Category: Nutrition

In most countries, there are regulatory bodies that use food labels as a standardized way of representing nutritional information and ingredient lists so that people have transparency regarding the food…

Sugar is a sweet-tasting carbohydrate and is a common ingredient in our diet. Biochemically, ‘Simple sugars’ or Monosaccharides include glucose, fructose and galactose. “Table sugar” refers to sucrose, which is…

We’ve all heard the saying that ‘Breakfast is the most important meal of the day’. What’s also important is getting enough protein in every single meal. Ideally, we should consume…

When it comes to our skin and hair health, we are so busy looking for short-term, topical solutions. When there are skin issues or hair issues, we automatically run to…

Staying hydrated is important for any type of physical exercise. You’re sweating a lot so you’re losing a lot of fluids and electrolytes which need to be replaced. If you’re…

With soaring levels of diabetes and obesity worldwide, there is increasing pressure on people to give up sugar. On average, Americans consume around 20 teaspoons of sugar [https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/truth-artificial-sweeteners#1]. The worst…

Eating a healthy diet can be quite hard at times, especially because most fried foods are strictly forbidden in most diets. However, frying and sautéing are great ways to cook…

From Nutribullets to Vitamixes, it seems people can’t get enough of the juicing craze. You’d be hard-pressed to walk around any supermarket without coming across multiple brands offering you fresh,…

How Much Water Should I Drink every Day?   From a young age, we have been conditioned by the media, health professionals, and our schools to drink 8 glasses of…

A paleo diet is defined as a lifestyle plan based on eating foods that were available to human ancestors during the Palaeolithic era before dairy and processed grains. The diet…