Category: Nutrition
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Gas and Oil – For Our Body
Every driver knows what fuel his car runs best on. He also knows what kind of oil the engine needs. He is very well informed about the tire pressure and, of course, about the engine’s performance. Let’s be honest: do you know your body as well as you know your car? Which oil do you…
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Digestion Optimized
Most people’s hair stands on end when they hear the word chemistry. Be it because of the many negative media reports about chemical accidents or because of the boring, almost incomprehensible chemistry lessons that they are actively trying to forget. However, chemistry is extremely exciting. And in our digestive tract, there is so much chemistry…
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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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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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Don´t Carry the Christmas Dinner Into the New Year
The holiday season is eagerly awaited, meeting up with people you love, catching up and sharing a meal together. Is there anything better? But for this day to be memorable it is important to get the menu right, exaggerations can compromise the enjoyment of those festivities. It’s common to see plentiful tables and a lot…
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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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Foods to Reduce Anxiety
When talking about anxiety, we are not talking about a rare disorder, but something that affects 85% of the world population, according to recent studies by Psychiatrist Augusto Cury. Anxiety is a biological characteristic of human beings, which precedes moments of real or imagined danger. In this context, many unpleasant symptoms appear, such as: Fatigue…
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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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Seven Foods to Reduce Stress
Just thinking about all the chores that are building up, the errands you have to run, the looming work deadlines and the social demands on your overbooked calendar can run you ragged. Talk about stress! But do you realize that there are foods that can help you to get Stress under control? Find out which…
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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…