Nutrition and Dieting

BBC Documentary on how the food industry has transformed our eating habits.

To eat or not to eat is what troubles the dieting mind most. The more you try to stay away from food, the more it occupies your mind. Carbohydrates, fats, calories look more desirable than ever, you can’t snack on your favorite bar, can’t enjoy your favorite desert, advised to skip meals after 8 p.m., [...]

Recent research has demonstrated that eating a high protein diet can help you lose weight because high protein foods satiate hunger better than carbs or fats can.   What Research Shows About High Protein Foods According to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the participants reported less hunger, higher satisfaction as [...]

According to a study done by Healthy Fast Food and Fast Food Maps, over 25% of Americans consume junk food daily. Americans spend nearly $100 billion on fast foods every year with children in the age group of 6-14 eating junk food more than 157,000,000 times every month. According to another study done by Public [...]

 According to a study done by researchers at National Institute of Health, Asian women had higher levels of estrogen when subjected to 200 milligrams of caffeine when compared to white women who were subjected to the same amount. 200 milligrams of caffeine is equivalent to two cups of coffee. When the same tests were conducted [...]

It is very difficult to identify healthy food. Some foods are easy to identify such as the broccoli are healthy to eat whereas the doughnuts are not. However, there are many foods in the ‘gastronomical gray area’. So the questions that very often come to our minds are- Is eating yogurt healthy? What about fruit [...]

If you want to maintain a healthy lifestyle you need to ensure that you consume a balanced diet. Such a balanced diet makes sure that you consume 300 calories in lunch along with 100 calories in a snack. Along with such a diet it is necessary to burn the extra fats by a 60-minute workout [...]

Sugar is considered to be a dietary evil even though our brain cannot function properly without it. So, some important questions which arise here are: Should sugar be avoided at all costs? Or is it fine to consume it in the form such as fructose which is fruit sugar? Before these questions are answered, there [...]

Lentils have always stayed in the shadow of its famous legume cousin- The Bean. One of the reasons lentils are gaining popularity in people’s diet these days is the nutritional benefits offered by them to lose pounds gained in the holiday season. Lentils are also a major source of fiber. Various studies have revealed that [...]

Studies have revealed that polyphenols in green tea prevent the formation and also the development of tumors anywhere in the body of animals. Tests have been conducted on animal organs to check the beneficial effect of green tea on lung, skin, esophagus, oral cavity, intestine, stomach, liver, colon, mammary gland, bladder, prostrate and pancreatic cancer [...]