Life involves a constant consumption of energy, for which oxygen and food are indispensable. In our daily lives, we need a continuous supply of energy to carry out all our vital functions: for the heart to function properly, for the nervous system to function properly, for breathing, for physical activity, for the biosynthetic processes involved in growth, for tissue reproduction and...
If we combine resentful stomachs from overeating during the holidays with lists of resolutions for the new year, slimming diets are one of the most recurrent topics of conversation these days. Getting a drastic reduction of essential nutrients in the middle of winter is like cutting the root of a tree. When the tree lost its leaves in autumn, it was...
If we go back just a few decades, the easy thing in food was to think of fresh, familiar foods, cooked in simple ways and almost always simmered. There was some involvement of the person in the process of picking or selecting, cooking, eating and digesting. Therefore, meals were loaded with vitality and a high concentration of essential nutrients cooked...