The first thing that comes to mind when some people hear about a whole-food plant-based diet (WFPD) is that it's vegetarian or vegan, but this is not always the case. A registered dietitian, Jillian Kubala, wrote on Healthline that WFPD is more of a lifestyle. She said a plant-based diet depends ...

Cannabis is an amazing plant, providing significant health benefits to people who consume it. It can be used in a number of ways, including smoking or vaping it, cooking with, and consuming its oil, or using it as a supplement. If you're interested in growing your own cannabis for personal use, ...

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is a chronic hormonal disease that involves reproductive hormone imbalances in women, causing excess ovarian cysts and troublesome symptoms like heavy/irregular periods, increased body hair, and painful acne. While some medications can help lessen these symptoms, ...

Iron is an extremely important mineral for several metabolic processes in humans. The most commonly known function is oxygen transportation as red blood cells (RBC) need iron to make haemoglobin which is responsible for carrying oxygen and transporting it around the body. The lack of a ...

Seeds or nuts? Are they the same or different? By botanical definitions, many foods that we call nuts are actually seeds. Nuts are seeds of plants, mainly trees but some can be seeds of legumes, for example peanuts. To avoid confusion here, I shall refer to them by the term they're most commonly ...

Whether you are dealing with occasional pain or stiffness or dealing with chronic diseases such as osteoarthritis, you may want to know whether a supplement can relieve your painful joints, prevent the pain from getting worse, or if there are natural ways to treat knee pain. There are some good, ...

There is a lot of buzz these days with regards to immunity and ways to strengthen it. Aside from our skin and the mucosal surfaces, the immune system is our second line of defence against pathogens and dangerous altered ‘self’ cells mutated by viral infection or cancer. Nutrition can directly ...

Switching to a vegan diet can, of course, be great for your health. It gives you the chance to get more of your nutrients from plant-based options like whole-grains, nuts, seeds, beans, legumes, fruits and vegetables which are loaded with vitamins, minerals and fibre. However, going vegan may also ...

Just because you’re a vegetarian doesn’t mean you should be limited in your breakfast options. Fortunately, there’s a simple—and healthy—way to whip up the most important meal of the day while avoiding meat and fish. Eggs, oats, smoothies and tofu; are meat-free breakfast components that can be as ...

All too often the fruit and vegetables we buy are not used to their fullest potential. There is always going to be food waste from the kitchen - from the discarded peels, seeds, stalks and stems, or maybe from making too much food or letting the fruits and vegetables go bad before eating them. ...