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Swordfish or scientifically called Xiphias gladius is a large predatory fish that many people around the world love to consume. The characteristic feature of this fish is a sword like bill, This is the feature from where its name comes from. This fish is also considered as one of the fastest known fish in the ocean. This marine food has a distinctive nutritional profile and provide many health promising effects. But remember, consuming it too frequently or in large amounts can lead to Mercury toxicity in your body. • Nutritional profile of swordfish. Swordfish is known for its multiple essential nutrients. Most of these nutrients are quite essential for body and it cannot produce it. It’s an estimation that 85 grams serving of cook swordfish may provide total of 150 calories. 20 grams of protein, 7 grams of fat and no carbohydrate. Addition to these, it has a rich source of selenium, vitamin D, potassium and magnesium. This marine food is exceptionally high in selenium, Traces of this...

The normal drinking water whether it is bottled or tap water, Most of the times it contains trace amounts of electrolytes such as sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium. Moreover, the concentration of electrolyte in beverages may vary greatly. Some of the commercially available brands add significant amount of minerals along with carbohydrates, an market their water as sport drinks. Originally, electrolytes are minerals that conduct electricity when dissolved in water. They get distributed through the fluid in your body and use their electrical energy to facilitate important body functions. Electrolyte waters are enhanced with several charge minerals, but their concentration may differ. Only distilled water has no electrolyte present in it. Now know the scientifically proven health benefits of electrolyte water. • May optimise exercise performance. Electrolyte enhanced water, particularly sports drinks, benefit athletes by helping replenishing water, electrolytes, and energy loss dur...

Figs are generally thumb size fruits that are filled with hundreds of tiny seeds. Although the only edible part is purple or green peel. Most of the time, the flesh of the fruit is pink and has a mild sweet taste. Several scientific studies have proved that figs and their leaves are just packed with several nutrients. They provide several health benefits such as healthy dilation, decrease in risk of heart diseases and manage blood sugar levels. 40 grams of fresh figs may contain about 30 calories. Most of them just come from carbohydrates and fibre. Micronutrient content include copper, magnesium, potassium, riboflavin, thiamine, vitamin B6, vitamin K. Now go through the below mentioned health benefits of using figs. • Figs promote digestive health. Since olden times fix have been used as a home remedy or alternative treatment for digestive problems. This fruit contains fibre which may help in promoting digestive health by softening and adding bulk to stools. During several animal stud...

Basically, quinoa and couscous are two small grain like foods. Most of the people who are health enthusiast often consume it as an alternative to rice and pasta. Just because of their similar appearance and applications many people just confuse between them. But taking them on grounds of nutrition, they are quite different from one another. • Couscous. It is basically a type of small beaded pasta which is made from steamed semolina. Originally, semolina is a flour that is made from drum wheat. It is one of the most common consumed any staple food in North Africa, Algeria and Tunisia. Going through the nutrient content of couscous. 100 grams serving of couscous will provide about 112 calories. These calories are further divided into 23.2 grams of carbohydrates, 1.4 grams of fibre, 3.8 grams of protein, and 0.16 grams of fat. Addition to these macronutrients, it also contained good reserves of selenium, magnesium, folate, and iron. • Quinoa. Meanwhile, quinoa is a seed of quinoa plant. T...

Banana is one of the most common and popular fruits in the world. It is known for his high nutrient value and wonderful taste. This fruit is the first choice of health enthusiasts and used as an ingredient in various recipes. Currently another recipe that is called Banana tea is gaining popularity. It is basically boiling a whole banana in water and then removing it and drinking the remaining liquid. Banana can be used with or without peel. It depends upon your taste preferences. Another term is given to it if it is made with peel called banana peel tea. But most of the people just choose to omit the peel. Because of high fibre content in peels it require more time to prepare the tea. People, especially health enthusiasts love enjoying banana tea with some cinnamon and honey to improve its flavour. • Nutrition fact of banana tea. Although the detailed nutrition fact of banana tea is not available till the date. But then also some of the claims and small researches point towards some nu...

