Category: Health EN

  If you’re looking for an all-natural multivitamin, skip the supplement aisle and pick up some mushrooms. Among their many nutrients: B vitamins – including pantothenic acid (B5), niacin (B3), and riboflavin (B2) – plus copper and selenium. Mushrooms also have protein, fibre, potassium, vitamin D, calcium, and more. Not bad for a food that’s more than 90% water. Read more:

It is well-known that high blood pressure is a risk factor for heart attacks and strokes. Now, new research from Sweden has shown that too much salt in the diet is an important risk factor for clogged arteries in the neck and heart, increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes even if you don't have high blood pressure. Read more:  

ASPARTAME, an artificial sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, is often used in beverages (eg: diet soft drinks, low-sugar juices and flavoured waters), dairy products (eg: light yoghurt and low-fat flavoured milk), nutrition bars, desserts (eg: sugar-free puddings and gelatins, light ice cream and popsicles), chewing gum, sauces, syrups and condiments. It is also found in tabletop...

Fruits are best eaten whole. When you consume a whole fruit you are consuming the flesh, the skin and the pulp. Each of these parts contain different sets of nutrients – such as fibre and flavonoids in the skin and vitamins and minerals in the flesh and even more fibre in the pulp. The nutrients in each component interact with each other, enhancing their digestion and absorption into the body....

Mounting evidence suggests that prolonged sitting may be as dangerous to your health as smoking. But a small study suggests that doing 5 minutes of light walking for every 30 minutes of sitting can help offset the harm – it significantly lowered both blood sugar and blood pressure. Read more: