Author: Esther Neumann
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Oil Change in the Kitchen
The battle around fat has been going on for decades. Let’s remember the hot debate about whether to put butter or margarine on bread. The housewife wrings her hands and asks herself which oil to put on the salad. There are a number of low fat products that are in vogue right now. Then there’s…
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Lupine for Protein
Most people know lupines from the edges of highways or gardens, where their pretty candles glow in shades of red, yellow and blue. Lupines are also used for nitrogen enrichment in the fields and as protein feed for animals. But very few people know that they also have something to offer for human nutrition. The…
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Addicted to What?
Hands speak volumes. The Russian author Tolstoy describes in a stirring language how a visitor observes the hands of the players in a casino. They express so many things. There are the completely relaxed ones, because they don’t care whether they win or not. Perhaps the one who owns the hands can still afford to…
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Exercise – A Principle of Life
Exercise doesn’t just mean chasing the ball. Everything that lives moves. People, animals, even plants move. Movement is a characteristic of life. We can explore our environment through movement. Movement shapes us. But our way of moving also shapes our environment. Let’s just think of the car. Where do you come across a car? Let’s…
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When Milk Becomes a Problem
As early as 400 years before the birth of Christ, Hippocrates described painful gastrointestinal reactions after consuming milk. Flatulence, colic, diarrhea, nausea, bloating, chronic fatigue and blemished skin – all of this is associated with milk when you can no longer tolerate it for a very specific reason. Globally, around 2.3 billion adults and 600…
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Plant-Energy for our Life
One of the main reasons we eat food is to provide us with energy. Without food we would die soon. Plants can assimilate solar energy through their leaves and convert it into chemical energy. Animals and humans cannot do this, they are dependent on food for energy. We are eating energy in the form of…
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Mushrooms Can Do More than We Think
Mushrooms belong to the kingdom of fungi, which are neither plants nor animals, but have very specific biological characteristics. Their nutritional and medical properties have been left to a large extent unexplored. Find out in this article some interesting facts that we know so far about mushrooms.
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It Pays Off to Crack Your Nuts
“Let your food be your medicine and medicine be your food!” This phrase from Hippocrates applies particularly to nuts in all their different forms. They contain valuable fatty acids, lower the cholesterol level and protect against heart attacks. In this article you will learn a number of advantages that various types of nuts can have…
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Everyone is Responsible for His Health!
Personal responsibility for health is one of the most important pillars of our healthcare system. Great advances in medical research give us access to expensive treatments that are covered by the healthcare system. People’s life expectancy is increasing. Just in spite of the progress, our society is not getting healthier. The prolonged lifespan is not…
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Celiac Disease – An Intestinal Problem
Celiac disease is a condition like a chameleon. The symptoms are very versatile and the number of unreported cases is high. About one in every hundred is affected. It can take years for the correct diagnosis to be made. In this article you will find out why early diagnosis is important and how to properly…
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Extruder Products – How Healthy are Your Breakfast Cereals?
Licorice, peanut puffs, corn flakes, snack bars, breakfast cereals in all shapes and colors, pasta, crispbread, soy meat, cat and dog food, everything passes through the extruder. The extruder swallows almost everything and converts cheap raw materials into expensive products. But what about the nutritional quality of the products coming out of this fancy machine?…
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Selenium – A Vital Trace Element
Selenium occurs only in traces in the human body. An adult weighing 70 kg has just about 7 milligrams on average. It plays an important role in detoxifying the body, protects the membrane of our body cells, prevents red blood cells from oxidizing and is part of some important enzymes. You find out everything you…