Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles

Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles

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2025
Are You Getting Enough Fiber?

Are You Getting Enough Fiber?

Fiber is crucial for overall health, yet most people don’t consume nearly enough of it. Adults should aim for 14 grams of fiber per 1,000 calories consumed, which means 28 to 34 grams of fiber per day for most men. However, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020–2025 reveal that most people eat less than half of the recommended amount.

2025
Why Are Probiotics Important?

Why Are Probiotics Important?

Your gut isn’t just responsible for digesting food—it plays a crucial role in your overall health. From boosting your immune system to supporting mental well-being, the beneficial bacteria in your gut, known as probiotics, help maintain balance and keep you feeling your best.

2025
Water Lentils: A Sustainable Superfood for the Future

Water Lentils: A Sustainable Superfood for the Future

What Are Water Lentils? Water lentils, also known as duckweed, are small, floating aquatic plants that grow in freshwater environments. Despite their tiny size, they are packed with nutrients, making them a promising food source for the future. These plants are rich in protein, vitamins, and minerals, and their rapid growth allows for high yields with minimal environmental impact.

2025
Protein-Packed Pulses: The Best Plant-Based Sources

Protein-Packed Pulses: The Best Plant-Based Sources

The days when protein was believed to come solely from meat, dairy, and eggs are long gone. Pulses—such as lentils, chickpeas, beans, and peas—are excellent plant-based protein sources, making them a valuable addition to any diet. Whether you follow a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle or simply want to increase your intake of plant-based foods, pulses can help you meet your protein needs.

2025
What is the Carnivore Diet and Is It Safe?

What is the Carnivore Diet and Is It Safe?

The Carnivore Diet is a highly restrictive eating plan that focuses exclusively on animal-based foods. This includes meat, poultry, fish, seafood, eggs, and some dairy products.

2025
The Truth About Gluten: Benefits, Risks, and Who Should Avoid It

The Truth About Gluten: Benefits, Risks, and Who Should Avoid It

What is Gluten? Gluten is a protein naturally found in wheat, barley, rye, and some other grains. It acts as a binding agent, giving dough its elasticity. This is why gluten is essential in products like bread, where its stretchy quality allows the dough to rise without tearing.

2025
Nutrition Tips for a Pleasant New Year's Eve and a Healthy New Year

Nutrition Tips for a Pleasant New Year's Eve and a Healthy New Year

As we prepare to enter the New Year, we often reflect on the past year and set new goals. The ideal, not just for Christmas goals but for all goals, is that what you want to do is achievable.

2025
How to Boost Your Immune System?

How to Boost Your Immune System?

The immune system is our body's most powerful defense mechanism against diseases and infections. Although it works constantly to protect us against harmful microorganisms, this system can be weakened from time to time.

2024
Diabetes and Nutrition

Diabetes and Nutrition

Diabetes is a lifelong disease that develops when the body’s gland called the pancreas does not produce enough insulin hormone or when the insulin hormone it produces cannot be used effectively.

2024
Tips for Healthy Ageing

Tips for Healthy Ageing

Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables.

2024
Happy World Food Day!

Happy World Food Day!

World Food Day is an international day celebrated every year around the world on 16 October to commemorate the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945.

2024
Probiotics and Prebiotics: The Hidden Heroes of Your Gut Health

Probiotics and Prebiotics: The Hidden Heroes of Your Gut Health

Today, gut health, which is considered one of the cornerstones of healthy living, stands out as a critical factor that deeply affects the overall health of our body.

2024
Nutrition Recommendations at School

Nutrition Recommendations at School

Nutrition Recommendations at School

2024
Ways to Protect Your Health in Summer

Ways to Protect Your Health in Summer

Ways to Protect Your Health in Summer

2024
What should be done to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's?

What should be done to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's?

What should be done to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's?

2024
How Can We Prevent Waste in the Kitchen?

How Can We Prevent Waste in the Kitchen?

How Can We Prevent Waste in the Kitchen?

2024
5 Ways to Maintain Heart Health

5 Ways to Maintain Heart Health

5 Ways to Maintain Heart Health

2023
Sabri Ülker Foundation Successfully Completed its Project Where it Draws Attention to Food Waste in Turkey and Malta

Sabri Ülker Foundation Successfully Completed its Project Where it Draws Attention to Food Waste in Turkey and Malta

Sabri Ülker Foundation Successfully Completed its Project Where it Draws Attention to Food Waste in Turkey and Malta

2022
Ramadan Tips

Ramadan Tips

2022
The Fine Line Between Flu and Nutrition

The Fine Line Between Flu and Nutrition

With the arrival of winter, the number of people who cough, sneeze and have a cold on the street, on public transportation, at work and in school is gradually increasing. The headline “Influenza Pandemic at Your Doorstep!” that dominates the newspapers and statements made by the Ministry of Health describing that year’s influenza becomes a part of everyday conversation. Mothers are bundling their kids up excessively, to the point where they can barely walk properly.

2022
Honey: From the Bee to the Jar!

Honey: From the Bee to the Jar!

Honey is a natural ingredient used for its sweetness, energy and potential health benefits. There are hundreds of different honey types such as clover, acacia or manuka, depending on the botanical origin. This article explores how honey is made, describes its composition, and discusses research on its reported health effects.

2018
Physical Activity and Safety Concerns

Physical Activity and Safety Concerns

Physical activity is part of a healthy, balanced lifestyle as it helps individuals to maintain a healthy weight, is beneficial for bone and muscle health, helps with psychological well-being and reduces the risk of certain diseases including cancers, heart disease and diabetes. But it is important to be aware of safety concerns that can be associated with engaging in physical activities.

2018
Nutrition during Ramadan Feast

Nutrition during Ramadan Feast

Pocket money wrapped up in handkerchief, candy for kids who knock the door, drummers, family visits, hand kissing, the feast table, and many other old traditions of Ramadan Feast are replaced with new ones: SMS greetings, package tours, and no-more-welcome kids and drummers at the door.

2016
Energy

Energy

Energy is needed by the body to stay alive, grow, keep warm and move around.

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