You must be habitual of spitting out watermelon seeds when you eat watermelon. Or in other ways, some people also opt for just seedless variety. But when we will mention the health benefits of watermelon seeds, they will change your mind-set. Watermelon seeds are quite less in calories and quite nutritionally dense. Roasted watermelon seeds can be a better and healthier snack option replacing the processed unhealthy snacks. So presenting 5 impressive health benefits of watermelon seeds. • Extremely low in calories. If you are the one who is looking for weight loss programme or want to maintain a healthy weight. Then watermelon seeds will surely work for you. Single ounce of watermelon seed kernels contain about 158 calories. Although they are not too low but these calories are all beneficial. If you take handful of watermelon seeds, they will wait about four grams and will have only 23 calories. This clearly means that a normal person will not prevent to eat one ounce on a single sitti...

Applesauce is been in usage since hundreds of years ago. People have been making this from cooked apples since ancient times. Basically, cooked apples form a paste that maybe sweet or savoury depending upon the type of apples. To provide the required taste, many spices and other flavouring ingredients are added. This food source may be enjoyed with a variety of foods such as meats, vegetables, smoothies, baked foods or in salad dressing. Applesauce whole apples are known for their health benefits. So people wonder whether applesauce have similar benefits or not. Just similar to whole apples, this sauce is also plain and very low in calories, fat and salt. It majorly contains carbohydrates and natural sugars with small amounts of vitamins, minerals. So now go through the below mentioned health benefits that applesauce may have. • Just makes your diet healthy. Several researches and studies revealed that regularly eating apples or Apple extracted product. Associated with eating an overal...

Pre workout supplements are gaining popularity among health enthusiasts and regular exercising group of people around the world. These supplements are usually taken to boost energy levels and performances during workout sessions. The formula generated for pre workout supplements generally consist flavoured mixture of several ingredients. There are hikes in cases of several health issues linked to preworkout supplements in recent years. So we are mentioning some of the most experienced health issues people faced. • Severely increases water retention. Creatine is one of the popular and most prominent ingredient in pre workout supplements. It is scientifically proven that creatine shows increase in high intensity workouts. Several experiences and sturdies reveal that main side effect of creatine is increase in water retention. Increase in water retention subsequently cause weight gain, bloating and several digestive health issues. Keeping all these digestive issues aside creatine is prove...

During recent years, coconut water has emerged as a popular beverage among health enthusiasts. It’s just tasty, refreshing and also happens healthier for you. Coconut water is loaded with several important nutrients including minerals that are very important and our body doesn’t get enough. So here we are coming up with five most impressive health benefits of using coconut water. • Have several antioxidant properties. Human bodies faces several issues just because of free radicals. These are one of the leading reasons for producing cell injuries. When these free radicals reacts with your body, it enters a state of oxidative stress. This subsequently damages your cells and increase the risks of several health issues. Several scientific studies show that coconut water contains antioxidants. During a study on rats with liver damage, found improvement in oxidative stress. • May help you to control diabetic levels. Several studies revealed that coconut water can help you to lower down your ...

Corrugation supplements are just gaining trend among health enthusiasts. These supplements are basically derived from coral sand deposits. These coral sand deposits are found down below the sea an oceans and once a part of coral reef. These coral sand deposits are first refined to remove pollutants and other unwanted substances and then through various processing and procedures turned into powder form. Finally, this powder is sold as it is or in capsule form. Coral calcium supplements basically comprise of large amounts of calcium carbonate content. Addition to this, it also has some small amounts of magnesium and other traces of various minerals. Scientific researches and studies revealed that coral calcium composition is quite similar to human bone calcium composition. This makes them edible for humans. So, here we are mentioning some of the benefits of using these coral calcium supplements. • Can optimise good bone health. Calcium is one of the key mineral that is required by human ...

