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To Eat Or Not To Eat? The Good and The Bad of 7 Common Foods
How easy is it to eat 100 g of different foods? Find out how easy or in some cases how hard it is to eat just 100g of some food or drink 100 ml of some drink. One hundred gram is just a little bit less than 4oz, most probably would think it's nothing complicated. Well, it's easy if you eat apple, banana or a peach. But what will you say about raw garlic? Easy, isn't it?
8 Foods That May Ruin Your Health - Most of the foods on this list are loaded with calories, salts, artificial flavors, sweeteners, factory-created fats, colorings, chemicals that alter texture, and preservatives. Also, these foods don’t ensure the necessary daily intake of vitamins and minerals.
8 Simple Ways To Eat Healthier - Healthy eating is the answer to several modern day ailments. The key is not cutting out nutrients, but unnecessary calories, thans fats, chemicals and refined carbs. Here are some steps you may make to start eating a little healthier.
9 Strong Reasons To Eat Slowly - Why is it important to eat slowly? The most prominent benefit of eating slowly is reduced intake of food and, therefore, weight loss, which has its own health benefits like lowering blood pressure or arthritis prevention.
11 Reasons Of French Paradox - The phenomenon, known as "French paradox", is the relatively low rate of heart disease and obesity in France as compared with other Western countries. Despite the generally high intake of saturated fat in the French diet, only 7 percent of French adults are obese.
14 Habits That Make You Fat - The list of habits and lifestyles that will likely lead to extra pounds. Did you know that watching TV, missing meals, not sleeping enough, and wearing uncomfortable clothing all could lead to weight gain? Even your friends' weight does matter. If your friends have gained weight, you have a greater chance of packing on the pounds too.
16 Foods Proven to Lower Cholesterol - What is the best way lower blood cholesterol? Different diets tend to help people lower triglycerides and raise good HDL cholesterol, but they are less likely to have a big impact on bad LDL cholesterol. We think that the best way is not to diet but to eat proper food. So we compiled a list of foods with cholesterol-lowering properties. Not only the following foods are proven to reduce your risk for developing heart disease, but many will also reduce your risk for other serious conditions such as high blood pressure, stroke, and diabetes.
29 Food Side Effects - Do you know that the food we eat may cause side effects - something that is usually attributed to medications or medical procedures? Some side effects are serious, some are just disturbing, and some may put you into embarrassing situation.
Bananas Health Benefits: dainty, food or medicine? - Bananas are unique fruit with unique properties. It is fantastic fruit with sweet taste that most people enjoy. Bananas perfectly satisfy hunger and supply an organism with energy and useful nutrients. It has a rare combination of energy value, tissue-building elements, vitamins and minerals, fiber and other essential nutrients. Also bananas have very convenient natural packing. It is compact, healthy, easy to carry, and easy to use.
Health Paradoxes Around The World: When Nutritionists Go Wrong - Besides probably the most known and discussed "French paradox" there are other paradoxes that were discovered by the researches and they are not less interesting then the French one.
How Trans Fats Ruin Our Health - Initially, trans fats were thought to be a healthy alternative to animal fats because they're unsaturated and come primarily from plant oils. However, in 1990 scientists made a startling discovery: Trans fats appeared to both increase LDL (bad) cholesterol and decrease HDL (good) cholesterol. More studies over the years confirmed this. At the present time, we do know that trans fats have a very deleterious effect on heart and metabolism in general. However, this is still far not all negative consequences.
To Drink Or Not To Drink? The Pros & Cons of Coffee Based on Scientific Evidence - Coffee is not usually considered as a healthy food. It has a long history of being blamed for many ills. But some recent research indicates that coffee may not be so bad after all. So which is it - good or bad for your health?
Is Coffee Safe During Pregnancy? - Coffee is one of the most studied products in the world. Caffeine's effect on pregnancy has been extensively researched. However, the results of research are controversal. It is supposed, that coffee can contribute to miscarriage, low birth weight, premature birth and stillbirth.
10 Ways Television Disrupts Your Life - It may be hard to believe that watching TV can damage our health, especially the health of kids, and disturb daily life, but there are many reasons that this is true. A number of studies have demonstrated negative effects of long TV hours.

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Nutrients Identifier - This tool allows you to see what you actually eat. You may see how much calories, fats, proteins, carbohydrates, sugars, cholesterol, caffeine, vitamins, or minerals is contained within your food. More than 7000 foods in the database.
Calorie Burn Calculator - This calculator will tell you how much time it will take for you to burn calories you have consumed. Besides many different sports activites, it will show you the usual occupational, home and daily life, indoor and outdoor activities like driving the car, working on the computer or playing with kids.
Low Calorie Food Chart - Pictures of many low calories foods. By "low calories foods" we mean the food that, when raw, has from 1 kcal and up to 99 kcal per 100g edible portion.
Food Lists by Selected Nutrient - Find out nutrient content of your food. Instead of many different food lists we used to show you before, we now offer you a new tool that is more convenient end easy to use
Foods to Avoid or Limit - Well, not really. The following foods are so bad for your body that there is not really any reason to eat them
Foods to Help With Sleep - What you eat affects how you sleep. Some foods contribute to restful sleep; other foods keep you awake
Foods to Help With Constipation - Certain foods are high in fiber, have laxative properties and so can help alleviate the symptoms of constipation.