General Health

How does it feel when you have to count every single calorie you take? Do you guys get confused of shifting time for fiber and other diet menus every day? Low residue diet may become one of the solution. This diet method is low in fiber and high in other dietary elements, that designed to reduce [...]

The thyroid gland is an endocrine gland located just under the Adam’s apple in the throat. It secretes a hormone into the bloodstream called thyroxine, which controls the body’s metabolism, the rate at which the body burns calories for energy. It also controls the body’s utilization of fat. A decline in the secretion of hormones [...]

There are seven important culprits for most of the food allergies that we experience. They are - corn, eggs, milk, soy, wheat, yeast and sugar. And thankfully, I am allergic to none. What a complete life, I can eat anything I want! :D Allergy, exaggerated and sometimes harmful reactions to external substances, called allergens. So, food [...]

As you know that junk food is not good for our health, can we just avoid it all the time? You know, the temptation is so strong when the people surround you eat junk food, or when your family have to order junk foods where you all are trapped in home, while it is raining [...]

For those people who love to consume junk food, this information may be the warning for you, especially for them, the steak and hot dog addict. A study of more than half a million Americans has found that consuming steaks, hot dogs and other red and processed meats significantly increased participants’ chances of dying during the [...]

Skin is a magnificent health indicators tools. When it wrinkles, dry or oily, have some acnes or inflammation, those can be the signs of poor internal health. You can spoil your skin with luxurious makeup, supplements and serum. But it won’t help much if you still eating junk food and forgetting the basic needs, which [...]

Come on, this article is not about Seven Habits by Stephen R. Covey we’re talking about. This is about the upcoming habit for you, this year. This will lead you to a better routines that impacts your health :) Habit # 1 : Regular Meals Our body needs energy to get through the day and this energy [...]

Memory refers to the organism’s mental ability to store, retain and recall information. In elderly people, it was mentioned in NewScientist that eating less seems to improve memory. Agnes Flöel and colleagues, at the University of Münster in Germany studied the  short term memory behaviour at 50 people with an average age of 60, and found that [...]

A British scientist–Gary Williamson–professor of “functional foods” at Leeds University, has released a list of the top foodstuffs that he believes can lead to longevity. In the NaturalNews, he suggested 20 foods rich that are rich in naturally occurring phytochemicals including tannins, lignins and flavonoids, that research has shown have a host of health benefitsfor [...]

Fad diets become very popular but controversial recently. While people who are overweight will often seek to lose weight, it is the unfortunate case that many of these people will resort to fad diets that promise extraordinary results with very little concern for the health of the individual. In April 2003, the most famous pioneer of [...]