Although pumpkin seeds look small but they are a big storehouse of valuable nutrients. Eating just handful of pumpkin seeds can provide you with a subsequent amount of healthy fats, magnesium and zinc. Pumpkin seeds have many health benefits, some of them are improved heart health, prostate health and protection against certain type of cancers. Another benefit of pumpkin seeds are they are easily available and can easily be indulged in your diet. Unlike white seeds of pumpkin, most of the commercially available pumpkin seeds have green outer shell on them. There is an estimation that about 28 grams of shell free pumpkin seeds contain 51 calories approximately. Further, these 51 calories are divided into 1.7 grams of fibre, 5 grams of carbohydrate, 7 grams of protein in 13 grams of healthy fat. Other micronutrients include vitamin K, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, zinc, iron and copper. So here we are coming up with the five most impressive health benefits of using pumpkin seeds. • O...

Recently, researchers discovered some of the facts, one of which are different people’s body react differently to same foods. This can be a breakthrough in understanding the dieting methods. Researches on breads are going since decades and reveal that they are healthy. Till now there are uncertainties in effects of different types of breads. However, some of the researchers and experts came to a conclusion that there is no clinical difference between white bread or whole wheat bread. This conclusion was drawn after performing a crossover study of 20 adults. Half of them were given white breads in their diets, and another half were given whole wheat breads. Both the groups show similar effects after a fixed period of time. • Is there really a difference between white bread and whole wheat bread? It will be surprising, but experts and researchers found no difference between the effects or side effects of two breads. They just combined an analyse the data on the mentioned two bread types....

Just because of lack of knowledge of impressive health benefits of cabbage , it’s generally overlooked. Cabbage is basically a vegetable variety that belongs to Brassica genus of plants. This vegetable is available in a variety of shapes and colours, including Red, Purple, White, Green colours. Traces of cabbage usage are found since thousands of years ago. And till now it is used in variety of dishes and salads. Carriage is loaded with a number of vitamins and minerals. Addition to this it is very low in calories. 89 grams of raw green cabbage contains only 22 calories. It has a vast reserve of protein, fibre, magnesium, folate, vitamin C, vitamin K, calcium, vitamin B6, potassium. So here we are coming up with five best health benefits cabbage may have on your body. • It may reduce inflammation Human body just realize an inflammation response to protect it from infections and speeding up healing processes. This kind of acute inflammation in human body is normal. But the thing become...

Chia seeds are considered among the healthiest foods available on the planet. They have vast reserve of nutrients that are highly beneficial for your body and brain. Chia seeds basically are tiny black seeds of Salvia Hispanics plant. Chia seeds are known for their ability to provide sustainable amount of energy. Recently chia seeds gained popularity all around the globe and are consumed by health conscious people. Just estimating 28 grams of chia seeds contain about 11 grams of fibre, 4 grams of protein, 9 grams of fat. In addition to this, chia seeds are a great source of manganese, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, Vitamin B3, potassium, Vitamin B1 and vitamin B12. So here we come up with some of the proven health benefits of adding chia seeds in regular diet. • Chia seeds have a vast reserves of antioxidants Chia seeds shine because of their high antioxidant content too. These antioxidants will surely help in decreasing oxidative stress and cell damage. Basically, these antiox...

  Almonds are the world’s most popular tree nuts that are used all around the globe. Almonds are highly nutritious and rich in healthy fats, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. So here we are coming up with five evidence based benefits almonds have on health. • Almonds are a storehouse of nutrients  Almonds are basically the edible seeds of Prunus dulcis , mostly called as almond tree. Though almonds are a native of Middle East but currently United States is the world’s largest producer. Mostly the almonds which are available in nearby stores are shell removed, just revealing the edible nuts. Meanwhile almond milk, oil, butter, floor or paste are also available. Almonds are a storehouse of various nutrients that include fibre, protein, fats, vitamin E, manganese, magnesium. Though almonds should be avoided by people who are on weight loss program. Because it contains high calories if taken in a handful of amount. • Almonds are a good source of antioxidants  Antioxidants...

