Different Types of Vegetables

a gathering of vegetables

Veggies

Plant-Based Food to Help Fight Disease Did you not just hate all the different types of vegetables our mothers would try and make you eat as a kid? And what kid didn’t like that green stuff on our plates. Mother would say that if you don’t eat your veggies, you won’t get any pudding. Was that meant to be a bribe? Name one kid who doesn’t like pudding.  Then you sat there staring at what’s left on your plate and all there is, are the vegetables you sim. So you grin and bear it and eat the veggies. Fast forward, and … Read more

Types of Fruits

fruit collage

Fruit

All with Unique Flavours and Health Benefits When you travel the globe, you come across many different types of fruits, and they all have their unique flavour and health benefits. We may all have our favourite fruit, but to experience the fruits in exotic locations like South East Asia, Latin America and Africa could certainly open a whole new world for you. There are around 100 different varieties to choose, and while some, you may never have heard of, some you’ll recognise and others, you’ll come to love. There could also be those you’ll find hard to stomach. Nevertheless, the … Read more

Stopped by Cops in Spain

Lidl Supermarket

Guides

Occupational Hazard of Shopping in San Pedro Southern Spain 2020, the world is in a global Lockdown and I got Stopped by Cops in San Pedro, Southern Spain. While the rest of Spain is reeling from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, the southern coastal town of San Pedro where I am residing, has not experienced a single case of this dreadful disease which, unfortunately, has forced everyone else around the world, except those without a home into some kind of mandatory house arrest. Having recently arrived from South Africa, I left the confines of the Spanish villa in which I was … Read more

Smoking Help

man smoking

Guides

How to Outsmart the Evil Weed with Fresh Fruit and Vegetables There is some good news for smokers as smoking help is just around the corner. And this help is a lot closer than you think. You only need to go to your local fruit and vegetable market to find the answers. Because I’m always thinking out of the box and in this case, on the shelf, I soon realised everything was right in front of me all the time. All this abundant food can play an essential and beneficial role in helping you get your life back together. Or could … Read more

Sea Vegetables

Avocado and Wakame Sea Vegetable Salad

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Health Benefits from the Ocean Why would anyone want to eat seaweed also referred to as sea vegetables? People ask me this every time I bring up the subject. The answer is quite simple – Seaweed offers one of the broadest ranges of minerals of any food, containing virtually all the minerals found in the ocean and not surprisingly, many of the same pure substances are found in human blood too. The Health Benefits of Seaweed has a variety of unique phytonutrients including their sulphated polysaccharides (also called fucoidans). Unlike some other categories of vegetables, sea vegetables do not appear to depend … Read more

Raw Vegan Food

vegetables on a white plate

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The Healthy Eating Lifestyle Not only can a raw vegan food diet be seen as a healthy meat-free alternative but it can certainly add a lot more vibrancy and energy into the equation as well as it can make you as strong as an ox. And if anyone asks you how you can become as strong as an ox without eating meat, tell them – Have you ever seen an ox eating meat. And all this despite the lack of any long-term analogy of the type of successes that a raw food diet can bring to the table compared to other kinds of healthy … Read more

Plant Protein

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Take a look at some of the Best Food Sources Is it correct to assume that not all food is equal and if so, is plant protein better than animal protein? This question is often up for discussion when the subject is up for debate. Many of us assume that if you don’t eat meat, we’re not getting the right type of protein in our diet or that we’re not getting any protein at all. But what meat-eater often fail to realise is that plant-based protein has a much higher nutritional value than meat-based protein. I wonder how many of you will agree … Read more

Macrobiotic Food

whole grains

Diets

The Yin and Yang of Physical and Mental Balance   Though it may seem like something from mars, macrobiotic food is a simple dietary platform that when applied carefully, can create a stabilised state of overall physical and mental balance. You may ask yourself what’s wrong with the food I’m already eating, that which my mother made and that which has passed down for generations. But now that we there is too much exposure to modern conveniences, so comes more imbalances. We are following this with more and more cases of severe health conditions. Sometimes we have to make some adjustments to bring … Read more

Leafy Green Vegetables

Leafy Green Vegetables

Veggies

Nature’s Best Protection There’s a heck of a lot we can learn about leafy green vegetables and just how important they are for our health. Did you know that they have the power to deliver more nutrients for fewer calories than virtually any other food? And this is no trick question either. There are simply tonnes of essential nutrients in leafy green veggies, whether they are the dark variety or not. Leafy greens such as Swiss chard, spinach, kale, collard greens all contain plenty of the right stuff our body desperately wants and needs. Examples of these health-giving properties are iron, calcium, … Read more

Hot Chili Pepper

Hot Chili Pepper

Veggies

The Red Hot Healers What doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. Perhaps the perfect cliché for hot chilli pepper. Then again, some like it hot. Not only can some people withstand the heat, but they also enjoy it. Chilli pepper fans savour the hotness at every opportunity and not just in traditional favourites like tacos and burritos but also other foods like omelettes, stews, salads and even in chocolates. Yes, dark chilli chocolate. Tastes great and has all the benefits. The hot chilli pepper is a lot more than just a little culinary spice. These thermogenic morsels are not only prized around … Read more