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 ...

Juicing is a habit that can change your quality of life. Learn everything you need to know to start making your own delicious, cold-pressed juices from home! Our lives can get so busy that we let our nutrition take a hit. Coffee for breakfast and rushed drive-through lunches leave our bodies ...

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, ...

In Spain, soups, consommé, cream of vegetable soup, and stews are very typical dishes with the arrival of the colder months. Now with the cold and rain upon us again, there's nothing better to cheer us up than some solid, traditional, old-school Spanish cuisine goodness. In addition, the rhythm ...

Have you ever suffered from bouts of stomach cramping and bloating but never understood where it comes from or why it’s happening? Well the answer could lie within the food that you eat on a day-to-day basis. Many foods are high in something called FODMAP which is responsible for many of the ...

Bloating happens to the best of us, and whilst most bloat can feel uncomfortable, there are actually two types – gas bloat, which is usually caused by certain foods like cruciferous vegetables and beans, and water bloat which is often caused hormonal changes or eating a lot of salty foods. Luckily, ...

Red meats are meats that are easy to identify, they're simply red in colour when they are raw. These include beef, lamb, mutton, pork, goat, veal, and venison. These types of meats appear to be red as they are rich in myoglobin (a protein that binds iron and oxygen) and when encountering oxygen, it ...

We need salt in the body to maintain fluid balance within our cells, and to transport water around the body. Adults generally should not consume more than 6g per day, which is roughly the size of a teaspoon. However, the 2018 / 2019 National Diet and Nutrition Survey revealed that we, as a ...

Despite not being able to travel right now, who’s to say that we can’t bring other countries into our own homes, and more specifically into your kitchen? These Asian recipes will not only take you on a mouthwatering, exotic trip to Asia but also encourage you to eat your fill of vegetables and fall ...

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 ...