You've probably heard of kombucha and how beneficial it is as a functional food but do you know anything about it? Are you even sure if it does what it claims to do? Well, if you have plans on getting this and incorporating it to your diet, it's best that you get to know about its history first.
If you consume commercial sports drinks to replenish your electrolytes during training you may want to look elsewhere. By tapping into young, green, organic coconuts, manufacturers have been able to bottle up some of the most nutritious liquid in the world. Commercial sports drinks are sugar laden, filled with corn syrup, artificial colour and...
Green tea is taken from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant and is known to have originated in China. The Chinese have long understood its benefits and for thousands of years it has been a staple in the Chinese diet. There are even many books written in China describing how to best take it. It is so central to...
Chaga mushroom is a fungus that grows from birch forests in Northern and Eastern Europe, Canada, North America, Siberia, and Korea. Folk medicine practitioners have used it as a remedy for different conditions such as extreme stress, bowl ulcers, cancer, and high blood sugar levels. The mushroom is usually taken as a tea drink. Here are a few basic...
No one wants to keep anxiety with him for his whole life because the person who better manage himself he has lesser chance of anxiety in his life.
It seems like everywhere we turn, there's a different type of energy supplement being sold. You have drinks, foods, gum, candy, and even aromatherapy strips that are suppose to give you instant energy. With so many things out on the market, how are we able to distinguish the good from the bad? Even more importantly, how are we suppose to...
5HTP is a supplement that helps the body in making serotonin. Serotonin is a very important chemical which has effects on sleep, anxiety, appetite and headaches. 5HTP is a natural way to boost the serotonin levels and much preferred to artificial medication. The amount of benefits this supplement has offered to many people has been proven...
When it comes to seeing excellent results from your nutrition plan, how you prepare your food is half the equation. You can choose healthy foods, but if you prepare them using high-calorie methods and unhealthy sauces, you are not going to be doing yourself any favors. However, if you cook them using a small amount of olive or coconut oil...
If you travel for work or pleasure, you know that healthy food can sometimes be hard to come by. Or I should at least say there are so many temptations out there that the healthy options seem few and far between. Being prepared is 75% of the battle when it comes to eating healthy while traveling. It definitely requires a...
With so many chemicals in everything we eat, it is quite difficult to keep all the junk out of our systems and only eat the health stuff. The good news is that even after consuming unhealthy food, although many toxins stay in our bodies for a while, it is always possible to get rid of them. For clearer skin, increased...