Top 10 Herbs to Add to Your Meals

Trying to spice up your diet!?! Then this selection of top 10 healthy herbs is just what you are looking for. Herbs have been around for centuries and have been used for alternative medicine and home remedies. Herbs are very good energy sources and can do wonders for blood circulation. What else can I say!?! Herbs are great! Below we have compiled a list of the most popular and healthy herbs. We only focused on herbs that can be found easily so that you can find and include them in your meals. We did not include herbs such as Ginseng…Read the Rest

Top 13 Health Benefits of Oranges: No Wonder They’re So Popular!

Oranges are some very popular fruits among North Americans and Europeans. Orange juice in particular is pretty common and massively consumed. Americans drinks about 2.5 times more orange juice than apple juice. But have you ever thought what exactly the health benefits of oranges are? One orange contains all the daily requirements of Vitamin C. It is rich in fiber, folate, calcium and vitamin B6. So, we could say that oranges are packed with nutrients…but wait, there’s more: 1. Oranges are rich in fibres The fibres in oranges are good for the digestive system and relieving constipation. Fibres also reduce…Read the Rest

10 Reasons to Eat Dark Chocolate

Chocolate. It dates back since 1500 BC. The Olmec Indians, the Maya and Aztec civilizations were using cocoa beans. Columbus brought it to Spain in the early 1500s after which it spread thought Europe. The beans were grinded and a beverage was made out of them. In 1874, the first chocolate bar was made and in 1929 cocoa powder was being manufactured. Nowadays it still remains one of the most delicious treats you can have. But is it healthy? How do you choose your chocolate? Do you prefer white chocolate? Do you like it with peanuts or strawberries? Normal chocolate…Read the Rest

Best 10 Methods of Boosting Your Immune System

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” Hippocrates The summer is long gone and now autumn is here. But, how do you see autumn!?! Autumn has its charm as this is the season when grapes are ready to be tasted and when leaves become more and more colored. However, autumn also has a certain „dark side”. In addition to the fact that a lot of us fall into a strange depressive mood (mainly due to the bad weather conditions like rain, cold etc.), autumn bring the „flu season”. Flu season is that part of the year in…Read the Rest

16 Health Benefits of Eating Apples

The origin of apples is not well known, however there are records of apple crops from ancient Egypt. There are also traces of apples in other Caspian Sea civilizations and China. The word “apple” comes from the old English æppel and it could be one of the oldest English word to come from a Indo-European form. The largest apple producer in the world is China with about 40% of the total production. The second producer is the U.S. with more than 7.5%. Other leading apple producers are Turkey, France, Italy and Iran. 60% of all the commercially sold apples in…Read the Rest

Top 5 Most Nutritious Fruits in the World

When eating fruits it is important to remember that variety is the best, each fruit containing some nutritious elements in a unique quantity, helping your body in a certain way. The best 5 fruits to be consumed due to their high content of nutritious elements are: Blueberries Kiwi Strawberries Guava Cranberries 1. Blueberries Many recent studies show that blueberries are the most nutritious fruits. Besides their good flavor and aspect, blueberries are very low in calories. It is best to consume these fruits in the May- October timeframe, but even frozen they have so many antioxidants that, just half a…Read the Rest