Cravings are a very common phenomenon and sugar cravings are among the most common especially with women. If they are not properly managed, they could lead to over-consumption of calories. Here are some alternatives that are both sweet and nutritious. Date Fruits Date Fruits are dried fruits from the date palm tree and they are a…

If your blood sugar stays over 240, it is too high. Usually, high blood sugar occurs slowly, when an individual does not have enough insulin in the body. It can also happen if you miss taking your diabetes medicine or eat too much without enough physical exercise. Sometimes, medications taken for other health problems may…

Anxiety is a common disorder in this day and age that a number of people can relate to. Health practitioners around the world have dedicated their time and lives to extensive research on anxiety and panic attacks. Although there is no known cure, they have been able to come up with methods to help reduce…

In fact, a single bottle of soft drink has 12 teaspoons of sugar, which is twice the recommended daily limit of sugar intake which is 6 teaspoons; and that is just one bottle!

Bottled water, however, seems harmless. But dentists warn that is not always the case. Some of the most popular brands of bottled waters have dangerous pH levels and lack essential fluoride, which can cause cavities.

When did you last go a day without sugar? It is public health enemy number one, so perhaps it has been some time since you last had a chocolatey treat, doughnut or a syrup dosed milky coffee. Maybe you've stopped buying white sugar, granulated or in powder. But before you get too smug, think again.…

Millions of men could be making themselves anxious and depressed by eating too much sugar, research suggests. Males who eat more than 67g a day have a 23 per cent increased risk of developing the blues after five years.

Sugar may be bad not only for your teeth and your waistline, but also your mental health, claimed a study Thursday that was met with scepticism by other experts.

Skin care products are sometimes packed with all sorts of chemicals, most of which we can barely pronounce. For most people, the idea of taking good care of their skin is imagined to be a strenuous process, followed by some “foreign” expensive products. Most likely suggested by friends, family, colleagues and sometimes- random strangers, these products…

Stakeholders in the sugar industry have unveiled measures to check the importation of the product in the country. The move is aimed at boosting the local production capacity of sugar.