Food Additives
Dangers of Food Additives and Preservatives
Many foods available in the market contain different types of additives and preservatives. These chemicals can give rise to certain health problems. Here is some useful information about the dangers of food additives and preservative and how to minimize the risk.
Cinnamon Between Romance and Health
The article presents 10 reasons why you should start consuming cinnamon as a part of your diet. It will boost your health in unexpected ways!
Food Additives
Food additives are certain substances that are added to food products to enhance their shelf life, visual appeal, color, or flavor.
Sugar Addiction
Sugar addiction is a fairly common phenomenon these days. Read more about it here.
It’s Official: Artificial Food Additives Do Make Kids Hyper
Parents have long suspected that the food coloring and other additives in children’s snacks and drinks make their kids hyperactive – now it’s been confirmed in a British study released this week.
Cinnamon and Cloves: They’re Not Just for Apple Pie Anymore
Remember the smell in the summer of apple pies coming out of the oven and the cinnamon and cloves wafting through the air? It still is a wonderful comfort smell today, and believe it or not, those pies are not only good to eat; they are good for you in many ways.
Spice…the Variety of Life
Seasoning with herbs and spices keeps food interesting and pleasing to the palate, as long as you don't overdo it, and as long as the seasonings are fresh.
Saffron – Fit for Kings
Lending its bright hue to foods and fragrance to drugs and life alike, the tiny crocus flower has changed the way the world looks at food essences.
Spices That Cure- Cumin…
Almost everyone who loves curry knows cumin as one of its main ingredients, some by its name, some know it by its shape and most people confuse it with caraway seeds.
Spices That Cure- Turmeric
Turmeric- it is nature's gift to infection ridden human body. Besides giving a characteristic healthy hue to foods, it adds a lot of medicinal value to the daily meal.
Benefits of Cinnamon
Most people know Cinnamon for its sweet aroma and delicious flavor - but Cinnamon provides the body with far more than these superficial benefits. As a dietary supplement, the health benefits of Cinnamon include supporting heart health, healthy circulation and the healthy metabolism of sugar, starches and fats.
Oil Of Oregano: A Familiar Spice
It is interesting to note that all that pizza you love contains a strong medicine. Contained within the spice we call oregano is an oil of oregano. There are so many health benefits that go along with this oil. You wont be able to just eat more pizza to get results, however, you will need the concentrated version.
Five Easy Methods to Cut Down Sugar Consumption and Eliminate...
Ways to stop eating so much sugar.
Chilli Burns Fat - Drink Chilli Tea and Loose Weight!
We all know what chillies are and the word 'hot' springs to mind when mentioned. Most of us these days associate chillies with curry. Eating curries doesn't sound like the best way to loose weight, so why not try drinking some tea with Chilli to loose weight. Chillies also have other health benefits as detailed below.
Sesame Seeds
This article is about the importance of including Sesame Seeds in your diet
Chili Con Carne
Everything alright? A long as I have my ice cold beer and steaming bowl of chili everything’s fine.
Turmeric The Magical Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Spice
Health benefits of Turmeric spice with anti-oxydant and anti-inflammatory components
Nutmeg – Attracts Women & Bestows Fortune
Nutmeg can even take its users on a walk to the wild side: its aromas come from oil of myristica, a narcotic that can cause hallucinations. Such delirium, however, cannot be induced with even the most generous culinary usage.
The King of Spices
Almost everyone knows that a dash of black pepper can add flavor to just about any dish. What you may not know about the "king of spices" is that it comes from a plant that can grow more than 30 feet tall in tropical climates.
The Magical Spice
Cinnamon is a small tree that grows in Sri Lanka, India, and Vietnam. A mere teaspoon of the spice has a whopping 28 mg of calcium, one mg of iron, one mg of fiber, and a smattering of vitamins C, K, and manganese. But that’s just the tip of the spice rack.
King Garlic
There’s a full moon out tonight. Have you hung a wreath of garlic on the bedroom window? Dracula phobia again?
Inactivity Disorder
Felicity Lawrence: Additives fingered as bad for children have also had an alarming effect on regulators' behavior.
The Dangers of Butter Flavoring
The chemical in butter flavoring, diacetyl, emits toxic fumes that can cause a respiratory disease in both consumers of popcorn and workers in the flavoring industry.
All About Peppers
With thousands of varieties of peppers all throughout the world, there are endless things to know about peppers. Here are some of the basics!
High Fructose Corn Syrup - Is It Safe?
Anyone who is concerned about their health and well being or that of their family needs to learn about the affects of high fructose corn syrup in our diet. High fructose corn syrup is in almost everything we eat today. High fructose corn syrup poses a threat to the health and well being of Americans for several different reasons.
Not Just Another Sugar Substitute
This article explains how an all natural sugar substitute is being used with many different health applications.
Is there a Diabetic Sugar?
The search for a sugar substitute has gone on for many years now, as artificial substances such as aspartame and others have been created to replace sugar.
Aspartame - A Questionable Sugar Substitute
The average American diet contains 17 pounds of aspartame a year. By 1985, (only 4 years after aspartame's approval) the American public had consumed an amount of aspartame equivalent to 1.66 billion pounds of sugar.
Chile Festivals-For the Love of Chili
Fall is the season when people start pulling out their favorite chili recipes to cook the one food that is sure to keep us warm. During this time of year, various chili festivals and chili cook-offs are scheduled to celebrate all things chili.
