One of the most common misconceptions that you are likely to come across while trying to plan your diet is that sugar is harmful for your body. To correct it for once and for all, not all sugar is bad for you. It is the refined white sugar that is the culprit behind earning a [...]

Eating healthy is one of the basics of life. However, the ever changing information about what’s good for you, and what’s not, makes all of us confused when trying to make a diet plan for ourselves. One day nutritionists hail the benefits of a particular diet and the next day it is rubbished by medical [...]

According to medical journals, the nutrient requirement of our immunity system can be fulfilled easily by taking a balanced diet under normal circumstances. To define these normal circumstances, it means that the person must be healthy and not be under any form of physical or mental stress. However, given the fast paced lives that we [...]

High protein diet is a common recommendation for body builders and athletes or sportspersons who need to increase their muscle weight and decrease body fat. It is also prescribed for people suffering from protein deficiency or those who want to lose weight. A high protein diet ensures that you have more energy throughout the day. [...]

Meal replacement bars have become extremely popular off late with their exalted virtue of zero fat content. However, it would be foolish to equate zero fat with zero calories as these meal bars provide adequate calories and nutrition that a person should get per meal. These are easily available in gyms and health clubs and [...]

Men and women across the world often follow extreme diets driven by their desire to fit in a smaller clothes size. However, seldom do they realize that they are doing more harm than good by following such extreme diets that may help them lose body fat in the initial months but will not be effective [...]

The question, are genetically modified food healthy? Has being ask by many people and am here to help you to get closer to the answer to that question. In as much as you might be think that the genetically modified food may pose a risk to your health, you may have being consuming this food [...]

Calculating your nutrition needs is not as hard as many people would think. It is common sense that is you consume the same exact amount of calories that your body needs throughout the day then your current weight will not change at all. If you devour more calories than the amount that your body will [...]

In order to have a health immune system your diet should have enough vitamin C, as it contributes greatly to having a strong immune system. Great source of vitamin c are fruits like citrus, berries and strawberries, other sources of vitamin c are vegetables, pepper and tomatoes. If your body is not getting enough vitamin [...]

One of the most know crippling disease to man is the rheumatoid arthritis. This long term disease normally affects ones joints such as the wrist, hand and feet but also the disease can go further to affect a more serious place such as the joints that are found in the spine but this only happens [...]