Rabbit food. The phrase brings to mind lettuce and carrots, takes-forever-to-chew salads, and foods that taste like straw. But eating like a rabbit doesn’t have to be boring, bland, or restrictive. “Eating like a rabbit” doesn’t mean that you should only eat foods that rabbits can; I just want to introduce some basic concepts that can […]

Health Benefits of Turmeric A ray of nutritional sunshine, turmeric bursts with myriad health benefits while giving dishes a savory flavor and bright yellow color. This ancient Indian herb was widely used throughout centuries in traditional Indian medicine and is now used in modern medicine to treat a wide range of ailments, from cancer, to […]

A study published in the open access journal BMC Nutrition says that having a sugar-sweetened drink with a high-protein meal may negatively affect energy balance, food preferences and cause the body to store more fat. Dr Shanon Casperson, lead author of the study from USDA-Agricultural Research Service Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, USA said: “We […]

A new study done at Ohio State University found that daily tomato consumption appeared to cut the development of skin cancer tumors in half in mice. It found that male mice fed a diet of 10 percent tomato powder daily for 35 weeks, then exposed to ultraviolet light, experienced, on average, a 50 percent decrease […]

Ground into almond butter and extracted for almond “milk,” the ever-versatile almond has gotten a makeover and gained newfound popularity as a trendy health food. It’s easy to see why, as this sweet nut offers many health benefits. Almonds are a great source of magnesium, manganese, vitamin E, as well as macronutrients, such as healthy […]