Let’s face it! Belly bloat is one of our most common complaints and we’ve all had those moments where debloating gets into our nerves. While it is not usually a sign of a serious health problem, belly bloat often crushes the dream to look our best and is, more frequently than not, uncomfortable. Whether you […]
“Ah! That was good. Let’s do it again,” says our brain’s reward system everytime we eat something sweet. Among the five basic tastes – sweet, sour, bitter salty and umami – humans are genetically drawn to sweets. This is because we belong to the primate heritage, animals that survived the battle of evolution by eating […]
With all the marketing gimmicks and health claims to promote food products, it is easy to get confused which ones are healthy and which ones are actually just unhealthy in disguise. Basically, unhealthy means it contributes to malnutrition and the development of a wide range of diseases. So which food should you actually add more […]
Our diet affects our emotions and when it comes to the bouts of the blues that struck us occasionally, vitamin deficiency might be to blame. According to a 2020 research published in BMC Psychiatry, an unhealthy dietary pattern with decreased serum levels of B vitamins is associated with increased risk of depression, while increased consumption […]
Eating a wide variety of foods is vital to getting all the key vitamins and nutrients that our body needs daily. But while this is true, we all know that there is only a limited amount of food we can eat in a single day. To maximize the nutrients we take in, it makes sense […]