Have you heard that probiotics can help you improve your digestion as well as immunity? If you have not, well, these friendly bacteria are crucial for keeping the harmful bacteria in your gut in check. By maintaining a healthy flora balance in your gut, they keep your digestive functions running smoothly. Probiotics can also improve…

For today’s dinner, my family had an extremely tasty yet nourishing Chinese soup – the black bean soup. We love it. And the wonderful thing is that the soup is extremely simple to prepare. Here’s what you need to make this Chinese-styled Black Bean Soup: black beans – 150g (for a thicker soup, add more…

My husband’s struggle with systemic candidasis issues has been driving him to look for healthy everyday foods to nourish his body without feeding the yeast in his gut. His search has led us to two wholesome “grains” – buckwheat and quinoa, which we now incorporate regularly in our breakfast menu in place of wheat. Let…

As recent as the early 1900s, the average person did not live past 50 years old. Today, in many developed countries, life expectancies have risen substantially. On the average, people can expect to live to their mid- or late- seventies. It is against the background of such changing trends that the question of how to…

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