Planning to do your first 5k Marathon? Vegans and vegetarians need to be aware of nutritional priorities, before starting a 5k Marathon training.
Planning to do your first 5k Marathon? Vegans and vegetarians need to be aware of nutritional priorities, before starting a 5k Marathon training.
The picnic season presents a unique challenge to vegans and vegetarians. A typical picnic fare includes burgers, hotdogs and condiments. Vegans and vegetarians can certainly jazz up the picnic scene with their own healthy, plant-based fare without being the killjoy of the party.
Vegetarian diet has gained mainstream status while outliving many diet du jours. More and more people are encouraged to be vegetarians or vegans, given its proven benefits in helping prevent certain heart diseases, diabetes and certain types of cancers.
Spring is here at last! Unfortunately, it also means billions of pollens are floating in the air, which trigger seasonal allergies for millions of people.
In our super-connected, wired-up world, stress permeates life like the air we breath. Stress management is essential. No one wants to be the unhappy recipient of a stress-related disease.
It seems like winter is almost over but mother nature always surprises us with her winter finale, before rewarding us with happy sunshine and the colorful blooms of spring.
You’re not alone. It affects 1 out of 10 North Americans. People living in places far from the equator get little sunshine during fall and winter. For example, Toronto had less than 50 hours of sunlight last January. A city like Tromso, Norway, doesn’t have any sunshine from November to January. This lack of sunlight…
It seems every year a new diet fad or trendy exercise comes along, offering a solution to our collective desire for weight loss and fitness in the quickest possible way. A sensible diet plus exercise remains a proven pathway for health and longevity, as such, many of us follow a vegetarian diet.
Zinc is a necessary mineral for the normal functioning of the body. It is responsible for the stimulation of over a 100 enzymes, which controls various body functions. The most common sources of zinc are legumes, nuts, seeds, meat, fish and dairy products.
Fat has often been vilified in our battle with the bulge. We now know that there are good and bad fats. Omega-3 and Omega-6 are essential fatty acids, which have been heralded for promoting health and preventing diseases like heart diseases, cancer, diabetes, etc.