Stay in the best shape of your life and pick up some great fitness tips in this section plus the best home workouts and maintaining a healthy diet.
Soy sauce is a common condiment in Asian cooking. It’s made from soybeans and gives dishes a rich intense taste. Unfortunately, it also has high sodium content. A tablespoon of soy sauce can contain up to 1,000 mg of sodium. Foods high in sodium can cause increased blood pressure and …
Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of a group of aromatic trees from the genus Cinnamomum. The tree is native to the Caribbean, South America and parts of Asia. It has a sweet and fragrant taste and is available in dried bark form or in powder form. …
In this article, I explore cauliflower benefits for hair and how you can include it in your diet to improve hair health and growth. The cauliflower came onto my radar a few weeks ago via a ton of recipe videos on Facebook. They look similar to broccoli, which I find …
I’m a fitness aficionado and make an effort to stay on top of my diet and what goes inside my body. However, one of my major challenges with this is finding the right meal to eat prior to a workout. I’m a picky eater and I also don’t like eating …
In case you’ve missed it, juice fasting is the practice of consuming fruit and vegetable juices. This is done to flush out toxins and other undesirable things from the system; a sort of reboot for your body. Juice fasting is a bit controversial because it involves denying your body food …
In a world where we read a lot of alarming things about chemicals in food products, GE (genetically engineered) and GMO (genetically modified organisms) foods, it has become imperative to pay attention to where our food comes from. GMO foods are created by combining the DNA of different species (cross-breeding) …
I was diagnosed with vitamin D deficiency sometime last year. Colour me surprised! We live in a country that’s sunny for most of the year and I don’t make much of an effort to stay out of the sun so I expected I was getting the required amount. I could …
Before we delve into the recipe, let’s take a look at what a superfood is and why it classifies as a superfood. What are Superfoods? A superfood isn’t a strictly medical term but it’s used to refer to a group of foods that have significant doses of nutrients. These nutrients …
The lemon is a powerhouse fruit full of vitamin C. It is also a significant source of calcium, potassium, and pectin with traces of iron and vitamin A. It’s a citrus fruit with the inner flesh divided into 8 – 10 segments. The taste is tart and acidic and can …
During my first summer in Dubai, I didn’t fully understand the importance of staying hydrated in this type of heat. I drank water but not enough. Eventually, I fainted a few weeks after my arrival in Dubai somewhere in Bur Dubai. So embarrassing. The doctor gave me a stern lecture …