The Tao of Good Health

Recently, TIME magazine published an online article that discussed a few reasons why sometimes we *feel* hungry even though we might have fed ourselves enough food. Awareness of these factors is important if you are trying to cut down on calories and mastering your appetite. The ways in which you can reduce your appetite […]

Here are 15 easy and practical ways to suppress the feeling of “I want more food” and to develop eating habits that will go a long way in maintaining good health.
Not all tips will be universally applicable to everyone, so pick and choose according to what suits you. Wherever possible, I have tried […]

Looks like some people took the banana advice too seriously.
Just read this snippet on BBC:
An Indian suspect was forced by police to eat 50 bananas as a laxative, to retrieve a necklace he was accused of stealing and swallowing.
Police say he snatched a gold necklace worth £550 ($1,100) from a woman as […]

Did you know that most French fries and potato chips contain insane levels of acrylamide?
OK, wait. First, what’s acrylamide?
Acrylamide is a chemical substance and is *known* to be a carcinogen. The problem here is that, at present, acrylamide has been confirmed to cause cancers only in laboratory animals. Human tests are in progress, […]

Before we start discussing the health benefits of bananas, here is some nutritional information for a serving of banana (source - these numbers can be slightly different when obtained from a different source):
Serving size = 1 medium sufficiently ripe banana [about 7″ long and 126 grams (0.28 pounds) in weight]
Total Fat = 0 g; […]