Your digestive system helps breakdown food that you eat to provide the entire body with energy and keep you healthy; but did you know that certain foods can keep your gut healthy and help it function better? Our digestion, to a great extent, is aided by different types of bacteria that line the intestine. These […]
Many people have experienced acid reflux. Acid reflux is the backflow of stomach acids into the esophagus, and is a common digestive symptom that can occur after a heavy meal, bending over the waist or lying down immediately after eating, or during pregnancy. Most of are so used to this symptom that we don’t realize […]
Eating has become such a routine that we don’t stop to think that there are some foods out there that can actually save your life! While most foods that we eat have some form of nutrients that make up our complete balanced diet, there are foods that go beyond just the nutrient provider to protect […]
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” This is what we have been hearing from our parents and even nutrition experts for years. Let’s see if this age-old belief holds any truth and if so, how a simple meal can make such a big difference in our overall health. Never missing on breakfast […]
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are approximately 600 million obese adults across the world and 1.9 billion who are overweight.1 Obesity is a condition characterized by the accumulation of body fat more than what is required for the normal functioning of the various systems of the body. It is determined by body […]
