Healthy adults should consume between 20-30 grams of dietary fiber per day. If you were to eat 2-3 slices of whole-wheat toast + 1/2 cup of carrots + 1 cup of beans + a medium-sized apple you would get about 30 grams of fiber. As a general rule, to get adequate fiber in your diet, [...]

Most consumers take just 4 seconds to browse over food packaging before making a choice. That’s the window of opportunity a manufacturer has to convince you to buy their product. Here’s how they do it. Put something wholesome and natural on the front Fresh fruit, lush meadows, and green trees. The Reality. That’s just a [...]

The important fact of metabolism is that our bodies do not stop working, even when we are sleeping! Hearts are beating, blood is circulating, lungs are functioning and brains are even working. This all takes energy — meaning we are still burning calories. There is no magic time after which the body stores fat. For [...]

Trans fats are also known as hydrogenated fats. They are made by adding hydrogen to liquid vegetable oil under pressure. This results in a stiffer fat, a fat which is hard at room temperature. For example, vanaspati is a trans fat. They are artificial, they are man-made. All the trans fats are essentially artificial, How [...]