Month: April 2014

Run to Prevent Osteoporosis

April 7, 2014 No Comments

After menopause, women with no prior history of prolonged amenorrhea and those who regularly exercise, generally have a greater bone mass than other menopausal women. Moreover, there is a positive relation between muscular exercise and bone density in menopausal women, which could help to prevent osteoporosis. In fact, muscular exercise helps maintain bone density in […]

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Lychee, the Chinese “Cherries”

April 5, 2014 No Comments

Lychee is a tropical fruit tree native to China, where its cultivation dates back more than 2000 years. The fruit of the same name, which derives from the Mandarin word “Ihizi” meaning “leave its branches” are borne by hanging clusters, each having between several units to several dozens of small round fruits about 4 cm […]

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5 healthy alternatives to your favorite foods

April 2, 2014 No Comments

As the warmer weather approaches, you’re probably thinking about taking charge of your health and improving your lifestyle. When wanting to introduce such changes, you need to set up strategies to make them sustainable. A common mistake in the healthy food arena is to rule out many coveted foods, that supposedly contain too much fat, […]

5 Basics of Clean Eating

April 2, 2014 No Comments

Detoxify your diet! Over the past few years, it has become glaringly obvious that our grocery stores are crammed with processed food. However an increasingly popular movement is, in some way, an antidote to this problem: clean eating, i.e., a simple and natural diet. Its principles will result in improving the quality of what you […]

Italian Chef Massimo Bottura Awarded “Nobel” of Gastronomy

April 1, 2014 No Comments

Massimo Bottura, the owner of 3-Michelin star “Osteria Francescana” in Modena and undoubtedly Italy’s most renown chef, has just added one more award to his already long list of accolades, the prestigious 2014 White Guide Global Gastronomy Award. This relatively young but coveted award is given to chefs that inspire others and it is already […]

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