Tag: spices
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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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Antioxidant Intake from Food or Supplements ?
Antioxidants are substances that protect our cells from the effects of free radicals, thus contributing to the prevention of diseases. Free radicals are produced by our own body, mainly during metabolism, but their excessive accumulation in the body exceeds the body’s ability to neutralize them and is believed to be the main cause of worsening…
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10 Foods to Avoid for Better Body Odor
Body odor comes from a mixture of sweat and bacteria on our skin and is influenced by our hormones, possible medications we take, medical conditions, our diet, and our genes. Hot weather, menopause, pregnancy, obesity, stress, and exercise can also affect body odor. Medical conditions that are associated with changes in our body odor include…
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10 Nutritional Tips for Nausea and Vomiting
Nausea and vomiting are not diseases, but symptoms of diseases originating from the gastrointestinal system or other systems of the body. The most well-known causes that can cause nausea or vomiting are: food poisoning, gastroenteritis, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, kidney diseases, appendicitis, increased intracranial pressure, migraines, hormonal or metabolic disorders (diabetes mellitus, pregnancy), meningitis, acute coronary…
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Foods that increase histamine
Histamine is a substance that is mainly involved in the functions of the immune and central nervous systems. Histamine initiates an inflammatory reaction to alert the body’s immune system to a possible attack. This inflammatory reaction causes blood vessels to dilate in order for white blood cells to act faster against the infectious agent. The…
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