Posts Tagged ‘belly’
Can This Mineral Help You Boost Your Immune System?
You need a daily dose of minerals for a healthy body and mind. Calcium, Iron, Copper, Magnesium, Manganese, and Zinc are essential for the effective functioning of numerous bodily functions. They maintain a healthy heart rate, develop strong bones, produce hormones, and increase brain function. Did you know that ZINC is the second most…
Read MoreLove Butter? Here Is a Healthy and Tasty Alternative
If you want to add a great aroma, soft and creamy texture, and bring out the flavors in your food, you just need to add one additional ingredient in the mix, butter. From a condiment to the core ingredient in several cooking processes, butter is a staple in every kitchen! However, like all wonderful things…
Read MoreStock Your Pantry With These 5 Anti-inflammatory Spices
We are all familiar with the comfort of turmeric spice in our curry dishes, tea, milk, and latte. But have you ever wondered what’s inside turmeric that makes it so tasty and healthy? It’s the curcumin! Curcumin has the power to soothe your inflammatory responses, relieving depression, arthritis and preventing heart problems, Alzheimer’s, and cancer.…
Read MoreDoes Eating Late at Night Make you Fat?
There is something about the kitchen in the late hours of the night, something strangely tempting. If you have caught yourself sneaking around in your kitchen after hours, you also tend to simultaneously guilt-trip yourself the whole time for succumbing to that temptation. However, you should not put the entire blame upon your shoulders—contemporary knowledge…
Read More5 Healthy Snacks Options to Curb Your Salt Cravings
We are all too familiar with sugar cravings, and they have an easy fix as well. But now and then, the sweet taste gets boring and the heart craves something on the salty end of the spectrum. Salt has a tricky reputation; being associated with unhealthy food like potato chips and being the most common…
Read MoreWho Has Time to Cook? Three Must-Have Tools for Making Low-Carb Meals
You will be surprised to find out how many people out there do not make home-cooked meals a priority. The result is usually a stop at the fast-food drive through or some other form of takeout. Though the rare trip to Panera Bread for a sandwich or a slice or two of Pizza are not…
Read MoreCan’t Keep The Weight Off? This May Be Why..
You may think you are doing all the right things but it’s possible that the diet you are following is actually preventing you from reaching your goal weight and getting the body you want. Read on for the 5 most common diet mistakes that prevent people from losing weight. 1: You Don’t Get Enough Sleep. Did you know that getting plenty…
Read MoreCrave Sugar? – 7 Simple Things You Should Do
WHY is sugar is so addicting? Well – because sugar stimulate the brain the same way that drugs do. That’s why most people have trouble resisting ice cream, cookies, pasta, candies and other foods containing sugar and processed carbs. The more you eat them – the more you crave them! Curbing your sugar cravings may…
Read MoreTurkey Apple Stuffed Squash
This Stuffed Squash recipe from The Food Babe is the perfect fall dish to serve for dinner or as a side at one of your festive meal. Enjoy! Ingredients 2 small delicata or acorn squash 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided 1 medium yellow onion, diced (about 1 cup) 4 cloves garlic, minced 1…
Read MoreLeaky Gut – What it is? What are the symptoms? What Should You Eat?
“Leaky gut” is a popular topic in the health and wellness spheres these days. It’s been blamed for many symptoms and conditions that seem to be all-too-common. Allergies, intolerances, joint pain, even autoimmune diseases can all be linked back to leaky gut. But what exactly is leaky gut? What causes it? What kinds of issues…
Read More