In the United States, poor diet was once associated with undernutrition. Today it is more often associated with excess, particularly excesses in calories, saturated fats, trans fats, added sugars, and sodium.
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Simple Steps To Eating Healthy
Americans’ busy lifestyle—coupled with our desire for tasty foods—has created a spike in our consumption of ultra-processed foods over the past two decades. Research suggests that between 60% and 90% of the standard American diet now consists of foods and beverages that are highly processed.
How To Boost Your Immunity Naturally?
We all want to be healthy and stay healthy. It doesn’t matter if it’s during the long winter season or during the hot summers. Having a strong immune system is needed to fight infections and diseases no matter the age.
Are Our Fruits Safe – Artificial Ripening
We all know that most of the fruits that we see in our local grocery stores come from different areas and sometimes even different countries. Especially during winter if you buy mangos, papayas, bananas, and other tropical fruits, they will be arriving from far away countries. For them to be transported and delivered on time, they are commonly collected before they are ripe and ready to eat. Farmers will pick the fruits in still green stages and they will be transported to their destinations in time for us to pick them up in our markets. So what happens in between? How do the fruits actually ripen?
Things we do for health 