Our body goes through biological cycles linked to cues from Nature. We all maintain a biological clock or a circadian rhythm that sync with the cycles of day and night and induces not only our sleep-wake cycle but also the rise and fall of body temperature, and the ebb and flow of certain biochemicals and […]
In today’s world much of vegetables and lettuce are grown in fields watered by contaminated and unclean water. Liquid manure is used in vegetable fields. Hence, to keep bacteria in check we need to develop good food preparation habits and resort to cleaning fruits and vegetables thoroughly – if necessary, with boiled water. You should […]
1) Cooking Methods: hile cooking, to reduce food intolerances due to excess ingestion of Saponins, Phytates, Enzyme Inhibitors and Lectins and free up the good nutrients it is necessary to follow the methods as below: Soaking and rinsing removes saponins. Soaking and cooking with lots of water neutralizes phytates and enzyme inhibitors and even lectins […]
“The body is the outcome of food. Even as disease is the outcome of food. The distinction between ease and disease arises on account of wholesome nutrition or the lack of it respectively” – Charaka – 300 BC. Seasoning and flavouring: You can use spices and herbs but not cream based sauces. You can also […]
Raw nuts and seeds are nutritional power houses in a tiny package, with a wide variety of minerals, anti-oxidants, essential fats, proteins, some with all the amino acids and with a high fibre content and plant based ALA. They are highly portable, require no refrigeration and hence make an excellent snack on the go and, […]
For over forty years now as Nick English writes, saturated fat has been seen as nothing but artery clogging, obesity-causing poison. This “common sense fact” has become so widely accepted that a lot of people who want to improve their diet start by purchasing skim milk, ditching their egg yolks, and beginning a life free […]
“Salt is what makes things taste bad when it isn’t in them.” – Anon As Kris Ginnar writes, Sodium is one of those things that everyone “knows” is unhealthy… kind of like saturated fat. The government has been warning us about it for decades and has spent a massive amount of resources warning us about […]
Milk is a drink consumed by humans and other animals. But humans are the only kind that drinks the milk of other species even after weaning and throughout their adult life. Perhaps, ants domesticating and milking aphids for their honeydew may be another such example. Milk contains calcium, magnesium, zinc, proteins, fats, sugars, vitamins A […]
It is true that fruit is good for you and that your body can handle a certain amount of fructose without any harmful effects. However, research shows that fructose, the natural sugar found in fruit, is severely detrimental to health if taken in large quantities. Fructose is something our body has not been evolved to […]
Sugar is the generalized name for sweet, short-chain, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. The table or granulated sugar most customarily used as food is sucrose, also available as brown sugar or raw sugar. All are refined from cane or beet. In the body, sucrose breaks down into glucose 50 percent and […]
