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The humble pineapple is a tropical fruit that is often overlooked by the majority of people who wish to live well and promote a healthy lifestyle in their children. This popular and sweet fruit is packed with nutrients, antioxidants and other helpful compounds, such as enzymes that can fight inflammation. The tropical pineapple is a versatile foodstuff which can be used across the meal times. It is great in smoothies, on red meat and can be made into a refreshing juice. Giving your children pineapple as a snack is a healthier option than other fruits. More importantly, young tastebuds will appreciate the sweet rush of natural fructose and flavour. Pineapples have long been linked to many health benefits. These benefits include aiding your digestion, boosting your bodies resilience to heart disease and speeding up the recovery time from surgery by reducing the inflammation that often accompanies most invasive procedures. Here are some of the health benefits of the pineapp...

Bio-hacking  is  the  process  of  making changes to  your  lifestyle that figuratively “hack”  your body's  biology to achieve an optimum level of health and control . By making changes to your lifestyle and in some cases embracing technology , you can actually transform  your body  so that you feel more energized, be more productive and become the best possible version  of  yourself. Fresh, organic food is required for peak health. The science-fiction version of bio-hacking we see in mass media is still in its infancy, but as genetics and technology make greater progress. There will soon be a point were the mainstream may embrace certain upgrades to their biology through either biological restructuring or by adding a cybernetic element to their life. There is a small community who wish to be the pioneers of this advancement, but they operate in a slim grouping of that community. Is bio-hacking safe ?  ...

5 Fruits That aid a Keto Breakfast. The Keto Diet works by forcing your body to remain in ketosis, a natural state of the metabolism that changes the way your body acquires energy. Most Keto diets are mostly focused on lowering your intake of carbohydrates to under 100 grams or less per day. The general idea is to obtain the majority of your daily calorie intake from fats and protein. Breakfast is a meal where your body needs to resupply itself in readiness for the coming day ahead. The Keto Diet can be rather limited at breakfast time and variety at this first meal of the day can become quite difficult to achieve. So, to help you, we have formulated five fruits that can be combined with a rich protein source to energize your day. But you must beware, some fruits can contain more carbohydrates than others and maintain a successful Keto diet, it is quite important to know which fruits can aid your diet and which will harm it in the long term. 1/Strawberries. When eaten sen...

The addition of herbs and spices to your meal may not just improve the flavour of your favourite dish. Some herbs and spices have long been recognized as important allies in the battle against obesity and excessive visceral fat. The seasonings that are used across the world are no longer exotic and hard to find. We are now able to take advantage of this ever-shrinking world and find benefit in spices that can help us keep in good physical health. Many helpful spices can aid in weight loss. Of course, you cannot use these spices to undo bad nutrition and overindulgence on junk food. Kentucky Fried Chicken is famous for having a specially formulated mix of herbs and spice in their meals, but if these beneficial ingredients are deep-fried. Then the health benefits would be a lost and your levels of flab would be either increased or unchanged.  These herbs and spices can offer us help in reducing our waistlines in cooperation with a balanced and nutritious diet. 1/ Cumin....

Belly fat can cause many physical health problems for those whose bodies carry a higher percentage of body fat. Having too much fat can cause some physical health problems and can assist in eroding the mental health of those who feel ashamed by their bodies. A healthy and balanced diet helps. There are many reasons why belly fat occurs. Some of it is down to diet, often it could be down to genetics and your general build. An increase in body fat can be a sign of the person living a sedentary lifestyle with little exercise to burn off the calories that they consumed. So, what is belly fat? Belly fat is usually defined as the excess abdominal fat surrounding the organs in and around your stomach. There are three recognized types of fat. Too much of certain food increases 'belly fat' 1/ There are triglycerides, this is the fat that circulates in your blood and reaches every part of your body. 2/ Then there is the subcutaneous fat, this is the layer direc...

The main aim of the ketogenic diet is to put your body into a state known as ketosis. Ketosis is a normal process that happens when your body doesn't have enough carbohydrates to burn for energy. Instead, your body instructs the liver to use fat reserves to make a substance called ketones, these acidic chemicals can be used by your body as a fresh fuel source and it replaces the glucose that your body usually uses.  As human bodies and their metabolism are not uniform, it can take between 2-5 days of lower carbohydrate consumption to 'switch on' ketosis. The Keto Diet reduces your weight quite quickly. Most people are not able to stay long term in ketosis because of a limited dietary choice, a dwindling amount of usable fat and often not there are annoying side effects that accompany ketosis. The two major complaints on the Keto Diet are insomnia and digestive issues. Both constipation and diarrhoea occur when you switch this style of diet Some people also compl...