Exercising is good. It keeps you healthy and it helps you lose weight faster. Some trainers encourage you to do cardio exercises to lose weight (most of them). Others are fans of strength training exercises as a means to burn fat (the minority). I for one think you should do a mixture of cardio and […]

Dr Eduard Escrich lead a team of researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona on a study concerning the impact of fats on the body and especially oily fats such as corn oil, sunflower oil and pure olive oil. Scientists of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Breast Cancer Study Multidisciplinary Group have been studying breast […]

I’m on a seafood diet. I see food and I eat it.~Author Unknown Eating everything that is placed in front of you is the surest way to harm your body. It will take time but overeating and eating lots of low quality foods will harm your body in so many ways that repairing it will […]

Studies published in the May 10TH issue of Archives of Internal medicine show that eating a regular amount of nuts per day as a snack, preferably replacing other shows has a significant effect on regulating blood sugar levels. In an effort to explain this phenomena, further studies using a carefully controlled and selected group of […]

It seems that low calorie diets don’t only help you lose weight. A recent 6 month study made by the Agricultural Research Service proved that a low calorie diet helps strengthen the immune system. The volunteers who followed the low calorie diet had a better immune response at the end of the study. For the […]

Probiotics are live cultures of bacteria that live in our digestive tract, in complete harmony with the rest of the body. Over the past 10 years, these bacteria did not cause any disease. They were studied carefully to highlight the role they play in regulating the immune system (they stimulate the production of immunoglobulin), the […]

Organic foods are products of animal or vegetable origin which have been produced without using synthetic chemicals or genetically modified components. Organic food was not exposed to irradiation and following their production, the environment has not suffered. To be considered organic farming the livestock and organic vegetables production must take place according to ecological principles, […]

Coenzyme Q10 was discovered in 1957 and it is a substance with the characteristics of a lipo-soluble vitamin, present in every cell of the body. Coenzyme Q10 fulfills 2 major functions: it assists in the production of energy and it is a powerful antioxidant. Coenzyme Q10 has many health benefits. Clinical studies show that this […]

How many times were you recommended to think positively? Probably so many times take that as a cliche that you no longer take into consideration. How many people manage to mobilize and to see the best of any situation? Less and less everyday. We constantly forget about the great power positive thinking has … it […]

Since we were children we were all told that if we eat carrots, we will see better, and especially in the dark. This is more or less true, but there are medical evidence that show that the consumption of certain foods can maintain and even improve the health of the eyes and visual acuity. For […]