Vegetarians run a higher risk of lacking vitamin B-12. Why? This vitamin only exists in animal products — your body cannot manufacture B-12 on its own. Therefore, you need to consume it via your diet! Have no fear — even if you practice a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle, you have alternative means of getting this vital nutrient.
Gardening has many health benefits.
Turmeric, a bright-yellow-hued root spice, has been used in cooking, medicine, and cultural ceremonies for thousands of years, especially in South Asia. Practitioners of both western healthcare and Ayurvedic medicine, an ancient holistic healing system with Indian roots, have lauded this plant’s anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
Your taxi is late and the flight is about ready to depart; you’re hungry but the only thing on the way to the gate is a fast food frenzy of unhealthy options. Stressed and out of options, you board the plane.
It is widely accepted that diet greatly influences one’s overall health and well-being. While the specifics of which diet is best for which population is constantly studied and debated, fresh vegetables and fruits as well as other unprocessed foods are generally seen as being on the healthier side of the spectrum.
Ron Finley is an urban gardening rebel and role model in Southern Los Angeles, where he grew up. As well as being a passionate practitioner and promoter of community gardening, he is a father of three boys who offers a fresh, open-minded take on how men and all people can relate to the earth.
Okay, so you just spent approximately $3 on a salad dressing at the grocery store. The problem? It's loaded with way too many unnecessary ingredients. Have you ever read the label on most salad dressings? They put everything from sugar (yes, you heard that right) to Calcium Disodium EDTA in it (to "protect freshness"). No thanks. I'm good. Instead, I like to make my own salad dressings at home. Here are eight DIY salad dressings that are actually healthy for you and require no unnatural sweeteners.
Shakes, powders, pancakes, pills – if you are into fitness, there is no way you haven’t come across a supplement or two. Whether you drink protein shakes as a meal replacement or take omega-3s, among a host of other over-the-counter remedies, there is one thing you need to know.
Supplements in the United States are only ever regulated after the producer has placed them on your supermarket shelves or in your local health food store. This may also come as a surprise: vitamins also fall under this umbrella.
Remember your ma yelling in your ear to eat your veggies? Well, she was right. In all cuisines and all parts of the world, vegetables are part of a healthy diet for they offer so much, for such little calories.
Let’s begin with what exactly is cottage cheese. Quite simply, it’s the solids formed by curdling milk or buttermilk, by adding a souring agent like lemon juice, vinegar or tartaric acid. The solids formed are scooped up, further drained and then can be set into shapes or simply crumbled—this is cottage cheese.