Diets

The very concept of following a healthy diet implies eating various vegetables, fruit, lean meat, fish and other foods that are laden with nutrients and benefit the body. However, if diversity becomes the key feature of your diet with no focus on the quality of food, it may be a drawback: according to scientists, eating a varied diet may be associated with weight gain. Image Credit: nationalgeographic.com The current guidelines issued by the CDC say that eating a healthy diet does not necessarily imply ditching e...

All diets and food cultures have their own benefits and disadvantages with absolutely different effects on our body’s health. Bone health may be one of the most important one that you should be looking after. Especially, if you are a woman who has already gone through menopausal period and are trying to cope with the new way your body works now. Well, if it is so, today you are likely to find several facts about soy’s impact on your body pretty interesting and useful. Image Credit: shutterstock.com / otnaydur Ho...

Those who avoid animal-derived foods, namely vegans and vegetarians, claim their diet is best in terms of both its moral and physical aspects. While the first one is a matter that lies within the dimension of beliefs, the diet’s effects on health are controversial. Definitely beneficial in some ways, it can turn out to be destructive in others. Image Credit: shutterstock.com / natalia bulatova Brief introduction Vegetarians: people who abstain from animal flesh, be it pork, chicken, seafood or something else....

With the abundance of fad diets touted as healthy, it can be a challenge to pick the one you would really like. Those who cannot imagine their menu without meat on it will definitely opt for the diet known as ketogenic. However, as it implies consumption of high amounts of protein-rich foods, such as meat, it can cost a bomb to follow the diet. Here are several tips on how to make it affordable. Image Credit: shutterstock.com / Oleksandra Naumenko With the abundance of fad diets touted as healthy, it can be ...

With more diets emerging, you can get lost in the world of healthy eating tips. While nearly all of them boil down to avoiding processed food and eating foods that are as natural as possible, the variability among them is still quite significant. All of them have their pros and cons, and before you plunge into a three-month keto marathon, you should know what pitfalls there may be. Image Credit: dinner4tonight.com Some of the diets which have recently gained popularity are aimed at helping you lose weight, others ...

Trendy diets set their own rules, and paleo and keto diets are no exceptions. While these rules are not that strict, you may still find examples of recipes useful, even if you want to add into your meal something that does not really fit the definition. In this article, you will find a list of outstanding websites loaded with keto and paleo recipes. Image Credit: shutterstock.com / its_al_dente What is the paleo diet? The concept of the paleo diet is rather romantic. It is supposed to resemble the diet that ca...

Low-grade chronic inflammation is a major contributor to development of various diseases. There are medical conditions which lead to chronic inflammation, like arthritis, for instance. To help reduce inflammation, one can stick to a healthy diet designed to alleviate symptoms, as well as bring other benefits, such as energy and a reduced risk of cardiovascular diseases. Image Credit: healthline.com Changing your eating habits could be a good idea, especially if you suffer from a disease that maintains inflammati...

The habit of adding sugar to drinks and food is common for many people. Of course, everyone decides whether to continue to follow the habit or to limit the use of this sweet product for themselves. Image Credit: Thinkstock The fact that "sugar is harmful" is not a secret, and everyone knows it, but not everyone will be able to tell at once what its harm is, what hormones it affects, why it does not create a sense of fullness and can cause fatty metamorphosis of the liver. What happens in the body when we eat sug...

Ever since Beyoncé used the lemonade diet, which is often called the Master Cleanse diet, to get rid of extra pounds in order to prepare for the Dream Girls movie, it has become popular, especially among women. Its proponents claim the diet does wonders and can be used as a detox program. But is it really safe to follow? Image Credit: fotolia.com What is the lemonade diet? The term denotes a diet that was popularized by Beyoncé and developed by Stanley Burroughs, who published his The Master Cleanser in 1976. T...

Modern researches indicate the connection between the diet and the heart health. However, there is a large diversity of diets in today’s world and it’s not easy to determine the most suitable one to make your heart healthier. Image Credit: Jamieoliver.com If you suffer from a heart disease like millions of other people or just want to prevent it and also find out what is the best meal plan for your heart, let’s find out which diets are the healthiest one and try to determine the difference between them. A Vegetar...

