For sometime now we have been using these words quite frequently. What do they mean? Antioxidants are natural substances which scavenge harmful substance called free radicals that are produced in the body in response to many outside agents, food being one of them. Antioxidants literally cleanse the cells of poisonous oxidants and help in keeping […]
Healthier ice cream with fiber and antioxidants is being researched by food chemistry scientists
November 10 – Food scientists at the University of Missouri-Columbia are finally making a healthier ice cream to be used as a functional food (whole food). What the researchers are doing is adding dietary fiber, antioxidants, and probiotics (gut bacteria that support a healthy digestive system) to regular ice cream that’s at least 16 percent […]
Spreading awareness on the forgetfulness disease – Is there a link between diet & dementia?
Among the several diseases that occur to the elderly people, one of the most serious is dementia as it still has no cure. There are many who still don’t know what dementia is and they wonder what sort of symptoms this disease has. If you too are one among the herd of people who are […]
Awesome Summer Solutions to Streamline Daily Life
Ah, summer… vacation time, R&R, and a reprieve (however slight) from the regular responsibilities of daily life. Even so, summer can still be a hectic time of balancing work hours with entertaining the kiddos, socializing with family and friends and even treating yourself from time to time. So, any amount of help to enhance, ease, […]
Food in pursuit of a Sharper Brain
Foods to boost your concentration and memory Did you know that the food you eat does a lot more than just satiating your hunger or giving you energy? Nature has always had amazing things in store for us, and what it offers in food is one of them. The food you consume affects not only […]
Why You Should Prefer Organic Food
If you’ve lived with your grandmothers, you’ll come to appreciate their acute sense of observation – we aren’t the ones eating the food; it’s the food that’s eating us up. Come to think of it, it does hold a lot of weight – the eatables we buy today are laced with ‘modern’ chemical ingredients and […]
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