Nutrition Obtained From Whole Food Vitamins

In the health world, doctors, nutritionists and dieticians have long been advising and promoting the intake of vitamins and supplements by pill or capsules. However, most people take this concept the wrong way and follow erroneous approaches to ensure their body gets the vitamins and nutrients it needs. They don’t realize that the human body [...]

Vitamins Nutrition & Their Importance in Health

Vitamins nutrition contributes the most in our health and wellness. There are numerous reasons why we need vitamins everyday which will be outlined in this article. Our nutrition supports life within the cells in our body. Vitamins are part of this nutrition, consumed in the form of food or supplements, and are needed for us [...]

Your face tells you about your health

Next time you blame those dark circles to many late nights, think again- your face could be trying to tell you something is wrong… Cracked lips, puffy eyes, dry skin… Barely a week goes by without one of these symptoms staring back at us in the mirror. Ok, so they’re all annoying flaws that stops [...]

A chocolate that will fight aging and make your skin glow…?

According to the world’s largest chocolate maker, a chocolate bar that could fight wrinkles and slow the aging process for a healthier living may be on its way to the stores! A study carried out by Barry Callebaut showed that eating 20g of a specially developed chocolate comprising of antioxidants or flavanols every day may [...]

Carbs Intake Leads to Heart Risk for Women

A carbohydrate- rich diet raises the risk of heart disease for women, a new Italian study finds. The report, which was published on April 12 in the Archives of Internal Medicine, said that same effect was not seen in men. The study was held by researchers at Italy’s National Cancer Institute, who looked at the total carbohydrate intake and [...]

An hour of daily exercise ‘needed to stay slim’

The recommended half an hour of exercise a day may not be enough to stop weight gain. According to a US study of 34,000 women, an hour a day of moderate exercise is needed to fight the flab. Overweight women need to diet as well as exercise, a Harvard team reports in the Journal of [...]

Diet for Pregnancy: Eating for two!

Pregnant women have the silly notion that they need to eat for two as a result of which they gain a lot of weight. But actually, it’s not the quantity of food you eat, but the quality of your nutrition that matter… It’s when your doctor confirms that you are expecting a baby; a whole [...]

A Healthy Body: A Healthy Life

Having a healthy body means having  a good and healthy life. When you are physically fit, everything goes well in life. An active body is also an active mind. Maintaining your diet with the healthy food that our body needs and daily exercise are few important things that each one of us should include in [...]

First lady Michelle Obama launches childhood obesity campaign

First lady Michelle Obama launched a nationwide campaign to fight childhood obesity on Tuesday. This was a part of her effort to teach America’s children about better nutrition and exercise. Michelle Obama said the “Let’s Move” campaign will encourage more: physical activity for children, healthier foods in schools, and more accurate food labeling. Some of her initiatives, [...]

Cookie diet-Can Be A Part of Your Diet Plan

Have you heard from any one about cookies as a part of their diet plan and not feeling hungry? You must be amazed by hearing this and may have a question in your mind that what is this cookie diet? Cookie diet uses cookies to entice dieters into easy weight loss. The most appealing feature [...]

Hair loss – does your diet affect your crowning glory?: Part II

Hair loss, for some people, is a fact of life. But for others, it’s cosmetic death. Whatever your opinion, the fact remains that 40% of all women, and half of all men, will lose their hair at some time in their life. The most common cause is genetic, so your parents really predispose as to [...]

Hair loss – does your diet affect your crowning glory?: Part I

The loss of hair can occur on the scalp or any part of the body that normally has hair, such as eyebrows or eyelashes. A certain amount of hair loss is normal as the average person normally sheds 50 to 100 hairs every day. The hair shed daily is not necessarily permanent hair loss. Most [...]

Detoxification: Cleansing your body

Lethargy, being out of sync, gaining extra pounds, or having skin problems can all be avoided by Detoxification.  Recommended for all those understanding their health or nutrition, this diet is a must to follow to stay clean and healthy… What is Detoxification? Detoxification is the body’s regular natural cleaning process to rid the body of [...]

Read this… Tips on how to have flat abs

Are you of those who want a sexier tummy and flat abs?  I bet you’ll agree, but some of us hate doing crunches, right?  We want to have them without doing so much to get them, am I right?  This year, its a great news we can have both – the abs and the easy [...]

Vitamin C benefits and dangers

Vitamin C is one of the most essential nutrients for human. Also called L-ascorbic acid, this water-soluble Vitamin is needed for a number of metabolic reactions in both humans as well as plants. It is necessarily required by humans so as to avoid diseases like scurvy or even to cure the common cold. This is [...]

Vitamins & Minerals

Even if your diet is well-balanced and nutritious, the effects of modern living can deplete essential vitamin and mineral reserves. Find the best natural sources of vitamins and minerals and ensure your recommended daily intake (RDI) is correct. Vitamin A Essential for good vision, healthy skin, growth and resistance to infection. It can also be [...]

Are Vitamins Important for Health?

The role that Vitamins play in our health and body is highly significant. Our body requires a number of nutritional elements for functioning, and Vitamins are one of these nutrients which are needed direly by our body. Vitamins are those nutrients which the body cannot produce on its own and have to be consumed through [...]

Nutrition & Vitamins – The healthy way during pregnancy

Healthy moms tend to raise healthy children. Balanced diet, relevant exercise, and proper medications are the key principles of healthy child growth during pregnancy. Many women have the false perception of pregnancy as the time in their lives when they can eat whatever they want. Although extra calories are required by the body, eating excess [...]

Eggs, cholesterol and other myths

‘Avoid eggs’, ‘Drink 8 glasses of water a day’, ‘Eating carbs will make you fat’; nutrition advice such as this has been touted for year – but is it accurate? Not necessarily, according to Wendy Repovich, an exercise physiologist at Eastern Washington University un Cheyenne, Washington, who did her best to dispel several common nutrition [...]