Dietary fat is easily the most controversial macronutrient of all time. Firstly, you have the “fat makes you fat” crew, who believe that all fat instantly enters your bloodstream and slowly clogs your arteries (it doesn’t). Then you have the never-ending wars over specific types of fat. The USDA, British NHS, World Health Organisation and […]
Blueberries are one of the latest additions to the “superfood” club by the mainstream media, sitting alongside the likes of coconuts, broccoli and acai berries. You may have heard sweeping statements that “blueberries are one of the greatest health foods of all time”, but you may have also heard easily disprovable lies such as “blueberries
It seems to be general knowledge that tomatoes are extremely healthy and can instantly cure any woe they touch. If true, it would be great news for humanity, seeing as in 2012, the average American ate 16.7 pounds yearly. Tomatoes are the most commonly consumed vegetable in the USA after white potatoes. But there’s no
With the current popularity of folklore remedies, one old foodstuff has been catapulted to elite status – apple cider vinegar. It all started around 5000 years ago, with the earliest recorded usage by Ancient Egyptian and the Babylonians. By 400BC Ancient Greece, the father of modern medicine Hippocrates (or maybe grandfather by now) prescribed apple
It’s not a well-known fact, but herbs and spices are among the most powerful acne-clearing foods in a grocery store. Packets of ginger, oregano, basil, and turmeric are often as cheap as sand, yet very few acne-clearing enthusiasts are taking advantage of them, and nothing illustrates this better than cinnamon. This spice is actually the
