We love to peal and scrub the fruits and vegetables mainly for the neat clean look, but if you look from the point of nutrition, it is better to keep the peel on. If you have noticed while peeling an orange, grapefruit, sweet lime etc there is a white thready like substance known as albedo. This has proven to reduce cholesterol levels as it is rich in pectin fiber and also contains polyflavones which are known...

Pistachios have always been a tasty nut but have always been blamed for the wrong reasons. In India, they have been spotted in the wrong places or rather we can say in the wrong foods. They are in our burfis and many other high calorie sweets. They take the main place on the tables while drinking alcohol at parties. Poor pistachios, they are blamed for heart disease and obesity while the fats in the sweets and...

Brown Rice is the world most healthiest food. It is not the color which makes it healthy when compared to white rice. Brown rice has it layers intact while white rice loses all it layers and is polished and kills all the nutrients present in it. Brown rice provides antioxidant protection. Vitamin E protects the cells from damage and hence prevents various skin cancers and so do other minerals like manganese,...

Following high protein diets are the latest fads. My clients who want to build muscle or gain weight want to eat lots of protein by drinking liters of milk, eating lots of chicken or more than 5 eggs in a day. It all comes down to how much you need as per your body requirements or health status. Normal requirements are 1 gram per kilogram of body weight for a man with ideal body weight. 1.2 grams per kilogram...