12 tips to buy, prepare and store fruits and vegetables to make them safe and nutritious

Fruits and vegetables are important part of our diet and including them in the diet ensures that we have nutrients such as Vitamin B and C as well as fibre to protect us from diseases that include; heart diseases, some cancers, diabetes etc. It is therefore very important to ensure that they are safe and nutritious for consumption to prevent food poisoning and to provide all the nutrients they contain. Below are tips to keep fruits and vegetables  safe and nutritious for our diet. When buying fruits and vegetables; 1. Look out for fruits and vegetables that are being sold in cool and clean places as well as places where thy are not being exposed to direct sunlight. 2.  Avoid fruits and vegetables that have been bruised, especially...

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8 tips to use to include fruits and vegetables in your diet

To enjoy life to the fullest and live it to the longest, it is recommended to include fruits and vegetables in the daily diet of an individual. This is because fruits and vegetables  are among the few foods that provide the body with  the water-soluble vitamins B, C and Folic acid. These water-soluble vitamins are needed on a daily basis as they easily dissolve in body fluids such as urine and hence "exit" our body systems . This means the body does not store these vitamins, which it needs everyday to prevent diseases, promote and protect our overall health. Additionally, fruits and vegetables are rich in dietary fibre, which prevents constipation, improve the health of the gut as well as prevent other digestion problems. It...

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Know the benefits of eating breakfast but unable to eat? Here are 7 tips.

In a day, it is recommended for an individual to eat three meals; breakfast, lunch and supper. This ensures that we supply our body with its fuel, food. Among these three meals, breakfast is considered the most important. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day because the energy stores of the body needs refill after embarking on an involuntary fasting during the night. Starting the day on low energy can make us to easily lose concentration, lethargic, irritable etc. Breakfast also provides us the energy to sustain us till lunch reducing the number of times we will go for snacks. Additionally, eating breakfast will help not to make an individual desperately hungry to eat just anything, consequently helping the individual to make the...

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Feeling tired and looking for an energy booster? Here are 7.

We are six months into 2015 and fatigue might be setting in so where do we get an energy booster? It is mostly believed that consuming energy drinks, taking vitamins supplements, detoxing or eating special foods mostly termed as superfoods will boost or help us to regain energy but these are not the best  ways to do so. While manufacturers of energy drinks claim that energy drinks boost energy, what the consumer may not be told is the fact that  the energy drink is most likely to contain high amount of caffeine and sugar. Consuming more caffeine is associated with nervousness, abdominal pain, irritability, anxiety, stomach upsets and consuming high amount of sugar is mostly likely to lead to weight gain, which is a high risk...

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Stomach discomfort as result of milk? Here are 5 tips to reduce it.

Do you experience stomach discomfort (diarrhea, bloating, abdominal pains and flatulence)  and are sometimes nauseous few hours after taking milk, other dairy products or any drink that contains lactose? Then you could be Lactose Intolerant. Lactose Intolerance refers to a condition where the lactose, a type of sugar mostly found in milk and other dairy products cannot be digested by the body. Lactose Intolerance is caused by the body's inability to produce enough of the Enzyme Lactase to aid in the breakdown of lactose in the food consumed. Consequently, not all lactose in the food consumed is digested for absorption and hence passed on to the colon where bacteria (these are not harmful and is not in your colon as...

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