Constipation is caused when stool builds up in the intestines and gets trapped. Often, this is the result of dehydration. When you are low on hydration, the stool becomes dried out, which makes it hard and prevents it from being able to move properly through your plumbing. More often than not then, constipation is a […]
Diet & Nutrition
21 Foods That Are Naturally Diuretic
A diuretic is a substance that encourages you to need the toilet and to urinate. These are similar to laxatives, which of course make you more likely to need to go the other end. There are many drinks and foods that can encourage voiding out of both ends and there are a number of reasons […]
21 Foods High in Vitamin D
Vitamin D is one of the most important nutrients available to humans but it is also very different from most of the minerals and vitamins that we get in our diet. Vitamin D might be a vitamin by name but in reality, it works more closely to a hormone – or as a ‘master hormone’ […]
21 Foods High in Vitamin K
Vitamin K is a vitamin that quite often gets overlooked. We all know how important vitamin C is and we’re told often that we need to get our B complex vitamins too. Vitamin A and E are good for the eyes and skin, vitamin D is important for our bones and comes from skin. But […]
20 Health Benefits of Garlic
Garlic is famously able to help you ward away vampires. For the slightly superstitious/prone to watching late night horror movies, that might be reason enough to keep them around the house! But did you know that garlic is also one of the most nutritious and beneficial foods you can keep in your cupboard. This is […]
11 Foods That Cause Gout
Gout can be a painful and debilitating condition brought on in part by dietary triggers. Actually a form of arthritis, gout (sometimes called gouty arthritis) develops when an over abundance of uric acid in the blood produces crystalline structures in and around joints resulting in painful inflammation, stiffness, tangible heat, tenderness, and swelling. Asymptomatic hyperuricemia […]