10 Surefire Ways to Quit Smoking

As you probably already know, smoking is associated with health problems such as lung cancer, cardiovascular diseases, gum diseases, high blood pressure, infertility, weak bones and joints, depression, snoring and bad breath. Moreover, smoking also affects the non-smokers around you. If that doesn’t convince you, then consider quitting just for the video below. A lot of people wish to quit smoking but they don’t manage due to addictive effect of nicotine. In the following we will show you the best 10 tips that can really help you quit smoking: 1. Make the right preparations Why do you want to stop…Read the Rest

15 Health Benefits of Bananas

Bananas are among the most common and popular fruits in the world. If you will ask an American or European to name a fruit, they will most likely answer banana, apple or orange. So what does this heavily consumed fruit brings to our diet and health? A medium sized banana, weighting about 120 grams contains: – 200 calories; – 17% of the daily recommended intake of carbohydrates, with 28 grams of sugar; – 23% of the daily recommended value of dietary fibre; – 33% of the daily recommended intake of Vitamin C and 41% for Vitamin B6; – 15% daily…Read the Rest

The Wonders of Broccoli

Broccoli is closely related to cauliflower, both been members of the cabbage family. The plant was cultivated at first in Italy and was named “broccolo”, which in Italian means “cabbage sprout”. A member of brassica family, broccoli contains a lot of healthy nutrients needed by the human body, like: antioxidant vitamins beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, iron and potassium. Besides the upper mentioned nutrients, broccoli is considered to be one of the best sources of glucosinolates, which is proven to reduce cancer, especially lung and colon cancer. Also, it seems like in 100g of broccoli there are less than 35…Read the Rest