Avoid depression by eating healthy. Just eat more fruits and vegetables and you’d be on your way to avoid depression. Yes, you read that right. According to a study, eating more fruits and vegetables, especially following the Mediterranean diet, can help prevent the onset of depression. The study involved more than 15,000 participants and…
Category: Healthy Home & Habits
Remember this article about not feeding monkeys in the zoo any banana? One zoo in the UK banned the use of banana to feed their monkeys. This is because they said that eating bananas are bad for the monkeys’ health. This news stirred the banana loving humans. Though the zoo claimed that this ban should not…
Have you ever tried to sit down and started coloring? Did you try picking up a child’s coloring book and color the blues away? Did it work? Did it help you become calmer and more relaxed? We all know that coloring books are used by children, given by parents or educators to either…
Kids play outside? I know you might be wondering why I’m talking about kids. But I know that some of you are mothers, and I would also like to get you more involved with me and about health for you and your children. If you are a mom and you’re unsure if you should be…
What’s the 5-second rule? If you drop your food on the floor, you’ve had already thought, and if not, you’ve probably heard someone say that you need to pick it up within 5 seconds. Why? So that you can eat it. And that it’s not dirty yet. The gist of the 5-second rule The only…
We’re all for adapting a healthy lifestyle. In fact, most of us try to eat healthy and make sure to engage in physical activity at least 150 minutes a week. But do you know which kinds of physical activity to engage in? Aside from the apparent benefits of engaging in physical activities like…
Move over exercise. It seems like taking a lot of vitamin C supplements can mimic the same effect. How is this possible? A study presented at the 14th International Conference on Endothelin: Physiology, Pathophysiology and Therapeutics, showed that taking in vitamin C supplements is just like exercising. Weight loss and physical activity is important for those who…
Do you feel like you need to drink more water and you aren’t drinking enough? I drink a lot of water. And when I say a lot, I really mean A LOT. Think, at least 2 liters every day. Not to mention the water that I get from fruits, tea, and the meals I take…
It’s time for a small spice guide for all you kitchen enthusiasts. You’d always go to the spice section of a grocery store and you wonder, “Which spices should I be hauling now?” You bought a lot last time but you haven’t even gotten them out of the storage in your kitchen shelf for…