leafy vegetables
Incorporating more leafy greens into your diet is a fantastic way to improve your overall health and well-being. Need some inspiration? Here are some easy ways to add more leafy greens to your breakfast, lunch, or dinner table.
A lesser known fact about leafy greens is that some contain natural compounds called oxalate that bind minerals. Some sources say that we should avoid oxalate-rich leafy greens to lower exposure to oxalates. Does science support this idea?
You need certain dietary components called macronutrients to fuel exercise. Yet, there are other compounds in food that may give your exercise capabilities a subtle boost. Find out more about a class of compounds found in green, leafy vegetables that could make your workout a bit more productive.
The following article takes a look at the various vitamins, why you need them and which foods to find them in. Vitamins which appear to be missing from the list, such as B4 and B8 are synthesized by the human body and are therefore not normally required in additional amounts.
Some people choose to eat primitive diets based on the idea that hunter-gatherer societies had less heart disease and other chronic diseases common in modern society – but did they really have less evidence of heart disease? A new study calls this into question and offers a possible explanation why heart disease may still have occurred in primitive societies.
