Is Peanut Butter Good or Bad? Here’s Science’s Answer.
Like most high-fat foods, peanut butter's had a serious PR problem for the better part of a century!
When studies in the 1940s linked high-fat, high-calorie diets to an increased risk of heart disease, heart attack, and stroke, the world turned its back on all fat-rich foods. Whole food sources of healthy fats, such...
Effect of Spices and Herbs On Your Health: Eat these to Get in Good Shape
Spices and herbs are both of plant origin. Whilst herbs come from the leafy, or green parts of a plant, spices come from the remaining plant material such as the bark, roots, flowers, berries or seeds.
These versatile plant foods have been used across the globe for thousands of years, both in culinary use and...
How to Improve Cognitive Function Through Diet
How to improve cognitive function? A simple question that literally makes the supplement industry bazillions (that’s wayyyy more than billions, btw) of dollars each and every year.
But what does it even mean?
Most people are aware that cognitive function revolves around certain aspects of mental performance, such as memory, learning, and problem-solving.
But what...
Vitamins Guide: What are the Main Vitamins Your Body Needs?
Welcome to Nutrishative's vitamin guide! If you're searching for a basic understanding of what vitamins are and what vitamins do in your body, you have come to the perfect place!
What are Vitamins?
Vitamins are naturally-occurring molecules found in food that have structural and hormonal functions...
The pH of Foods and Its Impact on Your Health According to Research
What Does pH Mean?
If you want to understand how pH impacts your health, you need to know a few basic things about acids and bases.
From your science classes in school, you probably remember some of this. (I actually took chemistry all the way to college level and never asked what pH stood for!...
Healthy Fats and the Omega 6:3 Ratio: Unexpected Ways They Affect Your Health
New research is showing that it's not fat itself that can be dangerous for your health -- its the type of fat. Here, Miranda, one of our resident nutritional scientists, breaks down what we now know about healthy fats and how to get them in your diet!
Powerhouse Fruits and Vegetables Ranked According to Nutrient Density
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently created a list of foods that can reduce the risk of chronic diseases and named them "powerhouse fruits and vegetables" (PFV). These are foods packed with nutrients that help fight diseases and maintain health.
How were the Powerhouse Fruits and Vegetables Ranked?
PFVs recieved their ranking based...
Digestive Enzymes and Overall Health: Can Supplements Be Beneficial?
The Role of Enzymes in The Body
An enzyme is a protein molecule that works as a biological catalyst to speed up chemical reactions in the body.
To put that into perspective, the most enhanced biochemical reaction goes 1017 (one hundred quadrillion) times faster in the...
