The importance of Dill and Fennel

Is this plant called Dill or a Fennel?
This herb has been planted beside our house about three years ago. My sister has been constantly telling me that this plant is called Dill – a very popular culinary herb. I am not too much familiar with the actual properties of Dill. But we know that Dill and Fennel are resembled with each other.

Anyway, Dill is used for culinary and for medicine as well.

Best Sources of Vitamins

Are you taking multivitamins daily? Here is a selection of the most important life-and-health-enhancing nutrients and its best sources. But still, the most important key to be healthy and strong is to get nutrients we need from the food we eat.
Calcium
Calcium is vital for the formation and continuing strength of bones and teeth.
Best Sources of Calcium
Cheese
Canned sardines
Tofu
Seaweed
Sesame

Basic tips before working-out

One of the best thing to do before work-out or going to gym is to be prepared. I remembered when my sister suddenly fell down. He blacked out at the sight of blood or lose consciousness for a few seconds at the middle of her workout. She was running on threadmill for a couple of minutes when the incident happened. Then she realized that the last time she ate her meal was about more than 3 hours

Raw food or Cooked Food?

Which one do you prefer or usually eat? The raw or cooked?

According to the researched, humans discovered fire 400,000 years ago, but still most of them eaten their food raw. For millions of years before the fire was discovered, everything was eaten raw. Cooking changes the molecules in food and destroys many valuable nutrients and enzymes that break food down into components that can be used by

Top 10 foods to cut risk of heart disease

1. Olive oil - High in monounsaturated fats, it helps reduce bad LDL while increasing HDL cholesterol. Results from the five countries taking part in the 2006 ‘Eurolive study suggest that virgin olive oil has the best effect.
2. Fresh tuna - This oily fish is a rich source of omega-3 essential fatty acids, which can help lower cholesterol and reduce artery inflammation.
3. Oats - They’

Ginger Chicken Soup or Chicken Tinola

Ginger chicken soup or Chicken Tinola is the Philippines healing soup. Soups are comforting, easy to digest and they can provide the nutrients your body needs to recover. Chicken soup is the ultimate home remedy for colds. Ginger chicken soup also used as a remedy for joint pain. Because ginger contains gingerol, a compound that blocks the action of prostaglandins, hormone-like chemicals that

The importance of an Olive Oil

In these texts, I will tell you how important an Olive Oil is. I have been using an Olive Oil ever since I learned how to cook. Olive Oil is expensive compared with other cooking oils i.e. vegetable oil, sunflower oil, canola oil, and palm oil. And if you are budgeted, Canola Oil can be a sufficiently substitute because it is also a heart-healthy oil.

Today, Olive Oil is the basis for any diet,

Health benefits from eating pepper

My mother and my loving husband had worked together in planting herbs and vegetables in our backyard about a year ago. The plants generated an enormous harvest and we consumed the very fresh vegetables we ever had.

There are three varieties of Capsicum planted in our yard like Hot Chilli Pepper and not hot Chilli Pepper but one of my favorite is the Bell Pepper. These have large, sweet,

Tomato is in my super food list

Do you love tomatoes? Me, I really like it. Whenever my meal has tomato side dish or any viand accompanied with tomatoes, I eat more. Tomato stimulates my appetite. And it’s good, because tomatoes are extremely rich in antioxidants, especially carotenoids such as betacarotene and lycopene, as well as vitamins C and E, making them good protectors of the cardiovascular system and against some forms

Why we should eat less meat?

Meatless lifestyle is better for us. It is not true that we can only get the protein that our body's need from meat. There are millions of people around the world getting along just fine on plant protein diets. I found from the magazine some of the interesting advantages of eating less meat:
Decreased risk of disease.Vegetarian populations are remarkably free of the killer diseases that are

The importance of fish to our body

While I was reading the latest news on the internet, I came across to an environment news headline saying that fish can be radically end by the year of 2040. The reason behind this news is, if the global climate continues to warm at its present rate or with global warming disrupting, our planet’s weather systems supplies of freshwater are becoming increasingly unpredictable and most of the living

Oats

Every time I go to supermarket, the important thing I'm looking for are "Oats". I used to prepare oats mixed with low fat fresh milk every morning before going to work. Oats can be easily prepared and more over they have nutritional value, providing good amounts of protein, heart-protective polyunsaturated fats, B vitamins and vitamin E, combined with calcium, potassium and magnesium. They're one

Green Tea

I enjoyed drinking green tea every now and then. I love the natural flavors of red apples and ripe pears blended with green tea leaves. Green tea is created using the young growth of leaves from the Camellia sinensis, quickly dried to retain their distinct light, green flavor. Green tea was first discovered in China. Legend has it that tea was discovered in 2737BC when leaves accidentally fell

Razon's Halo-halo

Every time we go on shopping at Mall of Asia we never neglected to have a snack at Razon’s. We just love the taste of their food. We noticed such families and office workers flock to Razon’s for a filling snack of Pancit luglug and Halo-halo. Pancit is a simple noodle dish with thick, chunky orange sauce and Razon’s winning taste is the distinctly bold seafood flavor, livened by the crunchy

Good Benefits from Banana

Bananas are a favorite food for everyone from infants to elders because they are wonderfully sweet, rich with firm and creamy flesh. Sports enthusiasts appreciate the potassium-power delivered by this high energy fruit.

Bananas are source of Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), Vitamin C, Potassium, dietary fiber, manganese and many more. It also soothes your ulcers, protects eyesight, build better bones,

Heart-Smart Eating

My dad has a hypertension and we keep on telling him to keep his heart healthy. Every now and then we are giving him different tips such as eating a healthier diet and exercising regularly. Upon reading my favorite healthy magazine, I came across with an interesting topic about which foods to avoid and which are friends of the heart. And I like to share this with you:

Food friends
Fruit and

You’re the 1, Goldilocks!

It's a Sunday and your family just wants to eat a leisurely meal after the church. Or, maybe it's a Saturday, and you're decided on where to have lunch with your colleagues. Goldilocks is the best place where you can delight in a fantasy food trip. Its menu is ready to satisfy any craving by any customer, whether young or old. I remembered when I and my fellow classmates are taking a quick break

Fried Chicken and French Fries

Another entry for my ABC Wednesday is Fried Chicken with French Fries. So yummy!

quail eggs

For my ABC Wednesday - Eggs are the ultimate protein. Ninety percent is utilized by the body, compared with only sixty-seven percent from steak. They're also a wonderful source of Vitamins A, B, D, and E. Egg yolk is high in lecithin and are important brain food, contributing not only to memory and concentration, but also to good mental and emotional status.

This photo was taken during 2009

Carrots

These are rich in vitamin A and beta-carotene among others.