Get ready to experience a volume of information of the healthiest foods in the world. Here is a list of the top ten super foods that most health experts agree on. You should tell everyone you know about these foods and enjoy them at your next meal. From fruits and vegetables, to whole grains, nuts, beans and legumes, this power-packed nutritional inventory will take you into the best years of your life and beyond.

Fruits

1. Cantaloupe
   Only a quarter of cantaloupe...

Proteins are made up of amino acids and different proteins contain different proportions of the various amino acids.

There are in all 23 amino acids in food proteins. Out of these, there are 10 that the human body cannot synthesize: arginine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophane and valine. These are, therefore, called essential amino acids.

The body must be supplied with the requisite amounts of these amino...

When I was just married, many moons ago, I had really no idea which spices I needed to have to start up my healthy, tasty, nutritious cooking. Over the years, I have learned cooking with healthy recipes and this is what I have come up with as most necessary to start healthy cooking.

Remembering that spices have a shelf life, like any other food, you are able to tell by the flavor and color if the spice is old, and should be replaced generally every spring. Many of my spices...

Nuts – Although these tend to be high in fat, it is the good kind of fats, which can actually lower insulin resistance, which means your cells will be more sensitive to the insulin your body produces which will more effectively lower your blood sugar.

Also, nuts because of their fat content help in controlling blood sugar by preventing you from becoming hungry between meals, and thus you avoid the sugary snacks that tend to raise your blood sugar.

Examples of...

Hiatal Hernias, which are hernias that form where your diaphragm joins with your stomach, are known for their atypical hernia symptoms. Though most people suffering from a hiatal hernia experience no symptoms at all, these hernia types can cause food and acid to get pushed back into your esophagus, causing heartburn, excessive burping, nausea and chest pain.
These Hernia symptoms are often not severe enough to require surgery, so if an individual is suffering from a hiatal hernia,...

People drink tea to relax. A sizzling cup is refreshing. Yet, excessive tea is not advisable. It is harmful to health. It slowly affects the body systems. The habit of drinking too much tea should be avoided. Why so?

Why One Should You Avoid Excessive Tea Drinking?

• It contains Tanine, a toxic element that disturbs the digestion process as the secretion of juices is affected by it. Tanine affects the water content in the body, as a result of which the skin...

EODD Diet Vs. Traditional Diets.

TheEODD diet, which stands forThe Every Other Day Dietis a fresh approach to dieting.  It is based oncalorie cyclinga method that supposedly boosts your metabolism and eliminates plateauing.  Great, but how does it stack up against traditional dieting methods?

Advantages:

• No Plateauing
• Feed days where you can eat most any thing you want including pizza, burgers and...

Figs are well known for their mild laxative effect, so care should be exercised when consuming fig juice. Try a small quantity at first, prepared from two or three fresh figs. The laxative prepared from the more concentrated, dried figs alone is so mild that it is suitable for children, so the action of the fresh fruit should cause you no alarm. However the term, syrup of figs, is often used to describe "Compound Syrup of Figs", this stronger laxative has added senna, rhubarb...

Often called "Good Cholesterol," HDL stands for High-Density Lipoprotein.  HDL is a blood substance that picks up cholesterol and helps remove it from the body.   HDL is known as the "good" cholesterol because high levels seem to protect against cardiovascular disease and heart attacks.

Studies show the link between low levels of HDL cholesterol and major cardiovascular complications as well as assocations with coronary heart...

The nutritional benefits of apple juice (as well as applesauce and many other apple products) are often underestimated because these foods are "quietly virtuous." When closely evaluating the nutritional composition of apple juice and other apple products, it becomes apparent that the lack of fat, cholesterol and sodium are just a few of the many reasons these products are an important part of a healthful dietary regimen.

The virtues of apple cider vinegar seem to...