Discover the power of pomegranates for your heart and well-being, especially during and after menopause. Known for their fresh taste, these tasty red fruits are not only a treat for your taste buds, but also an ally for your heart health and menopause symptoms.
Thailand is facing a worrying trend: a rapidly increasing number of young people are developing diabetes, mainly caused by their high-sugar diets. This is evident from recent predictions from the International Diabetes Federation and the Diabetes Association of Thailand, which foresee an increase from 4,8 million to 5,3 million diabetics by 2040.
Fish sauce is a popular condiment in many cuisines around the world, especially in Asian cuisine and certainly in Thailand. It is often used to add depth and umami to a wide variety of dishes. While fish sauce can add a lot to a dish's flavor, it's important to note that it can also contain a potentially unhealthy amount of salt.
Thai must use less sugar
The Thai Ministry of Health has launched a campaign to encourage Thai people to consume less sugar.
'Thai stay slim thanks to chili peppers'
Sometimes I wonder how it is possible that my Thai girlfriend stays so slim. Especially when I see her bragging for the third time. There is now an explanation for this: chili peppers.
Ask any Thai person and with a high probability that person will confirm that eating durian in combination with drinking alcoholic beverages can lead to premature death.
The banana as a nightcap in Thailand
It happens to me that by the time I want to go to sleep I feel hungry for something to eat. Hungry? I was never allowed to use that word before, my mother: “We were hungry during the war, now you only feel like eating”. Well, have a snack then!
A recent study shows that the sodium (salt) intake of Thai children is almost five times higher than the recommended safe level. Something needs to be done say concerned doctors.
Lime juice and herbalife products
If I enjoy any popularity on this blog, then after this contribution it will be over and done with. It is of course no harm from me and to make up for it a bit I will conclude with a hopefully useful and Thailand-specific advice on how to lose weight.
Coconut water: Healthy and good against high blood pressure!
Coconut water is not only a delicious thirst quencher in Thailand, the drink also has a number of special properties. For example, coconut water is very healthy, especially because of the high amount of potassium. Do you have high blood pressure? Then coconut water itself is an excellent medicine for you.
Researchers: 'Olive oil works better than Viagra'
Are you of an advanced age and still want to perform well in bed? Then men can do best on the Mediterranean diet. Research shows that this helps better than Viagra. By eating healthy you can reduce the risk of impotence by 40 percent. This is remarkable because 52 percent of men between 40 and 70 years old suffer from erectile dysfunction.
If you eat a piece of fruit every day, the chance that you will die prematurely from a heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular death is much lower than if you rarely or never eat fruit. Chinese epidemiologists write that in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Live longer and stay slim, who wouldn't want that? A matter of healthy eating, simply put. But what is healthy? In any case, you have to get a lot of vegetables, fruit, cocoa and tea, for example. These are foods with a large amount of flavonoids.
A striking study from the Netherlands. Epidemiologists from the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam will soon publish in Neurology the results of a study among over-45s showing a link between a healthy diet and more brains.
It has been known for some time that tomatoes (also tomato paste, sauce or juice) reduce the risk of prostate cancer to some extent. What is new is that carrots have the same effect and that only a small amount is involved, according to a study by the Vietnamese epidemiologist Dong Van Hoang.
Food manufacturers are very lavish with sugar. Large amounts of sugar are added to many products such as breakfast cereals, muesli, dairy drinks, cereal bars, fruit juices and ready-to-use sauces. A bottle of ketchup contains no less than 45 sugar cubes. Too much sugar is unhealthy, it can lead to obesity and a greater risk of type 2 diabetes.
A healthy diet can almost halve the risk of eye disease
Eating two ounces of vegetables every day, two pieces of fruit and fish twice a week can almost halve the risk of the chronic eye disease 'age-related macular degeneration'. Even people who are genetically predisposed to the disease can lower the risk.
Relationship between unhealthy eating and cancer demonstrated
There is a relationship between bad food and cancer. Eating 10 percent more junk food increases the risk of cancer by 12 percent. Junk food is food with a low nutritional value, but which contains a lot of salt, sugar and unhealthy fats. Think of burgers, fries, sweet snacks such as donuts, soft drinks, biscuits and desserts with a lot of sugar, according to the AD.
Too Much Salt Causes Kidney Damage: How Much Are You Taking In?
Salt, like sugar and acid, is a seasoning. Still, you have to be careful and know how much salt you're ingesting. Eating too much salt is unhealthy. The mineral sodium it contains causes high blood pressure and a greater risk of cardiovascular disease.
Bananas a tropical super food!
They are widely available in Thailand and dirt cheap. Eat two every day and you'll be healthy because banana is a tropical super-food, rich in many nutrients, including vitamins, minerals, fruit sugar and fiber. That is why a banana works as a powerful natural energy booster.
Are you getting enough Selenium?
Selenium or selenium is an important trace element that also functions as an antioxidant. Selenium is in the liver and protects red blood cells and cells from damage. There are strong indications that selenium protects men against the development of prostate cancer.
The Netherlands is one of the top 10 countries when it comes to sugar consumption. 77% of shoppers believe that sugar is addictive (to a greater or lesser extent). Yet people are not (yet) very critical of sugar when they are actually in the supermarket.