Stress and anxiety are nothing but an invitation to disaster, but did you know that what you eat can greatly affect the way you think and feel? Here are 10 foods that can help you develop a calmer mind so you can deal with stress better: 1. Chocolates Their anandamide content keeps the dopamine levels of the brain in check, thereby ensuring...
Having a good gut health is for very important for an overall wellbeing. When your gut isn’t healthy it can have an impact on mental health, weight, mood and a number of other digestive disorders. It’s linked to a number of different medical conditions. Keeping your gut nice and healthy can help keep the...
Fatty liver occurs when excess fat accumulates inside liver cells. This means normal, healthy liver tissue becomes partly replaced with fatty tissue. The fat starts to invade the liver, gradually infiltrating the healthy liver areas so that less and less healthy liver tissue remains. The fatty liver has a yellow greasy appearance and is often...
This is such an easy and quick dinner to make that you can have it on the table in 30 minutes! You don’t have to serve these with pasta, you can serve with mashed potato, polenta or even brown rice. This recipe took a shortcut by using pasta sauce from a jar, however, you can...
We all can agree that when we finally lay our heads on the pillow we’d like to actually go to sleep. Nothing is more annoying than insomnia, and the evidence is piling up that sleep is essential for good health. But what if you get hungry all of a sudden? There’s no need to deny yourself a...
It might have a reputation as the “disease of kings”, but gout affects around 70,000 Australians a year. A healthy diet can manage symptoms and reduce your risk, so here are the foods to load up on and those to avoid. Gout is an arthritic condition caused by swelling of the joints that often strikes...
Muscle cramps are involuntary, intensely painful muscle contractions that nearly every athlete has experienced at some point. Some people experience them often and simply seem to be prone to muscle cramps. No one is immune to muscle cramps. It is often caused by being dehydrated, having poor blood circulation, not stretching enough, or just fatiguing...
Overeating is one thing, but when it comes to these six foods, you can actually overdose. Even with healthy food, there can be too much of a good thing. Watch your intake of these healthy foods to ensure that you’re not getting too much of them, or doing more harm than good! Bananas Bananas make...
Feel like changing that dinner menu? Try this tasty Indonesian chicken skewers and spicy coconut salad for dinner tonight! The lemongrass adds an aromatic depth of flavour to the marinade of these low cal chicken skewers. Photo by Jeremy Simons | Taste Magazine INGREDIENTS 1/2 small red onion, coarsely chopped 4 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped...
Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is arguably the best-known immune-boosting vitamin and critical for the normal functioning of the body. It is a powerful antioxidant which helps protect cells from damage caused by free radicals that could contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease, cancers, and other diseases. As it’s a water-soluble vitamin,...
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