Essential Amino Acids: Functions, Requirements, Food Sources
There are nine essential amino acids that we require from our diet. Since the human body cannot make these amino acids, we need to derive them from the foods we …
Cooking With Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Good or Bad?
Over the past several decades, dietary fat has often had an undeserved “unhealthy” reputation. While this mindset is changing in recent times, one particular fat—extra virgin olive oil—has long held …
Rooibos Tea 101: Benefits and Side Effects
Rooibos is a refreshing herbal tea that comes from the Cederberg mountains in the Western Cape of South Africa. Otherwise known as ‘redbush tea’ or just ‘red tea,’ the drink …