May 18, 2012

Eat Your Way To A Head of Healthy Hair

Healthy Hair

Hair loss is a common problem, affecting millions of Men and Women the world over. There are products on the market successfully treating the symptoms of hair loss, such as the HairMax LaserComb, but you can take the matter in to your own hands, and eat your way to a healthy head of hair. Not many [...]

10 Benefits of Adding Protein to Your Diet

Eat Proteins

Everyone knows that it is important to eat a healthy diet; however, most people fail to maintain one.  People succumb to unhealthy foods, which are often sugary and fatty, because they taste good.  These foods provide little nourishment. On the other hand, foods that are rich in protein have great health benefits, and they taste [...]

The Dangers of Dietary Supplements

Dietary supplements

The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994 defined a dietary supplement as a “product taken by mouth that includes a dietary ingredient.” The dietary ingredient may be a vitamin, mineral, herb or other botanical, an amino acid or substances such as enzymes, organ tissues, glandulars and metabolites. Dietary supplements are readily available [...]

Tips for Enjoying Organic Foods while Sticking to Your Budget

Tips for Enjoying Organic Foods while Sticking to Your Budget

Gone are the days when organic foods were considered niche items and could only be purchased in health/natural food shops. Today, the average consumer can enter any supermarket and have available to them wide ranges of fresh produce, dairy products and packaged foods that are certified organic. The demand has certainly brought about increased supply [...]

Can Protein Really Help You Lose Weight?

Can Protein Really Help You Lose Weight

High-protein diets are an increasingly popular weight-loss strategy for dieters. While current research hints that protein, rather than fats or carbohydrates, best satisfies a dieter‘s hunger, can protein really help you lose weight? Protein-Rich Foods There is a difference between animal protein and vegetable protein, so before you consider protein for weight loss, make sure [...]

Why Yogurt Should be Part of Your Diet?

Remember your trip at the frozen section of the supermarket? One traditional dairy food took over all the shelf space, over options like cottage cheese and sour cream. Yogurt is that one food with as many health benefits as one can possibly ask for to be packed into a single option, and hence, it hogs [...]