Nutrition

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6 Foods that Help Boost Brainpower

For most people, making an effort to eat healthily is done with the goal of weight loss, muscle building or skin health in mind. While these are great reasons to improve your diet, we seldom consider one of the most important parts of the human body: our brain.

Plant versus Animal Iron

Iron is very important to our overall health. It helps oxygen get through our body. Although our blood carries oxygen, there must be iron in the blood for it to do this successfully. Low iron in the blood could lead to a condition called anemia. This can be very dangerous. Anemia can cause a person […]

Tips For Dealing With Picky Eaters

The Importance Of Digestive Enzymes For Gut Health

Food is the source of our energy, the fuel of our lives. However, most people only care about what goes into their mouths and where it comes out, a process that can be simplified as “point A to point B.” But digestion isn’t as simple as that and instead, digestion could have as many points […]

Is a Vitamin Subscription Worth It?

Vitamin subscriptions are rising in popularity. It refers to agreeing to receive vitamins monthly from a vitamin manufacturer or provider, usually with auto pay set-up for easy payments and you have the option to cancel your subscription any time. Custom-built or personalized vitamin packs have flooded social media via Instagram and Facebook lately. But, is […]

Post Workout Drink: Pickle Juice?

7 Ways Unhealthy Digestive System Can Affect Your Mood

The link between digestion and mood is now being called the “gut to brain connection.” If you have ever experienced how digestive upset can cause emotional turmoil in turn, you will probably find this description highly appropriate!

Homemade vs Pre-Packaged Baby Food

In a world where convenience is becoming a must have it may not always be the wisest of choices. We live in a world that if it is easily attainable then it must be the way to go. Faster, is not always better. Especially if it comes to our tiny humans we take care of. […]

What Are the Best and Worst Foods?

Medicine and health are important subjects, but they’re also hard to understand sometimes. And staying abreast of the latest developments, sorting through information that floods in from every direction, can be harder still. Doctors constantly tell us the importance of a healthy diet, but what is considered healthy can change sometimes; and knowing how to […]

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What Kind of Groats are the Healthiest?

What are groats?   Groats are hulled or crushed grains of oats, wheat or other cereals. The healthiest of groats is quinoa. Because it contains high quality proteins and fats that include mono and polyunsaturated fatty acids that are very beneficial for health .   You can also find multiple vitamins within it including B1, […]