The Killer White Gold
Wide spread use of sugar showed its impact on our health.
What's Xylitol?
You might be thinking, "What is xylitol?" To tell you the truth, I had no idea what xylitol was either.
Use of Spices worldwide
A general description of the uses of spices. If you are new to cooking then read this to get an idea of how different countries use spices. If you are an "old hand" please let us know your favorite recipes.
Chew on This: Not Your Everyday Sweetener
Sweeteners can be used to "liven" up our food and give us the sugar fix we’re looking for without actually having sugar.
Curry lovers suffer when it's too hot and dry
Curry-lovers face paying more for their basmati rice. The price of the specialist grain is rising daily due to low rainfall affecting production.
Garlic
All you need to know about the stinking rose, and why one's head of state will not be doing as the Romans do.
MPs look to curry flavour
Westminster's vindaloo-loving MPs could soon have their own curry house on the premises, in a bid to widen the diets of Britain's MPs.
Most people know Cinnamon for its sweet aroma and delicious flavor - but Cinnamon provides the body with far more than these superficial benefits. As a dietary supplement, the health benefits of Cinnamon include supporting heart health, healthy circulation and the healthy metabolism of sugar, starches and fats.
Oil Of Oregano: A Familiar Spice
It is interesting to note that all that pizza you love contains a strong medicine. Contained within the spice we call oregano is an oil of oregano. There are so many health benefits that go along with this oil. You wont be able to just eat more pizza to get results, however, you will need the concentrated version.
Five Easy Methods to Cut Down Sugar Consumption and Eliminate...
Ways to stop eating so much sugar.
Chilli Burns Fat - Drink Chilli Tea and Loose Weight!
We all know what chillies are and the word 'hot' springs to mind when mentioned. Most of us these days associate chillies with curry. Eating curries doesn't sound like the best way to loose weight, so why not try drinking some tea with Chilli to loose weight. Chillies also have other health benefits as detailed below.
Sesame Seeds
This article is about the importance of including Sesame Seeds in your diet
Chili Con Carne
Everything alright? A long as I have my ice cold beer and steaming bowl of chili everything’s fine.
Turmeric The Magical Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Spice
Health benefits of Turmeric spice with anti-oxydant and anti-inflammatory components
Nutmeg – Attracts Women & Bestows Fortune
Nutmeg can even take its users on a walk to the wild side: its aromas come from oil of myristica, a narcotic that can cause hallucinations. Such delirium, however, cannot be induced with even the most generous culinary usage.
The King of Spices
Almost everyone knows that a dash of black pepper can add flavor to just about any dish. What you may not know about the "king of spices" is that it comes from a plant that can grow more than 30 feet tall in tropical climates.
The Magical Spice
Cinnamon is a small tree that grows in Sri Lanka, India, and Vietnam. A mere teaspoon of the spice has a whopping 28 mg of calcium, one mg of iron, one mg of fiber, and a smattering of vitamins C, K, and manganese. But that’s just the tip of the spice rack.
King Garlic
There’s a full moon out tonight. Have you hung a wreath of garlic on the bedroom window? Dracula phobia again?
Inactivity Disorder
Felicity Lawrence: Additives fingered as bad for children have also had an alarming effect on regulators' behavior.
The Dangers of Butter Flavoring
The chemical in butter flavoring, diacetyl, emits toxic fumes that can cause a respiratory disease in both consumers of popcorn and workers in the flavoring industry.
All About Peppers
With thousands of varieties of peppers all throughout the world, there are endless things to know about peppers. Here are some of the basics!
High Fructose Corn Syrup - Is It Safe?
Anyone who is concerned about their health and well being or that of their family needs to learn about the affects of high fructose corn syrup in our diet. High fructose corn syrup is in almost everything we eat today. High fructose corn syrup poses a threat to the health and well being of Americans for several different reasons.
Not Just Another Sugar Substitute
This article explains how an all natural sugar substitute is being used with many different health applications.
Is there a Diabetic Sugar?
The search for a sugar substitute has gone on for many years now, as artificial substances such as aspartame and others have been created to replace sugar.
Aspartame - A Questionable Sugar Substitute
The average American diet contains 17 pounds of aspartame a year. By 1985, (only 4 years after aspartame's approval) the American public had consumed an amount of aspartame equivalent to 1.66 billion pounds of sugar.
Chile Festivals-For the Love of Chili
Fall is the season when people start pulling out their favorite chili recipes to cook the one food that is sure to keep us warm. During this time of year, various chili festivals and chili cook-offs are scheduled to celebrate all things chili.
The Killer White Gold
Wide spread use of sugar showed its impact on our health.
What's Xylitol?
You might be thinking, "What is xylitol?" To tell you the truth, I had no idea what xylitol was either.
Use of Spices worldwide
A general description of the uses of spices. If you are new to cooking then read this to get an idea of how different countries use spices. If you are an "old hand" please let us know your favorite recipes.
Chew on This: Not Your Everyday Sweetener
Sweeteners can be used to "liven" up our food and give us the sugar fix we’re looking for without actually having sugar.
Curry lovers suffer when it's too hot and dry
Curry-lovers face paying more for their basmati rice. The price of the specialist grain is rising daily due to low rainfall affecting production.
Garlic
All you need to know about the stinking rose, and why one's head of state will not be doing as the Romans do.
MPs look to curry flavour
Westminster's vindaloo-loving MPs could soon have their own curry house on the premises, in a bid to widen the diets of Britain's MPs.