Cortisol is a hormone that is released into the body. Your body produces it naturally. It produces excess cortisol in stressful situations. The more stressed out you get over all the things that happen to you in life, the more cortisol your body will produce. Prolonged periods of having high cortisol levels can affect your […]
Spicy food not only tastes good, but it is showing health benefits as well. The two major ingredients found in food such as hot peppers and turmeric are capsaicin and curcumin, respectively. As an example, capsaicin has a thermogenic effect that can help with weight loss. When studied against a control group, the people who […]
Calcium is a common dietary nutrient that not everyone regularly gets enough of. For this reason, we’re often reminded to drink milk, as it is a great source of calcium. But not everyone likes milk. Where does that leave non-milk drinkers? Are they destined to have problems maintaining strong bones and healthy teeth, both of […]
Everyone with an Instagram account has seen pictures of perfect breakfast bowls of oatmeal. While most people eat oats as oatmeal, there are so many other uses for oats. Oats have so many nutritional benefits because they are food high in dietary fiber, including lowering cholesterol, stabilizing blood sugar and have cancer-fighting power as well. […]
Anyone who looks at a nutritional label knows there are so many things listed. And checking into actual information on healthy eating expands the list. How can we know what we should be eating? Part of the confusion is some of them are so similar, with names that can be tough to keep track of. […]
Seeds can be not just tasty food, but also nutritious food. Sesame seeds, flax and hemp seeds, and more, are all full of delicious nutrients that can be a wonderful addition to your diet. A lot of minerals that might be hard to find in the most common foods in our meal plans can be […]
When you’re hoping to get pregnant, you’ll often consider anything that might lead to that bouncing baby in your future. And contrary to the warnings you might have heard in health class, sometimes fertility and conception isn’t as simple and easy as it should be. There are a lot of processes in the human body […]
The market for dietary supplements is ever growing, especially as medical and nutritional scientists unearth new items with previously unknown health benefits. Our collective obsession with youth is an area many are keen to capitalize on, and fortunately there are supplements that can help beat back the ravages of age. Resveratrol is one such supplement […]
Medications all come with an expiration date, both over the counter pills as well as those that you can only get with a doctor’s prescription. But what does that date actually mean? Will the medication not work, or even become dangerous, once the calendar passes that day and you’re standing in front of the medicine […]
Many people do not get the recommended amount of vegetables per day, but if you are trying to improve that intake, there’s one vegetable you should start with – broccoli. Broccoli has a number of benefits, including calcium, Vitamin K, fiber, and it is low calorie. It has also been touted for its […]