Triticum aestivum Extracts are used to manufacture food called wheatgrass. It is well known for its super potent health benefits. However the method of intake can vary according to the parts of world. It’s usually consumed as a fresh juice but sometimes also in powdered form. Experts in health enthusiasts have long raved about the countless benefits of this plant. It can be used as a regular health tonic and may help you to fight diseases and boost up your immunity. Though this topic has only small amount of studies done till the date. Wheatgrass is just backed up with powerful combination of nutrients that makes it an ultimate Immunity booster. The extensive product of combination of vitamins and minerals makes it highly nutritious. Wheat grass has a wide reserve of Iron, calcium, enzymes, magnesium phytonutrients, 17 essential amino acids, chlorophyll protein. Talking about vitamins it contains vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K and vitamin B complex. • Wheatgrass beneficial...

  Mineral water basically comes from natural water reservoirs mainly underground reservoirs and springs. Mineral water contains high amount of minerals such as calcium, magnesium and sodium. Therefore, regular intake of drinking mineral water can offer health benefits. Unlike normal tap water or other type of water, mineral water is generally available bottled. And its source contain natural minerals and traces of some elements. According to an advisory by Food and Drug Administration, mineral water must have at least 250 ppm of total dissolved solids or minerals. The amount of different types of minerals present in water depends on the origin of that mineral water. Now check out below all the benefits from intake of mineral water . • Mineral water can promote good bone health As mineral water contains calcium in prominent amount, which is very important for bone and its health. Meanwhile, studies also revealed that the calcium present in mineral water is easily absorbed by the bod...

One of the major concern about vegetarian vegan diet is that they may lack sufficient intake of protein. But busting this myth, many experts revealed that a well planned vegetarian diet can provide one with all the nutrients. There are several plant foods that contain high amount of protein as compared to other vegetarian or vegan foods. High protein diet is very important to promote muscle strength with fat loss. Athletes or people who have more intense physical required to take a good amount of protein in their diet. So coming out with 10 plan foods that contain high amount of protein and can help you. • Tofu, Tempeh  Tofu , Tempeh are just the form of soybean and it’s milk. Soybeans are considered a whole source of good protein. This means that the product derived from it will also contain a good amount of protein and essential amino acids. Tofu is made from bean curds pressed together in a similar process as of cheese making. On the other hand, tempeh is produced by cooking and...

Getting a good and sound sleep is very important aspect of healthy life. A good sound sleep reduces risk of developing certain chronic diseases, keeps your brain healthy and boosts your immune system. Generally it is advisable that a healthy adult should take 7 to 9 hours of sound sleep. There are some healthy strategies that you can plan to promote good sleeping habits. You just have to make some changes in your diet, especially in dinner habits. So just coming up with some of the food items that you can take before bed for healthy life. • Turkey  Turkey is a delicious, nutrition rich food item. This prominent animal food contains high protein content. Almost 8 grams of protein per 28 grams of Turkey meat. Good intake of protein is very important to build stronger muscles and regulating your appetite. Studies reveal that Turkey have few properties because of which some people becomes tired of eating it and encourage to sleep. Turkey has a good content of Tryptophan, an amino acid ...

  Milk is one of the ancient beverages that till now has its own status. Milk is considered a complete meal because of its high nutritional value. Not only major, nutrients like protein, calcium, vitamin D and potassium. But milk also contains several micronutrients like calcium, magnesium, zinc and vitamins. The only reason not to take milk is if you are lactose intolerant. Otherwise, just aim of drinking at least one glass of milk every day. Taking this type of highly nutritious beverage is very important, especially in Corona pandemic times. As milk is one of the best immunity boosters, that do not require any other ingredients. Till now, the decision that whether warm or cold milk should be taken is controversial. This is a topic that has a wide range of debate. Though this requires much more researches and studies, to confirm the decision. So just go through the below mentioned benefits of both cold and warm milk. We leave decision up to you. • Benefits of having warm milk Sin...