Fruits contain digestive enzymes, which clean out the residue left from the previously eaten food. Within an hour, the fruits travel through the digestive tract and they shouldn’t be eaten with any other food group. Fruits can be divided into 4 groups: Sweet – they don’t contain acids and those are: peach, apple, banana, plum, cantaloupe,…
Fatty foods make you fat. Carbs make you fat. If you eat 1,200 calories a day, you will lose weight. Eat whatever you want in moderation. Low fat and no-fat foods will help you lose weight. Sugar-free foods will help you lose weight. The list above provides a few examples of common beliefs about dieting…
The industry causes confusion about health rises of sugary drinks When the soda industry funds studies into the health risks associated with consuming its products, soda always comes out looking rosy, according to researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). A team of scientists from the university recently looked at studies published between…
In 2016, approximately 1,685,210 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States alone, and approximately 600,000 people will die from the disease. The number of new cancer cases is 454.8 per 100,000 men and women per year, based on cases from 2008-2010. Men have almost a 50 percent chance of contracting the…
Flu and cold season are just around the corner. Before your immune system is rundown by the flu virus, start boosting your immune system with natural medicine. By doing so, you are fighting off the infection before it overtakes your body, thus, significantly reducing being prone to colds and flus. I am a firm believer…
Enjoyed the world over as something of an icon of the tropical experience, the pineapple was used in indigenous medicine for a wide range of ailments; uses that are only now being confirmed by modern scientific methods. While most know pineapple as an exceptionally delicious tropical fruit, indigenous peoples used it to treat a variety…
