Health and Nutrition

The day is still remembered when I have to chop garlic while learning how to cook. The sticky cloves stuck to my fingers and their pungent smell is carried for the whole day. Hands have been scrubbed multiple times but all in vain. Those were the days when I considered garlic as a flavorful addition to pasta sauces and stir-fries—something that made food taste better but left my hands smelling for hours. Recently, I have started searching for foods that can be used for the cure of high blood pressure and recurrent winter colds. I'm surprised to see garlic showing up again and again. It is present in Italian cooking, Korean side dishes, the Indian remedies and in the Mediterranean diet. What I discovered changed how I view that little bulb forever. More than just a flavor bomb: Walking through the grocery stores, it's very easy to overlook garlic but it is incredibly filled with not only natural flavor but also with its wonderful impact on our health.  The magic of garli...

Living with type 2 diabetes means a constant and continuous mindfulness about what we eat or what we plan to eat in our daily life. With the passage of time and research as well as investigation into the field of food and nutrition, the whole foods (powerful nutrient profiles) have become the talk of the town in helping manage blood sugar, heart health, and long-term metabolic balance. Among these powerful nutrients, chia seeds  are one of them because of the interest of science and researchers in them. Today, let’s unveil why chia seeds are more than just a trendy topping and how they can support our journey with type 2 diabetes. What are Chia seeds? Chia seeds come from the Salvia hispanica plant—a member of the mint family that was once a staple food for Aztec and Mayan civilizations . These tiny black and white seeds are  nutritional powerhouses, packing fiber, protein, healthy fats (especially omega-3s ), antioxidants, and essential minerals like calcium and magnesi...

Ginger for Diabetes : Can This Golden Root Help Manage Your Blood Sugar? Let's have a real and fruitful conversation about managing type 2 diabetes . Many of us are on this journey and often feel like a constant balancing act between medication, diet, and lifestyle. In our collective and active search for such tools that work in complete harmony with our bodies, we most of the times find very powerful as well as effective and significant allies in the most ancient and the most common places like our very own kitchen and grocery store. Today, we are going to discuss about a knobbly, pungent, and glorious root, which is known as ginger. In this blog we are going to pave the way of our topic on the following stated as under: §   A Pinch of Science: What Research Suggests §   Weaving Ginger into the Tapestry of Our Daily Lives §   A Necessary Dose of Reality: Our Cautions and Considerations §   The Human Takeaway: Flavor, Connection, and Empowerment     ...