12 Best Healthy Cooking Hacks Of All Time
Sauté Your Spinach. Spinach is known for having heat-sensitive nutrients, meaning it will lose a lot of its health benefits when you cook them. Boiling tends to have the harshest effect on the nutrients in spinach. If you want to make the most of the …
Kayaker Performs Complete Flip While Going Over Waterfall Edge
Extreme Sports — A little more inspiration for all us mere mortals! Check out this epic front flip in a kayak down a rapids waterfall. Epic!
9 Healthy Foods That Give You Glowing Skin
Sweet Potatoes A study in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior showed eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables gives a healthier, more attractive, and more radiant glow than you would get from sun exposure. But it was those who consumed more portions of …
9 Foods That Are Surprisingly Damaging Your Heart
Boxed Pasta Pulling out a box of pasta at home is one of the easiest dinner options on those busy evenings. What you might not realize, though, is that processed carbohydrates are risky when it comes to damaging your heart health. Processed carbs like pasta, …
7 Fruits You Think Are Vegetables
Pumpkins And Squash A pumpkin is a cultivar of winter squash that is round with smooth, slightly ribbed skin, and most often deep yellow to orange in coloration. To keep it simple, pumpkin is one type of squash and squash generally refers to four species …
8 Natural Substitutes For Sugar
Erythritol Like xylitol, erythritol is a sugar alcohol, but it contains even fewer calories. At only 0.24 calories per gram, erythritol contains 6% of the calories of regular sugar. It also tastes almost exactly like sugar, making it an easy switch. Your body does not …
8 Vegetables That Surprisingly Become Healthier When Cooked
Spinach Ever noticed how this dark leafy green shrinks when you cook it? That means you’re likely to eat more of it, and, of course, consuming more spinach means you’ll reap more of its nutrients. But that’s not all—a 2005 study in the Journal of …
10 Most Dangerous Foods In The World
Potatoes Green potatoes aren’t a sign of an unripe spud. They’re a sign you may have a toxic food on your hands. The longer potatoes sit in light and warm temperatures, the more likely they are to start producing a chemical called solanine. The green …
9 Reasons You Constantly Feel Bloated
Enjoying A High-Starch Or High-Sodium Diet Diets high in sodium can cause water retention, and foods high in starch can increase the amount of gaseous bloating. “Everyone is a little bit different, and what causes bloating in one person won’t always affect another person,” Hoffman …
The 6 Healthiest Types Of Bread
100% Whole Wheat Whole grains keep the entire grain intact, including the germ, endosperm, and bran. The bran, which is the hard, outer layer, is high in fiber. The bran and germ also contain protein, fat, vitamins, minerals, and beneficial plant compounds, while the endosperm …