A health freak mom's thoughts on health and all things healthy
Good news to cocoa lovers! Consuming cocoa in dark chocolate or cocoa powder is a powerful and delightful way to reduce your risk of heart disease, stroke, and prediabetes. And this is backed by scientific researches. Chocolate’s polyphenols, particularly its flavanols, act in numerous ways to influence the health of the heart and blood vessels,…
Pistachios are the colorful nut, owing their green, yellow, and purple-red colors to the antioxidants and polyphenols found in the kernels and skins. It’s easy to spot the good nutrition provided by pistachios: their true colors shine through in their green and yellow kernels, and their purple and red skins. Pistachio is one of the…
I’ve recently added organic moringa leaf powder into my diet. As the powder is bitter and has the taste of raw leaves, I sprinkle about half a teaspoon of powder into my coffee every other morning to mask the taste. Moringa leaf powder does wonders in helping me ‘evacuate’ every morning. Moringa tastes like a…
A few months ago, my mil bought a soursop from the market. She hardly ever buys soursops. So do I. I didn’t really know how to eat soursop until recently. And now both my eldest daughter and I are hooked on soursops! Guanabana, also known as soursop or graviola, is native to…
The beautiful and bright colour of beetroots can make anyone fall in love with it, yet it is often ignored, perhaps because of its distinctive earthy taste. Beetroot has been gaining amazing popularity as the new superfood around the world. It’s low in fat, full of powerful antioxidants, rich in Vitamin C, and helps in the absorption of…
During my bout throat infection recently, everything that I ate tasted bland. The coffee and green tea that I drank daily tasted extra bitter. The milk tasted funny and I thought that it had gone bad. Foods that are sour tasted even more sour to me. When we had lunch at a restaurant that serves…
There’s something about the Christmas season that has the unique ability to scupper your best-laid fitness and diet plans. We all have gone through it. It is a busy time of the year for us. Many of us will be on a holiday and celebrating the festivities. During this time of the year, it seems…
My youngest daughter who is 10 years old has borderline high cholesterol at a total cholesterol reading of 5.3 mmol / L. She has inherited my bad DNA of Familial hypercholesterolemia. The disorder allows cholesterol to build up regardless of your weight, diet, and exercise. Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic condition. If one parent with…
Sweet foods are often preferred over bitter foods. Who would want to dig into a bowl of bitter gourd when they can enjoy comforting savory dishes or sweet desserts with gusto? Bitter foods tend to get the bad rap in the culinary world since their strong flavors can be off-putting to picky eaters. However, bitter…
Sweat makes you stink. Sweating is gross and many people hate it. Some people avoid exercise and going under the sun to avoid sweating. Sweating can be embarrassing if you’re at school, work, or just about anywhere with friends or colleagues near you. Sweat marks and the stench could leave you in a pit of…