Concerning the exercise diet the following questions might come up: What should be eaten before you exercise? When’s the best time to eat? How much should be eaten? Should you eat while exercising? What can be eaten between series of effort? Studies show that you should always fill your glycogen reserves, so you can go […]

You often feel the need to overeat. Are you aware that they are very harmful to your body? Have you ever wondered what triggers these mad cravings to overeat? You feel somehow guilty for the fact that you can’t control them? How about it, would you feel much better if you found out that the […]

Some knowledge of basic nutrients never hurts. You will learn how to obtain them through a balanced diet and you will also learn their roles in the body. Establishing your own calorie and nutrient needs, an analysis of the diet you adopted and the creation of a healthy and low in calories meal plan are […]

There are many types of vegetarian diets; the most common are vegetarians, who include eggs and milk but not meat, and vegans, which eliminate any form of animal products. Young people, who are vegetarians, may get enough nutrients from the vegetarian food, except iron. A normal level of iron is particularly important for teenagers. Iron […]

Nutrition plays a vital role in terms of a healthy sexual life. The basic nutritional ingredients necessary for a healthy sexual life include a huge variety of fruits and vegetables, protein and complex carbohydrates. There are certain categories of foods that adversely affect sexual functions: fried foods and fatty sauces, sugar and excess salt, saturated […]

Our main though should be how healthy is the food or foods we eat. The nutritional theory is that the bad absorption of food leads to tissue degeneration so food combining is the key to a perfect metabolism. It’s not enough just to give the body the necessary elements, it’s more important that they’re used […]

1) Give up on headed salad for simple salad. Normal salad has more vitamins and minerals such as: vitamin A, C, B1, B2, calcium and potassium. Also it has more fibers. 2) Eat brown rice instead of white rice. Naturally, brown rice has more fibers and riboflavin(vitamin B2) and less sugar then white rice. It’s […]

The term vegetarian can refer to a vegan diet (strictly vegetarian which avoid any type of animal products and even avoid wearing clothes of animal origin) or it can also mean a lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet (vegetarians that don’t eat meat but do eat eggs and milk).Semi-vegetarian is a term used to describe someone who doesn’t eat […]

– Caffeine– this is found in coffee, tea, chocolate, cola etc. Caffeine induces adrenalin production thus increasing stress. People addicted to caffeine exhaust the adrenal glands which produce stress hormones. These hormones influence the metabolism. In the long run caffeine associated with an unhealthy diet leads to weight gain. Excessive caffeine consumption has the same […]

Your body responds to stress by increasing the quantity of stress hormones produced by the adrenal glands. These hormones are responsible for most of the symptoms associated with stress: increased blood pressure, muscle tension, digestive disorders. Because of the extreme importance of the adrenal glands in the optimal nutrition of the body and the reactions […]