With all the buzz about juice fasting, more and more people are realizing that one of the best ways to supercharge your health is intermittent juice fasting. In fact, it is being touted as an essential part of any vegan diet. Since there are plenty of delicious recipes around, juice fasting itself is not boring. Juice Fasting Or Traditional Fasting? The problem with traditional fasting is that your body tends…
These days, the mention of any healthy food comes with the suffix “free”. I mean sugar-free, fat-free, caffeine-free, pesticide-free, cholesterol-free and so on. Now, the latest in the line is the gluten-free diet. With all the information floating around from apparently credible sources, it must be great, right? If you are thinking of going gluten-free, take an informed decision. What’s good for one person may not work the same way…
Veganism is a way of life that involves a plant-based diet , avoiding all animal foods such as meat—this includes fish, insects, shellfish—dairy, eggs and honey, and also products tested on animals. The idea is to do away with cruelty to animals for food, clothing and anything else. People choose to be vegan for health, environmental, and/or ethical reasons. In fact, with its increasing popularity, each year, Vegan Day is…
Horlicks has been a part of my son’s diet since he was three years old. I implicitly believe in the benefits of starting a nutritious diet as early as possible. My Mother often advised that children cultivate the habits we introduce to them when they are toddlers and are able to understand when we explain it to them in simple terms. We ensured that he started his day with a…
I’ve been seeing a lot of references to the DASH diet – rated the #1 diet for four years in a row by the US News and World Report, and on World Hypertension Day, I feel compelled to explore it further and perhaps, even follow it. DASH stands of Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension – which is probably the best way to go, rather than reach for prescription medications as…