A study has shown that the average family has about $70 worth of food that just rots away uneaten in the freezer. If you’re the kind of person that stuffs their freezer without any particular need for it, check out these signs to tell if you’re a freezer hoarder. If “doomsday preppers” have nothing on you, you probably have a problem. Freezer Jenga When you...
Nowadays it is practically impossible to eat healthy as doctors and nutritionists tend to link almost everything to causing cancer. With nearly 1.5 million people being diagnosed with some type of cancer each year, one cannot but wonder which everyday foods indeed contain carcinogens. Many people think they are doing the right thing for their health by drinking diet...
Most of us live hectic lives which give us very little time to take care of ourselves. Having a busy schedule is bad on its own, but there is a side effect to this that can be more harmful to us than a lack of time – stress. Stress alone can’t really do any damage, but when it’s constant, it’s usually followed by more threatening conditions and illnesses....
Imagine a huge pile of broccoli, carrots and sliced cucumbers. Now, imagine a pile of potato chips and a bowl of chocolate chip cookies. I assume you would reach out for the second option. How many times have you eaten a burger, a cake or had any kind of snack when you weren’t even hungry, just because it looked so darn good? Or simply because somebody else was...
Food scandals can be nightmarish for the harm they inflict as well as the fear they cause. People depend, of course, on safe food, but scandals happen time and again. The following are some of the biggest food-related scandals to shake the world. They’ve caused many people to look at food differently forevermore. 1. Fanta Many people are used to seeing bottles...
Regardless of whether your purchase your produce at a farmer’s market, a grocery store and whether you opt for organic or not, washing vegetables will reduce bacterial contamination and the risk of food-related illnesses. Washing fresh foods and vegetables is a serious matter and should be dealt with as such. We are all encouraged to eat more produce, but...
We all know that we should be eating fish two or three times a week, but not all fish are created equal. The trick to know is that smaller fish that take less time to fully mature are healthier than larger fish simply because they spend less time in polluted waters and have lower mercury count. Such fish is definitely tuna, as well as sardines, and those caught in...
