For a good health you need to have a balance diet. A diet having different variety of healthy food can give your body a full range of nutrition as required. But the reality is something else. Do we actually get time or energy to make those healthy choices which we know we should be making? No, the reality reveals that we are totally ignorant towards our dietary habits. So, to make up for the deficits in the […]

Fats, calories, obesity…all these life-threatening words seem to be ruling the life of today’s youth. The recent in addition is Trans fat. For those who are not aware, it is a kind of fat which is created when the liquid oils get solidified partial hydrogenation. These fats account for at least 30,000 premature deaths in US within a single year span. The health experts also hold the belief that reducing the intake of these Trans fats would […]

Tipping the Sugar Scales The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports that the average American consumes anywhere between 150 to 170 pounds of simple sugars, also known as refined sugars (this includes glucose, fructose, and sucrose) or simple carbohydrates, in one year! You may be thinking, “I do not consume that much.” Well, it is also said that for every American who eats only 5 pounds of sugar each year, there is one who eats about […]

The Gut-Brain Connection A few days ago, my daughter suffered from some abdominal problems. She had lots of gas and poor appetite. She told me, it was funny, because “when my stomach is unwell, my head feels dizzy too” I told her that it is not a co-incidence, as our gut health is related to our ‘brain health’. There is a connection between our gut and brain. The gut is known as the second brain. Dr. Michael […]

We seem to crave it, so why is salt bad for the body? Our bodies require a certain amount of salt in order to function properly. It is a necessary electrolyte. It is true that at times our bodies crave salt, however, generally the amount of salt that we need can be found naturally occurring in the foods that we eat. Most people add large amounts of salt to the foods that they eat. It is recommended […]