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What Are the Health Benefits of Eating Less?

For foodies, eating more is often easier than eating less at every meal. If you’re still doing that, you must read this article. Why is eating less good for your health? First of all, to be clear, eating less doesn’t mean not eating, such as in real life, many people who are overweight go on ...

Emma Lu

Passing food around the family dinner table.

Avoid Taking a Shower Under These 7 Conditions

During the cold winter months, people inevitably take a hot shower or soak comfortably in a warm bath. However, unknown to most people, there are times when you should avoid taking a hot shower. Avoid showering in the following 7 situations 1. Immediately after meals After consuming a meal and when the stomach is full, ...

Emma Lu

Bath towels.

The Pros and Cons of Going Green: Why Veganism Might Not Be For You

Ready to ditch bacon and steak and embrace the vegan lifestyle? Before you dive into the green diet just yet, here’s everything you’ll want to know about the world of veganism.  Being vegan shares similarities with being vegetarian, meaning your diet cannot include any type or form of meat, including fish and shellfish — basically, ...

Arianne Ayson

Eating a vegan meal.

A Banana a Day May Keep Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Away

We generally consume ripe yellow bananas because they are sweet and fibrous. These are great for constipation and digestive health, but eating green, unripe bananas can provide unexpected benefits, including cancer prevention.  The 20-year-long study involved Lynch Syndrome patients at a greater risk of developing rectal and intestine cancer. They were asked to consume a ...

Helen London

Green bananas.

How Pearl Meat Became the Freshest High-End Ingredient in Australia

Who would have thought that the once unremarkable pearl meat would one day be sold at AU$200 per kilo? Now, when you’re cracking into a pearl oyster, you’re presented with two treasures: the shimmering splendidness of the pearl itself and the luxurious delicacy of the fleshy oyster muscle.  Pearl farming was Australia’s most valuable aquaculture ...

Arianne Ayson

An oyster with a pearl and pearl meat.

7 Best Foods for Brain Health

What are the best foods for brain health? There’s an enormous amount of health and nutritional advice out there — on TV, in magazines, and online. Among all these sources, there are a lot of conflicting opinions and false statements. No matter what opinion you listen to, one thing stands true for all of them. Eating ...

Sheridan Genrich

An avocado cut in half.

What You Need to Know Before Flying in 2021

Since the world spiraled into a global health crisis owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, traveling has become a farfetched dream for many. The complications around traveling only increased as the threat of contracting the coronavirus did. Now that we have access to a vaccine, people are starting to get comfortable with the idea of traveling ...

Armin Auctor

Toy plane with a world map, passports, and tickets.

Top 10 Foods for Beautiful, Vibrant Skin

Many women (me included) spend numerous hours and dollars striving for clear, healthy, and vibrant skin. While some lotions and potions go a long way to help, the types of food you eat play a big part in your skin tone and quality in the short and long term. Your skin is a reflection of ...

Sheridan Genrich

A lady with glowing skin.

Natural Beauty Hacks With Simple Ingredients From Your Kitchen

Some of the most gentle and most effective skincare ingredients are probably waiting in your kitchen right now. Many of the expensive, natural beauty care products use all-natural ingredients, including natural oils — so why not try spoiling yourself and use these natural beauty hacks with raw ingredients? The ingredients you select will depend on your skin ...

Sheridan Genrich

Oil being dropped onto skin — many natural oils can be used straight from the kitchen (straight from the source).