US researchers have reported that following a special fasting diet can help regenerate pancreas in patients with diabetes. The findings look promising and suggest that those suffering from the disease can follow the diet to make an attempt to “reboot” their pancreas and regenerate the cells in it which detect sugar. Image Credit: Foxys Forest Manufacture / Shutterstock.com A team of investigators from the University of Southern California have presented a paper in which they report on their mouse experiments that ...

Balanced diet can be an effective way of fighting with excessive weight, but sometimes it is really difficult to keep to a diet, especially when there are a lot of temptations around us! So, why cannot we stay on a diet for a long time? And what can we do to change the situation Image Credit: Milan Jovic / Gettyimages A person who wants to go on a diet should be ready that it will not be easy. First of all, the person should be ready to bear both psychological and physical difficulties and limitations. It does not...

Nowadays there are a lot of different diets in our world: low-calorie diets, limiting diets, balanced and unbalanced, low-fat and high-fat diets, low-carb or high-carb etc. And when we want to stick to a diet, we are ambivalent about what method to choose. So, what do we have to know when choosing a diet? Image Credit: martinina / 123rf.com Nowadays there are a lot of different diets in our world: low-calorie diets, limiting diets, balanced and unbalanced, low-fat and high-fat diets, low-carb or high-carb etc. And...

Just like any other organ, the brain needs nutrients from food to maintain its functions. We are used to treating food as a thing that determines whether you can get into your jeans. We forget that the brain must be fed in accordance with what benefits it, and that’s just what we are going to discuss. Image Credit: David Malan / Gettyimages.com Food that can benefit brain function The brain needs a lot of energy, and its share in daily energy spending makes up more than 20%. However, it does not mean you can e...

Living in the hectic world of today often means you have no time to cook and prefer unhealthy dishes that do not require preparation. Such an approach leads to consumption of fat, sugar and salt in amounts that do not benefit health. That is why detoxing is one of the things which can help cleanse the body naturally, and here is what you can eat to do it. Image Credit: greenblender.com Having a lot of the following foods on your menu can help you feel better, lighter and healthier. Detoxing means you try to eli...

The 40 days of Lent are here, and millions of Catholics are giving up meat, candy, coffee, and fast food till Easter. Is Lenten fasting healthy, however? And which foods do you need to give up, anyway? Image Credit: coolcatholics.org The rules of Lent The actual dietary regulations for the Catholic Lent are quite different from what your friends might be observing. Every Friday you are supposed to abstain from mean (including chicken and other birds), but all kinds of fish and seafood are permitted. There are o...

People who keep to a diet should include a sufficient amount of nutrients, vitamins and minerals in it. Reducing the caloric content of the diet, we risk losing those vitamins and minerals that are necessary for our body. In addition, we risk reducing the level of protein in our body that may lead to loss of muscle mass. If we want to stay healthy while dieting, we should include healthy food, such as fish, in our diet. Image Credit: wallpapercave.com Fish is a very popular product among people who live near th...

Most popular diets would make you believe that a particular type of food is bad, so you have to cut it out. Atkins diet suggest to cut out most carbs. It' been widely popular for the past 40 years, but is it really worth giving up the carbs? Image Credit: bajotecho.net Why carbs? Different dieticians have different opinions on how to shed extra pounds. Physics dictates that people lose weight when they burn more calories than they eat. That can be achieved by regular intense exercise, but for quick weight ...

Many of us have faced a problem of excess weight. When we understand that we need to lose some kilos, we usually start searching for the easiest way to do it, and the idea of smaller portions comes to our mind. But is it an effective way to fight those excess kilos? Image Credit: dolgachov / tr.123rf.com Many people make the same mistake desiring to lose some weight. They do not ask a specialist to help them, such as a couch in a gym or a nutritionist, instead of that they refer to their own knowledge and find th...

Wondering why the scale number does not seem to react to all your efforts to lose weight? It’s very likely that you make common mistakes which are shared by the overwhelming majority of people trying to get rid of unnecessary pounds. Not only do they hinder the process – they urge all the lost pounds to come back afterwards. Image Credit: youtube.com Mistake #1: Fascinated by the numbers Stop looking at the scale all days long. Even if you’ve started following a certain diet and exercising regularly, it does n...