Honey has been regarded as a sweet treat for thousands of years. But, honey’s nutrient and vitamin dense makeup also makes it a great remedy for some common issues.
So, what is honey? Honey is collected nectar that is stored, transported, and regurgitated by bees in the hive. Because of the multiple (natural) refining processes that honey goes through before collection by a beekeeper, honey can be stored indefinitely.
Healing Properties Of Honey
Most of us can easily relate to having a busy schedule - complete with long work hours that leave us feeling exhausted by the end of the day when our heads finally hit the pillow. Oh, time! It seems there is never enough of it. Yet, rather than wait until the last possible moment to get up in the morning to dump half a gallon of coffee down your throat, drag yourself in a zombie stupor behind your steering wheel and head to work - leaving without the slightest notion of a plan for breakfast, lunch and snacks throughout the day - consider the possibility of a rather simple alternative.
While this salad is amazing any time - especially when avocados are in season - my favorite time to serve this salad is when guests first arrive. It's sort of become a tradition that houseguests receive this rejuvenating and flavorful salad after a long trip. This combination of flavors delights salad and fruit lovers, either served as a main course or side dish. It’s easy to prepare, highly nutritious and loaded with vitamins, minerals and plant-based proteins. (A non-vegetarian option adds savory meat).
It’s no small irony that probably the best way to gain weight in the long term is to go on weight loss diet. But, considering the weight loss industry generates more than $60 billion in sales annually, what incentive would this industry have to share this information?,
The weight loss industry is big business for selling books and the latest fad diets, aligned with brilliant marketers promoting dietary supplements, prepared meals and other products and services to people who want to lose weight.
Kale is one of the most nutritious foods available—hence why this leafy green continues to takeover menus across the nation. Just 1 cup of raw kale provides about 3 grams of protein and a day’s worth of vitamin C, in addition to large amounts of vitamins A and K. As the kale fad continues and grows, it’s important to find lively recipes that help balance out the bitter flavor and tough texture of kale.
Now’s the time to buy local coffee, with single-origin beans and small-batch roasters overrunning the shelves at local super markets and coffee shops alike. Just like consumers developed their palates for local produce and even local wines (in some parts of the country), they’re starting to venture into the world of local coffee roasts. Everything from the coffee bean origin to the roasting process affects the different flavors found in light, medium, medium-dark and dark roasts.
Vegan desserts are one of the latest food fads for both vegans and non-vegans alike, as they offer a heart-healthy alternative to some seriously fatty cravings. This vegan chocolate mousse is not only sweet and flavorful, but it’s also very rich, which means you can simply have a couple spoonfuls to satisfy those sweet cravings without any added guilt.
Is the Paleo diet still just a ‘fad’? The diet has become enormously popular in the last several years. Why? This article will explore the basics of the diet, as well as reasons why it might be here to stay as a staple diet for many. Individuals passionate about leading a healthy life and looking for a positive outlook can reap rich benefits by following the Paleo diet.
Pasta continues to get a lot of flack from the healthy-living community. Diet trends teach us to nay-say carbs and gluten, and research shows that enriched white and semolina pastas contain little-to-no nutrients. Here to fight the anti-pasta movement, however, is a new generation of whole-grain and rice pastas that are breaking the pasta mold.
It seems that every other week someone comes out with a new 'diet' claiming to have the answer to all your health or weight concerns. This is becoming very confusing for most people. Experts appear so adamant that their fad diet is the way, with claims that diets that focus on low-fat, low-carb, raw foods, paleo, or vegan will revitalize your health and metabolism solving all your diet dilemmas. And the truth is, they are all right -- or, at least they have been right for somebody at some time.