Cooking Tips

Blending cucumber and pineapple creates a juice that will detoxify the colon and remove excess water from the intestines.

Eating a lot of red and processed meat increases risk of bowel (colorectal) cancer. That's why it is recommended that people who eat more than 90g (cooked weight) of red and processed meat a day cut down to 70g or less.

The calorie, protein, and fiber content of both vegetables is similar, but the vitamins and minerals tip the scale towards spinach, except for calcium. Spinach has more vitamin A, C, K, folate, potassium, magnesium, manganese and iron.

Kiwis have shown to improve sleep quality and may be one of the best foods to eat before bed.

Yeast is a fungus that grows as a single cell, rather than as a mushroom. Though each yeast organism is made up of just once cell, yeast cells live together in multicellular colonies.

Grapefruits' reputation for interfering with some medications is well-deserved. It particularly affects certain anti-cholesterol statin drugs, as well as some medicines used to treat high blood pressure, irregular heartbeats and even allergies.