Nutrition Corner

Food trends for better health in the remaining months of 2023: If food is the medicine then health is the compass so, embrace these food trends as they hold the power to transform your life, nourishing both body and soul

Oatmeal Is Good for You and Here's Why: Oatmeal is a great addition to a healthy meal plan.

Recipe for The Day

Baked Corned Beef & Cabbage: Corned beef is brisket that has been pickled in spices for days, but it is often high in sodium. To help control the salt level, we use pickling spice—a blend featuring mustard seed, coriander and black pepper—to achieve a similar flavor. A medley of cabbage, potatoes and carrots rounds out the dish for a hearty, cozy meal.

Lifestyle & Fitness Focus

Top 4 Benefits of Collagen

• May improve skin health: Collagen is a major component of your skin. It plays a role in strengthening skin, as well as in elasticity and hydration. As you age, your body produces less collagen, leading to dry skin and the formation of wrinkles.

• May relieve joint pain: As you age, the amount of collagen in your body decreases, and your risk increases for joint disorders such as osteoarthritis. Some studies suggest that collagen supplements may help improve symptoms of osteoarthritis and reduce overall joint pain. A review of studies in people with osteoarthritis found that taking collagen led to significant improvements in joint stiffness but not pain or functional limitation.

• May prevent bone loss: Your bones are made mostly of collagen. As you age, collagen deteriorates, and your bone mass decreases. This may lead to conditions such as osteoporosis, which is characterized by low bone density and a higher risk of bone fractures. Research suggests collagen supplements may help inhibit the bone breakdown that leads to osteoporosis.

• May promote heart health: Researchers have theorized that collagen supplements may help reduce the risk of heart conditions. Collagen provides structure to your arteries, the blood vessels that carry blood from your heart to the rest of your body.

3 tips for healthy, strong nails, according to dermatologists

• Keep your hands clean: We all know to wash our hands frequently to stop the spread of germs. But it also plays a crucial role in our nail health, as it helps keep nail infections at bay. And don’t forget to follow up with hand cream!

• Trim your nails regularly: Long nails might look nice, but they should be cut if they aren’t healthy. This means filing breaks and prioritizing health over length.

• Eat right: Weak nails can sometimes be a sign of a vitamin deficiency. Increase your consumption of foods high in biotin, which helps contribute to healthy nails.

3 best fermented foods/drinks to improve gut health

• Kombucha: This unique drink is made by adding bacteria and yeast to sweetened tea and allowing it to ferment for several days. The bacteria and yeast feed on the sugar, producing acetic acid, other acidic compounds and gases that make kombucha fizzy.

• Miso: This traditional Japanese seasoning is produced by fermenting soya beans with salt and koji – rice fermented with the fungus aspergillus oryzae – over a long period of time. To make koji, aspergillus oryzae is mixed with steamed rice and the fungus produces enzymes that break down rice starches into sugars, and proteins into amino acids.

• Tempeh: Tempeh is made by the fermentation of soya beans, a process that binds them together in a cake-like form. Because tempeh is made with whole soya beans, it retains all their nutrients and is therefore a good source of protein, healthy fats, carbohydrates, fibre, B vitamins (but not B12), vitamin K, iron, calcium, magnesium and some other minerals.

4 Floor Workouts To Boost Your Muscular Endurance & Fitness

• Workout #1: Side Plank with Leg Lifts. Side Planks with Leg Lift Holds. Side Planks with Lower Leg Lifts. The side plank with leg lift is an engaging exercise to intensify your core and hip strength. This movement targets your obliques, abs, and glutes and elevates it from a primary floor exercise to a versatile warm-up movement. Its dual role as a strength-building exercise enhances muscular endurance and fitness levels.

• Workout #2: Bodyweight Renegade Rows. Dumbbell Renegade Rows. Single-Arm Renegade Rows. Renegade rows will engage your lats, upper back, biceps, abs, and hips. This dynamic exercise demands core engagement and upper-body rowing, offering a workout that targets multiple muscle groups in a single fluid movement. The recruitment of numerous muscle groups to execute each rep enhances your muscular endurance and fitness.

• Workout #3: Glute Bridges. Extended Glute Bridges. Single-Leg Glute Bridges. Glute bridges and their variations stand out as exceptional exercises for targeting the major muscle groups—specifically your glutes and hamstrings—in the lower body. These movements enhance muscular endurance and overall fitness and increase strength and stability for the core and hip joints. What makes glute bridges even more appealing is their versatility; they can be easily modified to target specific muscles or intensify the workout for continuous development.

• Workout #4: Pushups. T Pushups. Close Grip Pushups. Pushups stand out as the most effective upper-body movement on the floor, offering a powerful way to elevate fitness levels and enhance muscular endurance. This versatile exercise is easily adjustable and adaptable to various training goals and environments. With diverse variations available to increase and regress the challenge, pushups effectively target multiple muscle groups in the upper body, including the chest, shoulders, triceps, and core.

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