With the sun finally making an appearance its time to bring out the barbecue’s, have some good food and enjoy the company of friends. But deciding on what to make for a barbecue can be a challenge, especially when there are lots of people to feed. So I thought you might appreciate a tried and...
What is Iodine? What is its role? Iodine is a trace chemical element that is essential to life. In humans it is consumed in the diet (often dissolved in water.) Iodine is needed by humans in order to synthesize the thyroid hormones; thyroxine and triiodothyronine. In order for synthesis to occur, iodine that has been consumed is...
With summer supposedly looming, and holidays in the sun on the horizon, many of us are working on getting our bodies fit for our bikinis and this often means switching to healthier foods and cutting down on take-away meals such as pizza’s. But aren’t take aways so easy and taste so good- so cutting back...
Subway promotes itself as the “healthy” fast food restaurant, but it is not much healthier than McDonald’s researchers found A study was conducted in America to compare the two biggest fast food chains in the world: Subway and McDonald’s. The study was published on May 6 in the Journal of Adolescent Health and it was found...
You probably haven’t ever really thought about why you eat what you eat, and that is because most of us get into the habit of eating foods that we are comfortable with, which usually means keeping to the general diet we are bought up on. Few people, if any, take time to think about the effects that...
If you don’t know, the Eurovision song contest is the worlds largest music competition which sees countries from all over Europe competing against each other to win the prestigious contest. There are 39 European countries competing in tonight’s Eurovision song contest. Tonight’s contest will be the 58th contest held, and as such the Eurovision song contest is one of...
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