Anybody familiar with Indian cuisine can tell you about the abundant use of ginger and garlic. Minced, fried, caramelised, in paste form or raw, these two wonderful herbs have a multitude of uses in traditional cooking. Touted as medicinal foods by many, ginger and garlic have the unique natural ability to cure several ailments and … Continue reading Superfoods: Ginger & Garlic
The Blood Group Diet or the Blood Type Diet was first popularized by Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo in his book Eat Right 4 Your Type, published in 1996. With over seven million copies sold, this New York Times Bestseller has been backed and propagated by many prominent individuals like Cheryl Crow and Cliff Richards. The … Continue reading The Blood Type Diet
Berries, one of the many super foods being propagated today, is nature's cure to some of the most pressing health problems of our time. Loaded with antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, berries can help in reducing our risk and / or propensity to develop cancer, diabetes, heart ailments, and nervous system disorders to name a few. … Continue reading Super Foods: Berries
Peanuts, also known as ‘goober pea’, ‘earth nuts’, ‘ground nuts’ and ‘mungfali’, is being peddled as one of the healthiest nuts in the market today. Earlier shunned away due to its high fat and sodium content, more and more studies are now being published highlighting the health benefits associated with regular consumption of them. Its … Continue reading Nuts about Peanuts
Carbohydrates make up one of the three macronutrients known to mankind. They are usually categorised based on their chemical structure: simple and complex. Simple carbohydrates contain one or two sugar molecules linked together, whereas complex carbohydrates have more than two sugar molecules linked together. Simple Carbohydrates – pastries, table sugar, refined foods, sodas Complex Carbohydrates … Continue reading Carbohydrates: Quantity v/s Quality
Fat makes up one of the three main macronutrients known to mankind. Also known as triglycerides, fat gets this name from its chemical structure: three fatty acid chains and one alcohol glycerol. Fat is an important and necessary part of our diet and helps in several structural and metabolic functions. We require it for energy … Continue reading Macronutrient: Fat
A growing trend amongst all weight loss diets in the recent years has been that of increased protein intake. Protein makes up one of the three macronutrients that form our diet. Whether you’re looking to lose weight, build muscle, increase stamina or just maintain good health, most experts will usually recommend increasing your protein consumption … Continue reading Macronutrient: Protein
For decades now, processed sugar has been a large part of our daily diet. We can find it everywhere: salad dressing, low fat yoghurt, pickles, sauces, bread, etc. With the recent exposure and subsequent focus on the ill effects of consuming excess sugar, many consumers are now seeking replacements to sugar. Due to this an … Continue reading Alternatives to Sugar: Artificial Sweeteners
Most of us are familiar with the effect certain foods have on our body. We know excess sugar leads to weight gain, alcohol affects our liver, excess meat consumption results in kidney and renal problems, so on and so forth. Alkaline / Acidic food based diets work on the premise that every food item has … Continue reading Acidic & Alkaline Foods
Originating from the principles of Zen Buddhism, the concept of a macrobiotic diet was first formalised by the Japanese Army Doctor Sagen Ishizuka who believed in benefits of following a traditional oriental diet and condemned the adaptation of western medicine and nutrition principles. The macrobiotic diet propagates a balanced form of eating with an emphasis on … Continue reading Buddhism & Food: A Balanced Form of Eating
