Why Drink Carrot Juice?

In juicing, pure carrot juice not only tastes good, but it also has a vast array of nutrients and health benefits. It's also easily absorbed and highly cleansing. If you’re mixing with other vegetables and fruits, I recommend it composes at least about 60% of the total amount of juice you drink in a glass. 

Should We Soak Raw Nuts?

The phytic acid content of nuts isn’t actually anything to worry about…unless nuts make up a major portion of your calorie intake. And they shouldn’t. Nuts should supplement your diet.

Let's look at the word 'Diet'

Definition

(taken from Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

As a noun, it refers to:

• food and drink regularly provided or consumed.
• habitual nourishment.
• the kind and amount of food prescribed for a person or animal for a special reason.
• a regimen of eating and drinking sparingly so as to reduce one's weight.

As a verb it means:

• to cause to take food: Feed
• to cause to eat and drink sparingly or according to prescribed rules.

As an adjective, it is to:

• reduced in or free from calories.
• promote weight loss

DID YOU KNOW?

Healthy Bugle Call

Lemon Acidity

Everyone loves a glass of lemon juice mixed with water and ice on a hot sunny day! 

Lemons, in its natural state, is acidic with a pH of about 2, but once it is metabolized it actually becomes alkaline with a pH well above 7. It contains a high amount of vitamin C, soluble fiber, and plant compounds. So, once your lemon juice is fully digested, it has alkalizing effects with many health benefits! 

What I mostly eat during this current Covid-19 pandemic.

       

  

     

SO WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC!

Many people with compromised immune systems are getting sick with the Coronavirus.  And yet, COVID-19 is not even the worst that could happen. Are we going to be a victim?  Are we going to blame the virus, the quarantine, the government?  Or should we use these events as an opportunity for personal growth and improvement health-wise?

Asian Fusion: Rice Paper Rolls

I love the Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls, and making them yourself can be a great challenge at the start.  If you persist like I did, this meal has become one of our favourites for my family and our guests!  

Moringa Salad. Wala!

A close friend of ours recently gave my husband and I a big bunch of moringa leaves!  I had never seen or heard of these leaves so I was immediately curious and started to google its health benefits.