amount of land available for farming, particularly on small islands and in low-lying coastal regions. Now researchers at Nottingham University have developed the Read More...
Is black pepper healthy? Here's what the science says
Like salt, black pepper sits on almost every kitchen table or countertop in America. But while whole books have been written about sodium consumption and human health, black pepper, and its compounds have garnered little attention from Read More...
These foods will help you reset your gut in just 3 days
By now you've probably heard how influential the microbes in your gut are for your overall health. What you might not have known is that the life span of a microbe is about 20 minutes, meaning that it’s possible to make lasting changes to your gut health in just a matter of days. To reset your Read More...
The science of fighting Alzheimer's with brain-health food
There is increasing evidence in scientific literature that healthy eating is associated with retention of cognitive function and warding off dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. A new diet was created by scientists in Toronto and is named the Canadian Brain Health Food Guide. In the United States, Read More...
This woman made Denmark cut food waste by 25 percent in 5 years
Denmark leads the battle against food waste in Europe. That success started with one woman (who was not even born in the country, she came from Russia as an immigrant!). She introduced goody bags for people to take food home from restaurants (Europeans don’t have that tradition). She cut banana Read More...