What Should Children Drink?

If you are at a loss with all the different advice given out there, here's a really simple one: for kids up to 5 years old, only water or milk. This is the latest recommendation given by Healthy Eating Research, a nutrition advocacy group. Turns out that giving them anything else, including fruit juice, increases… Continue reading What Should Children Drink?

Stay Away from that Junk Food!

Ok, we're talking extreme diets here. A boy was diagnosed with nutritional optic neuropathy for living off a diet without fruits and vegetables, as reported by this BBC article. His vision has now deteriorated until he qualifies as blind, although he still has some remaining peripheral vision to do basic tasks. Not that we'll ever… Continue reading Stay Away from that Junk Food!

Vegetables: Cooked or Raw?

Taste aside, there are concrete reasons whether you should cook your vegetables or eat them raw. Cooking does make some vegetables lose their nutrients, but some also make it easier for your body to absorb when cooked. So, which type goes where? A useful guide is found in this BBC article. The following should be… Continue reading Vegetables: Cooked or Raw?