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According to a Harvard Health Publication, intermittent fasting is based on the practice of severely restricting calories during certain hours or days of the week in hopes to slow the body’s metabolism and decrease appetite. This diet trend claims to burn fat faster than most diets, reduce overall inflammation and reduce the risks of heart disease.Continue reading “Partial Starvation: A Growing Diet Trend”

Tea has been a popular hot beverage consumed by people for hundreds of thousands of years, noting the many benefits that come along with it such as high levels of antioxidants and flavonoids. However, growing popularity of tea consumption is partly due to many circulating myths about “detox tea”. The Cleveland Clinic has reported a fewContinue reading “Detox Teatox or Sham?”

Consumption of a supplementary health drink known as kombucha has been growing in popularity recently. While many people have sucked up the bitter taste of apple cider vinegar for its benefits, kombucha is tastier and offers a larger source of benefits such as improved gut health due to probiotics found in the drink, aids in weight loss, strengthensContinue reading “Supplements as a Drink”

The ketogenic diet, or just plain “keto diet”, has become very popular in the last few years as a way to lose weight and change your lifestyle for the better. A low-carb diet, such as the keto diet, is a great way to reduce body fat in significantly overweight people and control blood sugar andContinue reading “Keto: Friend or Foe?”

People in society today have focused more and more of their attention on their health and improving their lifestyles. However, with the growing use of the internet and social media, people are also exposed to more and more inaccurate information. Often, a topic tends to gain popularity if it is associated with a “cure all”Continue reading “Is organic food worth the extra money?”