Lifestyle, food and health articles
Spring is the season of rejuvenation, renewal and rebooting (yes, there is a theme in this post that I’m sure you’ve recognized). I often consider spring to be similar to New Year’s Day in this regard. The snow and cold have retreated, for the most …
As I am wont to do in these posts, let’s begin with a few definitions first. I remember watching Super Size Me (a documentary about a guy who eats nothing but McDonald’s for a month) about 20 years ago. In the movie, they ask random people …
Stress is our body’s response to a perceived threat or pressure. It causes both chemical and physical changes within our bodies that, over time, can produce detrimental health effects. There are times when the stress response is required as it helps us in times of, …
We know, National Frozen Food Month might not matter much to you, but to us here at MagicKitchen.com, it’s kind of a big deal. After all, frozen food is what we do here, in fact, it’s all we do here and we do it well. …
Should it actually be called World Kidneys Day since we have two? Just a thought. Anyway, World Kidney Day was created for the same reason other special “days” were created, to raise awareness about the things in the title of that day, in this case, your …
Fred and Ginger, Sonny and Cher, tequila and salt, hammer and nail, insomnia and the internet…some things were just meant to go together. Even in the oxymoronic world of healthy snacks, some things are meant to go together, even if, at first blush, they seem …
If you’ve taken a minute to look at food labels recently, you should have noticed a relatively new addition called “added sugars.” The next obvious question is, what are added sugars? Sugars can be broken into two categories. The first is naturally occurring sugars such …
Stress– noun, a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances. In the human body, stress, at one time, prepared us for action…the fight or flight response, generally. It still does today. However, its source has changed a …
Yes, aside from the color of the three main types of chocolate, there are other differences, primarily of the nutritional variety. These differences between the three are derived from two sources, whether or not milk is used as well as the percentage of cocoa solids …
The original title for this post was “Prebiotics vs Probiotics,” but it was changed when I realized that this is not a competition and they are not sports teams. This isn’t the Prebiotic Fiber Foods vs the Probiotic Protozoa in a game with playoff implications. …