Diet tips

In planning a meal plan, the important thing is to try to cut down your ingestion of fat, salt and refined carbohydrates.

The argument against low carbohydrate diets
Its extremely popular, but it is truly safe and healthy for you?
Moreover, it has been suggested that the kidneys may be given too much work to do and that a related change in acid levels in the blood causes the loss of bone, but some of the studies trying to test the theory have failed to find significant evidence of kidney damage or loss of bone.
Many scientific studies over recent years have shown that eating excess animal fats causes higher chance of cancer, heart problems and other serious illnesses.

Lycopene super foods
(includes watermelon, red bell peppers & sweet gourd)

The nutrient lypcopene is a non-synthetic compound and part of the same family of phytochemicals as carotene. It is the reason for the vivid red color of a good number of foods.

Intrestingly, unlike many other nutrients, lycopene is not damaged if it is cooked, but is observably increased in efficacy by being cooked.

. Its key theraputic value is that it acts as an antioxidant and seems to be of use in the battle to lower the probabilty of developing cancer.

This useful phytochemical is the most effective quencher of singlet oxygen, which is connected with skin aging. It is also believed to slow down the growth of diseases affecting arterial blood vessels.