A balanced diet is of utmost importance for people of all ages. Regardless of one’s health status, most calories should be obtained from nutritious sources. Vitamins and minerals found in fruits, vegetables, milk products or meat are essential for the body’s inner...

Cocoa Powder Theobroma cocoa is the scientific name of the plant more commonly known as the cocoa tree. The name bears a Greek origin and literally means “food of the Gods”. The cacao tree has been used for its health-related benefits ever since the ancient Mayan and...

We often see various commercials and articles or even Facebook feeds, talking about high or low glycemic foods but do we understand the process behind them? We are told, even since childhood, that we need to have a constant control of what we eat and avoid the...

Foodborne poisoning is a health problem and occurs in people who consume contaminated food and drink. Scientists discovered around 200 pathogens that can cause a foodborne disease. Unfortunately, 76 million people develop a foodborne disease annually. Many of them end...

A new superfood in town Lately, everybody is writing about a new “superfood” called Cockroach Milk. Diploptera punctata is the Pacific beetle cockroach that can give live birth. The roach mother is nourishing the baby inside her body until the young one can take care...

Nature has evolved in some ways and regressed in others, but some things remained unchanged and still manage to surprise us. We can consider some herbs true gifts of nature because they are a source of food and health for people from ancient times. Some of the most...

Ginseng is one of nature's wonder, due to its remarkable therapeutic effects, appreciated by people all over the world. It is also called the divine root or the root of life and has an impressive history, which dates back about 5,000 years, when it was discovered in...

The general health of the human body depends, to a large extent, to the strength of one’s immune system as, influenced by factors such as stress, microbes, and food. It is only the immunity’s ability to protect the organism that allows the chemical processes inside...