Healthy Fats for Your Brain
Your brain is almost 60% fat, and it needs fat to function properly. What’s important is to make sure you’re getting the right types of fat, especially essential fatty …
Tag: Essential fatty acids
Foods for Energy
There are several factors that affect your energy level throughout the day. These include a lack of sleep, lack of exercise, and stress. One of the most important is …
Plants for your Heart
A new study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found that adhering to healthy eating patterns is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease …
Superfood! Flaxseeds
The Latin name for flaxseed is Linum usitatissimum, which means “very useful”. The plant is grown to provide material for fabric (what we usually call linen), string and linseed oil …
Food for the Eyes
We all know that when a meal looks appealing, we enjoy it that much more. What we probably don’t think about very much, though, is how important what we …
Foods that Lower your Cholesterol
Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that is in every cell in your body and is needed to make essential molecules like hormones, fat-soluble vitamins and bile acids that …
Feed Your Brain
We normally think of food as nutrition for our bodies, without giving much thought to our brains. The truth is that what you eat has a huge impact on …
Superfood! Walnuts
Contain the highest level of antioxidants of all nuts Contain the highest amount of Omega-3 than any other nut One of the best foods to help prevent inflammation Helps …
Omega-3 vs Omega-6 – Why It Matters
Your first reaction to a discussion about these fatty acids might be “boring”, or “TMI, I don’t need all these details”. What you need to understand, though, is that …