Want to know what can vitamins and minerals do to our body? Vitamins and minerals are actually micro nutrients and form the basic component of enzymes vital for all our bodily functions. They are needed in relatively small amounts and will function as coenzymes in our body. Do they have other functions? Yes, for example: […]
Vitamin D – The Sunlight Vitamin
While longer sunlight exposure brings no extra benefit to our health coupled with the added risk to get skin cancer; however, it is still good to expose ourselves to sunlight for around 15 minutes a day for reasons that I am going to share now. Times and again, we have often heard about vitamin D […]
Pesticide Residue in Food – Will it Affect our Health?
Like most people, you may worry about pesticides that linger on fruit and vegetables and wonder to know how and to what extent it can affect our health. Although pesticides are of tremendous value as they protect crops against insects, plants, fungi and other pests. For example in the 1950s, when pesticides were used in […]
10 Secret Ingredients for Healthy Living
It has been rightly said – ‘We are what we eat’. Your health says a lot about the way you eat and vice versa. There are certain elements that boost your physical and mental health leading to healthy living. Here we have brought forward the 10 secret ingredients for healthy living, which can become the […]
Does a Vegetarian Need to be Taking Protein Powders
Omnivores tend to be very doubtful about vegetarian labels – and ironically enough, vegetarians react in the same way when protein powders are brought up. The debate about the benefits and potential health hazards of vegetarianism is highly evocative of the protein powder polemic: in both cases, the ayes and nays are many, but few […]
Do not take the bad with the good: two types of carbs
Carbohydrates are often seen as the bad guys that have a negative effect on your health and figure. A bulk of weight loss diets focus on reducing the intake of these substances. However, carbs are also used by our body as a primary energy source and have a lot to do with maintaining your good […]
