Author / Michela DiTocco
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Fats: The Good and The Bad

An everyday healthy diet should include some forms of fats, preferably the “good” ones, as they can be beneficial to your heart health. There are many different kinds of fats found in foods and it can sometimes be confusing, so let’s look at them and figure out which ones you can keep in your diet, [...]

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Health Benefits Of The Humble Egg

Eggs are considered a complete protein food, as they contain all the 9 essential amino acids that your body needs to produce proteins, and each serve contains 6 grams of protein. They are also one of the only foods that have vitamin D naturally occurring in the product. This allows you to get your daily [...]

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Vegetarian Diet

  What is a vegetarian diet and what are the benefits for people who choose to adopt this way of eating? There are many reasons people choose to follow a vegetarian style of eating, including religious beliefs, thinking red meat is harmful to their health, or even a moral reason in regards to the animals’ [...]

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Fructose Malabsorption

What is this problem that is prevalent in today’s society? It is the intestines’ inability to absorb fructose into our body. The fructose from foods therefore passes into the lower intestines and begins to ferment, causing gases and other by-products. Fructose (if you don’t already know), is the sugar that is mainly found in fruits. [...]

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Garlic: The Health Benefits of This Amazing Superfood

Garlic is known as one of the healthiest and most beneficial foods we can consume. Over many years it has been known as a remedy for the common cold and many other bacterial infections. However, there are many other benefits including acting as a powerful antioxidant, helping clear acne, and improving cardiovascular health, blood clots [...]