WEEK 3 Agricultural Science. S.S.S 1 First Term TOPIC: Nutrition and health In everyday usage, a vegetable is any part of a plant that is consumed by humans as food as part of a savoury course or meal. The term "vegetable" is somewhat arbitrary, and largely defined through culinary and cultural tradition. It normally excludes other [...]
It's certainly not okay when you always feel like a bottomless pit for no obvious reason. Hunger is the physiological need for calories, water and salt, and it's driven by a mix of factors, including your diet, appetite hormones and emotional factors. Figuring out why you can't stop shovelling it down is important, because excess [...]
It's no secret that eating hamburgers and fries could affect your waist line but new research has found it can also take a toll on your brain. Researchers found that higher intake of a western diet by 14-year-olds had scored lower in cognitive tasks by the age of 17. Within the western dietary patterns, the [...]
What would a healthy diet based on scientific evidence look like? Rodney Bilton, emeritus professor of biochemistry at Liverpool John Moores University, has spent 15 years finding out - and discovered startling facts about what to eat to be slim and healthy... Dailymail reports. Eat unripe bananas Green bananas, along with whole grains, vegetables and fibre, [...]
Bananas contain three natural sugars – sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world’s leading athletes. But energy [...]