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Are Edible Oils Harmful or Beneficial to your Health?

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  You may be using sunflower or canola oil in your home. Whether you cook with it, add it to salads, or fry your parathas, the oils extracted from seeds are popular all worldwide. But these oils are currently the subject of heated debate online.   Recently, some controversial claims have emerged about the edible oils derived from seeds, canola, and sunflower oil, which are said to have harmful effects. Is there any truth to these claims?   Seed oils have been the subject of countless social media posts in recent years. People claim that they are ‘toxic’ and ‘harmful to health’.   Critics have even coined the term “Eight Bad Oils” for certain seed oils. This refers to eight popular seed oils—canola, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, soy, rice bran, sunflower, and cotton flower—because they are accused of causing heart disease and type 2 diabetes.   Are seed oils harmful to health, or is this hostility towards them unjustified?   Does Seed Oi...

How Much Water Should We Drink in a Day and How Big a Health Risk is Drinking too Much Water?

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Water is most important because it is the source of life. But the how much water is necessary for us to drink daily? While drinking less water can be a health hazard, consuming too much water can also be fatal. Water  maintains about 60% of our total body weight. It is present in our cells, organs, blood, and various parts of our body. Dr. Nidia Rodriguez Sanchez, a hydration expert at the University of Stirling in Scotland, says that ‘Water is a nutrient in itself.’ We focus on protein,   vitamins,  carbohydrates, and fiber, but we don't consider water as an important nutrient in for lives. Water plays an important role in all of our bodily functions. According to Howard Medical School, some of the important functions of water in our body are as follows: ·         It carries nutrients and oxygen  to cells. ·         It flushes out harmful bacteria from the bladder. ·    ...

Five Benefits of Dates that Make it a Healthy Food

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    Dates Benefits Dates are the most common thing to see at home or in the market these days. So, did you eat dates in Iftar or Suhr today? And do you know its benefits? Why do dates become an essential meal for those fasting in Ramadan? Dates derived from the palm tree, the fruit originated in the Middle East but is now grown in Asia, America, Mexico, and the Mediterranean countries. Dates are hanging from the top of the tree in a bunch. As the fruit loses moisture, it ripens, and the skin turns brown and wrinkles. They are plucked from the tree by hand or transported to the fruit by a machine. When they are picked from the tree, they look like raisins. Dry skin has a lot of moisture inside. Dates also have pits inside them, and you may want to remove them before eating them or you can buy pitted dates. The best time to get fresh dates is between November and January, although dry and fresh dates are available throughout the year. Nutrients of Dates There are different t...

Protein Helps You Lose Weight

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  At the beginning of the 20th century, explorer Aljamer Stephenson, who set out on an Arctic expedition, spent five years eating only meat. This meant that their diet was 80% fat and 20% protein. Weight Lose 20 years later, in 1928, Stephenson repeated the same experiment for about a year at New York's Bellevue Hospital. Stephenson did this experiment to prove people wrong, who said that man cannot live by eating meat alone. But unfortunately, during both experiments, he fell ill very quickly. The reason was clear. Stephenson was eating lean protein , hence he got “protein poisoning”. That is, it became difficult due to taking more protein. When Stephenson changed his diet and included more protein and fat, his illness immediately subsided. Before his death at age 83, Stephenson followed a low-carbohydrate, low-fat diet. The case of Stephenson is one of the earliest examples of the adverse effects of high protein intake on human health. But this matter is a century old. Nowa...