We all need the phrase that we are what we eat. However, did you know that there are foods that have the potential to almost guarantee to cause serious health damages and even lead to cancer sooner or later if consumed regularly? In fact, these foods may deem you rather harmless because they are quite common.
On Friday, my father had a special habit. Once he had returned from work he used to take an entire garlic bulb, peel it and eat it. Most people use to eat one, two or at most three garlic cloves if at all. However, my father ate the entire bulb which made me always wonder how he could manage that.
When I was a little boy I had a hard time suffering from asthma. Sometimes, these attacks came out of the blue bringing me almost to my knees because of the lack of breath. I can still remember very well each time my mother waved the newspaper to add some fresh air to me after she had noticed that I was close to suffocate.
If you should be looking out for a food that contains each of the 22 amino acids and is even rich in minerals, vitamin C and B6, you cannot get around the potatoes. However, despite their high nutritional qualities, conventional potatoes can have a very derogative impact on your health because due to the USDA’s Pesticide Data Program almost 34 different pesticides are linked to conventional potatoes.
Now, this article addresses men over fifty in particular as men about this age and beyond face different challenges than women at this age. Men over fifty start to go through the so-called andropause while women experience the menopause. These two terms may sound rather harmless but unfortunately this is not the message they use to send.
Did you know that eating meat makes you as likely to die of cancer as a chain smoker? If you should think that this is an extreme claim, you might change your mind after going through the following research results. The four times higher mortality risk is due to the high animal protein such as meat, milk and cheese that is consumed.
Honestly, this spice can be called a super spice without exaggerating. If this is not a crucial part of your daily dietary habits, you are missing out on a whole bunch of health benefits. I am talking about ginger. There isn’t probably a day that I don’t include ginger to my diet. Just before I sat down to write this article I enjoyed a hot and delicious ginger tea.
Have you ever made the experience that after eating a meal you still felt hungry and not full? If this should have been the case, then you should know that the feeling that you have had enough to eat is actually not dependent on the amount of food that is in your stomach but much more subject to whether your brain has been delivered the message that you are satisfied.
When it comes to losing weight there are actually only two ways: consume less calories or burn more calories. Of course, if you combined both of them, this would be ideal. Unfortunately, many people have a hard time when they endeavor to lose weight by burning more calories.
Going vegan might very well be the best decision one could make if someone is really concerned about his or her health. Because at the end of the day it all comes down to the right diet. It affects any area of your life whether realized or not. However, there is an issue which is still highly controversial: It’s the impact on one’s teeth health by focusing on a plant-based diet.