Why Fiber? Fiber is of great significance to our health and extremely necessary as a part of our daily diet as it aids in proper digestion and facilitates a healthy lifestyle. We receive fiber from plant sources hence eating meat or a dairy product does not help our body in procuring the much needed fiber. Therefore a diet rich in plant produces, vegetables, cereals, nuts, fruits help our body in achieving the two main types of fibers – soluble and insoluble – which are both significant in ... VIEW POST

Science is a wonderful thing, with the efforts of the scientific community over the years we have learnt a lot of new things which have helped us live a better life. But unfortunately, scientific inquiry is not wish fulfillment. There is still no consensus on probably billions of issues; an individual might encounter thousands of those in their lifespan.  Carbohydrates are one such issue.  As of now, there is no answer to question whether carbohydrates in diet are required or not. We ... VIEW POST

These days, most people have surely heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Nevertheless, this doesn’t stop an incredible number of individuals from all over the world from skipping this meal or choosing to only have coffee. The reality is that breakfast is really the most significant meal of the day, and you'll have a far more healthy diet if you include breakfast in your life.  Breakfast is appropriately named: break-fast. People do not eat while they sleep and so for ... VIEW POST

Over the past few decades, coconut oil received flak because of the demonization of saturated fat. This was mostly because saturated fat was thought to be connected with an increased rate of heart diseases, Alzheimer’s and obesity.  However, research conducted recently has shown that different types of saturated fats have different effects; some are indeed dangerous and should be avoided, while others are actually beneficial. Coconut oil falls in the latter category.  Studies ... VIEW POST

What if someone tells you that you can actually eat more but still weigh less? Punch them for making fun of your plight? I wouldn’t judge you too harshly for that, after all bullying is a serious concern, but you should still consider apologizing to the person lying on the floor with a bleeding nose, because they were right.  Research has shown that the satiety systems in the brain are triggered by the volume of food that you eat and not the amount of calories that you consume.  So ... VIEW POST