When your wrist gets sore, you don’t automatically think of food as a treatment. And maybe it’s not necessarily one, either. But it might be a preventative tool. Managing inflammation is one of the ways to treat or prevent pain. Your diet plays a major role in inflammation in the body, and although eating a…
These Anti-Inflammatory Foods May Offer Pain Relief
Regular Consumption of This Helps Keep Alzheimer’s at Bay
The cause of Alzheimer’s disease may be related to gut microbiota disorders, and a regular consumption of one type of food helps people stay away from this disease. Lipopolysaccharide Is a Major Culprit of Alzheimer’s Disease American and Canadian scientists have recently published a study in the journal Frontiers in Neurology. They have discovered a…
More Antibiotics in White Meat or Dark Meat?
Concentrations of antibiotic residues vary between different edible muscle tissues in poultry. Concentrations of antibiotic residues vary between different edible muscle tissues in poultry. In which muscles do antibiotic residues concentrate the most? White meat? Dark meat? Or, both the same? And the answer is: white meat. Significantly more antibiotic residues in breast meat, compared…
Take a Walk After You Eat to Manage Blood Sugar
Glucose—or sugar—is your body’s preferred source of energy. When you move, your body uses up the glucose in your blood as fuel. It’s why going for a walk after a meal makes a lot of sense if you’re looking to keep blood sugar under control and avoid the spikes that can arise after eating. Too…
Nitric Oxide: The Free Radical You Need
The health benefits of nitric oxide (NO) may not be as well known as those of popular nutrients such as iron or vitamin C, but that doesn’t mean they are less important. This gaseous molecule is produced in the arteries and other parts of the body and plays an important role in immune function, athletic…
Benefits of Ginger for Obesity and Fatty Liver Disease
Ground ginger powder is put to the test for weight loss and NAFLD, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Ginger has been used in India and China to treat illnesses for thousands of years. But, they also used mercury, so that doesn’t really tell you much. That’s what we have science for. But, when you see titles like this…
Yes, You Can Reheat Food More Than Once. Here’s Why
Preparing meals in bulk and reheating is a great way to save time in the kitchen and can also help to reduce food waste. You might have heard the myth that you can only reheat food once before it becomes unsafe to eat. The origins of food myths are often obscure but some become embedded…
5 Common Kitchen Foods to Reduce Inflammation Naturally
Our kitchens may hold the keys to combatting inflammation in a safe, natural, and effective way. It has been established that inflammation is an underlying contributing factor in multiple diseases that afflict Western society. Unfortunately, the Standard American Diet, as well as poor lifestyle choices such as inactivity, contribute to the wide-spread presence of inflammation…
A Well-Rounded Pantry: Maximizing Nutrition in Your Food Storage
Traditional emergency food storage advice usually centers around amassing buckets of wheat, white rice, and canned food. In a pinch, you could survive on basics such as these, but the lack of essential nutrients can have devastating results over time. In everyday life, we typically get all the nutrients our bodies need. As a result,…
Pour Yourself a Cup of Catechins and Slash Your Risk of Cancer
Many of the healthiest foods on the planet are often the simplest. And green tea certainly falls into this category. But don’t underestimate this simple pleasure! Much More Than A Soothing Cuppa One of green tea’s most impressive benefits can be attributed to a very potent group of compounds known as catechins. These naturally-occurring phytochemicals are…
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