Muscle and Fat — Finding the Right Balance

Muscle and Fat — Finding the Right Balance

While many people focus on restricting their diet, the focus should be on overall health. From a nutritional perspective, muscle tissue is high in protein, which is an essential nutrient that the body needs for growth, repair and maintenance. Protein also helps to...
Health Benefits of Probiotics

Health Benefits of Probiotics

As probably one of the most well-known health supplements today, probiotics have certainly paved the way for the public’s understanding that they are beneficial for more reasons than one. Foods of today which impart the healthiest probiotic bacteria to the human...
The resurgence of cast-iron cookware

The resurgence of cast-iron cookware

Cast-iron cookware made its grand debut in Europe and America during the 19th century when it became widely popular. Cast iron was the preferred material for cooking over an open flame or on a wood stove, as it could withstand high temperatures and distribute heat...
Hydrating the right way

Hydrating the right way

If there was one element ever to be labelled as the most important and vital to the sustenance of any living organism, it’s water. It seems to me, we continue questioning the amount which should be consumed. We might have thrown the idea of eight glasses per day by...
Boosting your teen’s brain power

Boosting your teen’s brain power

If you’re a parent of a tween or teen, you’ve most likely wondered which foods complement their academic performance, behaviour and ability to focus. Omega-3 fatty acids are a type of essential fatty acid that plays a crucial role in the growth and development of...
Out with the old and in with the new

Out with the old and in with the new

Celebrations are commonplace for most as they ring in the new year. Usually, a list of resolutions isn’t far behind either in someone’s mind or a handwritten list tucked away in the abyss of papers, soon forgotten as life’s habitual practices take over. Why are our...