Can Dining Alfresco Improve Your Well-Being?
Local restaurants are great opportunities to enjoy good food, but they’re not your only option for a pleasant meal. Dining alfresco can improve your wellness when you’re not in the mood to cook. It all depends on where you choose to eat. Learn more about the benefits of alfresco dining to see if it would […]
Mindful Eating: Strategies for Overcoming Emotional Eating
Emotional eating is using food to cope with negative emotions or stress rather than physical hunger. It’s a common issue that can sabotage weight loss efforts and lead to feelings of guilt or shame. Practicing mindful eating techniques can help override the impulse to reach for food when upset. Here are some effective strategies to […]
What to Eat and Drink for More Inner Peace
If you suffer from anxiety, you might be relieved to find that calming foods and drinks can promote inner peace. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and social anxiety disorder can make you feel jittery and uneasy. Thankfully, there are plenty of natural options that can ease your symptoms and also improve your health. […]
Four Healthy Eating Tips to Help You Fight Inflammation
An increased knowledge of health conditions that cause intestinal inflammation such as Coeliac, Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis has made many of us more aware of our body’s tolerance to food and drink. Allergies are also spoken of more frequently than in the past. While severe allergies can be life threatening and require specialist interventions […]
How to Embrace and Simplify Healthy Eating
You may know you want to improve your lifestyle and start eating more healthily, but when it actually comes to it, it can be a bit of a challenge. There is lots of information out there about what you should eat, and the various diets you should go on, but it can all be a […]
How a monk’s diet helped me lose weight
2016. I started gaining weight when I came back to my home country after several months abroad. My friends and family had been noticing how fat I had become and I couldn’t help but to be annoyed by their bullies. To add insult to the injury, my doctor advised me to go on a diet […]
Mindful Eating: Developing a Healthy Attitude Towards Food
You may be wondering what mindful eating is. The term “mindful eating” actually comes from the word “mindfulness”, which is an awareness of feelings, thoughts, behaviors and behavioral urges. But what does “mindful eating” mean? Mindful eating takes the concept of mindfulness and applies it to eating. It involves paying close attention to the type […]
The Health Benefits of Ginger
Ginger has long been a favorite seasoning across the world but it also has the added benefits of supporting good health and providing medicinal purposes. Native to India, China and South-East Asia, ginger was first imported into Europe by the Romans and continues to be a high-commodity to this day, with several thousand tons exported […]
Why is Jackfruit Good for Your Health?
There are many fruits which are particularly good for our health but you must wonder why the jackfruit is good for your health. The first and foremost reason is that jackfruit has vitamin C in it. It is a native tropical fruit that is large in size and typically green in color from outside, while […]
Our relationship with food during a pandemic
Apart from social distancing, eating habits and nutrition play a crucial role in a person’s health. Making wise food choices increases your chances of staying healthy and enjoying optimal levels of energy. There has never been a better time to learn about and protect your immune system. Here’s what you can do: Pay attention to […]