Category: Foods
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When should we Not Eat Pears?
Pears are very nutritious fruits as they contain vitamins and minerals, antioxidants such as vitamin C and quercetin that help fight free radicals and reduce possible inflammation, they contain plant anthocyanins and cinnamic acid that help protect mainly from colon cancer and coronary heart disease, they have a low glycemic index and do not sharply…
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5 Heavy Metals in Our Diet
Metals are naturally present in the soil and from the soil they pass into food, whether they are essential trace elements for the body or toxic heavy metals. Plants absorb metals from the soil and pass them into food, while humans absorb metals through the consumption of plants and animals. The presence of metals in…
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3D Printing of PlantBased Meat – A Nightmare of the Future
3D printing is an emerging technology capable of producing plant-based “meat”. A recently published article (August 2025) in sciencedirect reviews the 3D analog printing of plant-based “meat”. This review summarizes and critically analyzes the scientific studies related to the 3D printing of plant-based “meat”. Plant proteins, oils and water are the main ingredients for the…
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Cinnamon and its Amazing Benefits
Cinnamon is one of the most popular spices and is used in both cooking and confectionery. Almost every part of the cinnamon tree (root, leaves, bark, flowers and fruits) has medicinal properties. It contains essential oils and resinous derivatives such as cinnamaldehyde and cinnamic acid. Cinnamon is known to have many benefits for our body…
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DNA Diet ?
DNA is responsible for providing the information needed to create the structure and function of our body. We can inherit a gene that has the property of causing problems in our health, but the sequence of our DNA can also change randomly, which is called a mutation. Certain mutations in DNA can lead to the…
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Antibiotics and its Interaction with Food
Taking certain foods with certain antibiotics may affect the effectiveness of the antibiotics. Antibiotics and Dairy Taking antibiotics with dairy products, which are rich sources of divalent ions, such as calcium and magnesium, can form complexes with some antibiotics and prevent their absorption. Tetracycline Tetracycline should generally not be taken with dairy products because it…
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Warfarin and its Interaction with Food
Warfarin is a substance with potent anticoagulant activity. It is used to treat or prevent thromboembolic events by inhibiting blood clotting. Patients taking warfarin are at risk of interactions with dietary supplements, however 30% of patients use herbal or natural product supplements on a regular basis. There is a potential interaction between warfarin and a…
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Red Meat Consumption in Higher Healthy Eating Index (HEI) Diets Improves Brain Health
New research published on September 29, 2025 in the journal Nature and titled Red meat consumption in higher healthy eating index diets is associated with brain health critical nutritional adequacy, and fecal microbial diversity, showed that red meat consumption in a high HEI (Healthy Eating Index) diet improves the adequacy of micronutrients that support brain…
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6 Phytochemicals and Their Positive Effects on Our Health
Phytochemicals are natural compounds found in plants to protect them from disease by contributing to their defense system. They also contribute to the color and flavor of plants. Phytochemicals are not essential elements for human life, but they have a positive effect on our health. A diet rich in phytochemicals has been associated with a…
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3 Basic Factors That Determine Our Body Weight
Our body weight, our ideal weight and our body composition in general are determined by the following factors: Genetic factors The heredity that we transfer from our parents and ancestors, the DNA, has an important role in regulating our weight. The 3 basic categories of body types have a purely hereditary background. The ectomorphic type…
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