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

3 Vital Ways Acai Can Do Good

Acai = Health!!! Read carefully what follows….. The topic is Acai and some of the key advantages derived, which makes it a hit with icons, physicians, and many people around the world. Many consumers who are sceptical about this “elite fruit” in purple because of the excitement surrounding it have also surrendered themselves to this fruit due to its high content of nutrients. Brazilians have been using acai berries in their daily diets for a long time. They can recognize that acai berries can help improve our fitness and more importantly can give a boost to our immune system. In…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

Top 10 Vitamins

Vitamins are nutrients with different functions in the human body which can only be obtained through our diet. As such, making sure we intake enough vitamins through the food we eat is very important. In this article we tried to make a list of the 10 most important vitamins (actually 11) and give a few details of what each one of them does for our body. As an important note, please consult a medic or nutritionist before taking any supplements. 1. Vitamin D (Ergocalciferol, Cholecalciferol) Vitamin D is particularly important in children diet as it is essential in the absorption…Read the Rest

Top 5 Most Nutritious Seafood and Health Benefits

What do you think of when you hear “you must eat healthy”!?! Do you see yourself surrounded by vegetables and fruits!?! If so, you should know that having a healthy life in terms of eating habits does not involve a focus only on vegetables and fruits. There are a lot of other interesting food categories and mixes that have a positive impact on your health and, therefore, should definitely be tried on a regular basis. One of these categories is SEAFOOD. Although some of you might consider this as only an “exotic” food, proper only for special occasions, you should…Read the Rest

5 Products to Avoid for a Healthy Skin

The basic nutrition rules are also valid for the aspect of our skin. Color, texture and tonus of the skin are all the result of constant consumption of vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids etc. It doesn’t matter how many creams and lotions we use if we eat improper. So…what we eat is written on our skin! Here are 5 of the most damaging products for our skin: 1. Sugar Sugar makes you look older. It doesn’t only make you fat, but also destroys important elements within our bodies. Most vulnerable to such damage are collagen and elastin fibres, which keep…Read the Rest

7 Most Important Nutrients To Boost Your Memory

Memory is the mental activity of recalling learned and/or experienced information. There are 2 types of memory: 1. Short-term memory 2. Long-term memory In short-term memory information is stored for a few seconds or a few minutes. Such memory is fragile and is able to hold an average of seven items (phone numbers, credit card numbers, etc.). In long-term memory we store information for our life / jobs / etc. Sometimes, accessing information stored in long-term memory requires a conscious effort to recall: personal memories related to our experiences (episodic memory), factual data not connected to time or place (semantic…Read the Rest

2 of the Most Important Elements in Fruits

1. Water in Fruits Water plays an important part in our lives. 70% of our planet is covered with water, resembling with the human body that consist of 80% water. So, it seems that we should control our water intake in order to maintain the “volume” of water in our bodies. Some might say that we could drink 2 bottles of water a day and have the intake covered. If you think that this is the proper solution, think again! You don’t have to flood your body with water, you only have to consume food that is rich in water.…Read the Rest