It is really difficult to resist the temptation of sweet, ripe watermelon, however its not just the taste but there are more than one reasons to get attracted by this wonderful juicy fruit. Do you know watermelon has enormous health benefits?

Nutritionists have been educating people about watermelon's health benefits for a long time now. Recently, American Heart Association has endorsed their view by recognizing watermelon's nutritional properties with the "heart...

The acai berry (ah-sigh-ee) grows in the Amazon Rainforest on acai palm trees and looks like a purple marble or purple grape. The Acaí berry (fruit) is 90% seed pit and 10% acaí pulp and must be carefully handled before it can be consumed. During the process the acaí berries with water are put into a machine and are agitated against one another. This process separates the acaí pulp from the seed to produce a thick acaí fruit pulp puree.

Isn't coconut cream the culprit that causes weight gain and triggers heart disease? In fact, coconut cream benefits your health more than what you've heard and learned for the past decades. So how does coconut cream promote health?

Essentially, coconut cream benefits you with its medium-chain fatty acid (MCFA) structure and its lauric acid content. Let's first look at how its MCFA structure provides health benefits for you.

On surface, coconut cream's saturated fat seems...

So here’s the dilemma: If it’s produce, then the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to call it a food. If you use it to heal you in some way, then the FDA wants to call it a drug… There is a very fine line in most peoples’ minds, but any line left between the two the Acai berry has just totally erased.

If one plant serves two different needs, such as a root sold as produce that can be used as a healing agent, (Ginseng and Green tea leaves...

Bistro MD meals are deliberately designed to maximize their nutritional potential, and that goes beyond just achieving the nutrient balance most conductive to weight loss. For instance Bistro MD has worked directly with the sources that produce our vegetable side dishes. We buy at peak season, when the vegetables are richest in their natural vitamins and nutrients. Then they’re field processed for our meals as soon as they’re picked, unlike some commercial vegetable crops...

Eating right during your pregnancy is important, not only for the health of your unborn
baby, but for your own health as well. If you are making plans for adoption, doing all you
can to ensure your baby's health is essential. To give your baby the best start in life, you
should begin eating right as soon as you discover you are pregnant.

Keep in mind that your body will need a higher level of vitamins while you are pregnant.
Your doctor may prescribe a...

Often when someone is trying to diet or eat healthy they assume they have to give up fast food eating. This isn't entirely true. Yes you should limit your intake of fatty foods. However if you are conscious of what you eat and only do so occasionally its perfectly fine to eat out. When you do go out there are a few tips that you should use as guidelines to make sure you don't ruin your diet.

1.Watch your portion size. Most restaurants serve portions of food that could easily be...

In our daily routine we walk, exercise and do other physical activites but we don't know that how much calories we burn and how much we need to balance it.

A normal human body requires about 2000-2500 calories a day but it requires more in erexcise, other physical and mental activites. About 200 Calorie/hour will be consumed if we walk 2mph and running a mile will consume 145 calories if a person is of 100kg(220lb). A person can lose one pound weight by burning 3500 calories...

These days majority of the health experts, sports active people, athletes and body builders use food supplement on their diet. However, the emergence of numerous food supplements in the market makes a lot of people puzzled on which product to choose and which one would surely work for them. Best whey protein is known to be the most beneficial among other food supplements in the market. This type of protein is a by product of cheese making and is therefore one of the highest sources of...

When you look at your body in the mirror, two things occur. First, you see the body’s physical structure; its size, shape, texture, curves, and nuances – great and small. Then comes the part that’s hard to control – the thoughts and comments that swirl about our brains concerning the body in that mirror. Oh man, can those cause trouble!

It’s usually at this point when most of us look at our bodies and berate ourselves for not having that flat...