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@mirjamsvideos Jan 16, 2025, 12:42 PM UTC

The Benefits of Dietary Fiber for Our Health

Research suggests that our ancestors in the Paleolithic era ate about 100 grams of fiber per day. Nowadays, the average person consumes only about 15 grams. This big difference can have significant c…

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@mirjamsvideos Jan 9, 2025, 7:47 PM UTC

Foods for a Better Mood

Did you know that what you eat can have a powerful impact on how you feel? The connection between diet and mood is rooted in science. Certain foods help boost neurotransmitters—chemical messengers in…

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@mirjamsvideos Jan 9, 2025, 7:42 PM UTC

The role of fats in your body

Like the other nutrients, fats are made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. However, their hydrogen-to-oxygen ratio does not match that of water, which is why water and fat do not mix but repel each…

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@mirjamsvideos Nov 14, 2024, 3:28 PM UTC

Can your diet help you cope better with stress?

Does too much coffee make you feel agitated, or does a lot of sugar make you jumpy or drowsy? If so, then you have firsthand experience proving that food can affect how you feel beyond just feeling s…

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@mirjamsvideos Oct 24, 2024, 7:04 PM UTC

Why Proteins Matter: Building Blocks for a Healthy Body and Mind

There are thousands of different proteins. Wheat gluten, maize gluten, zein, and albumin are some examples. Any food or living organism contains at least one protein. Eggs and seeds may have one to a…

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@mirjamsvideos Sep 29, 2024, 1:48 PM UTC

The True Cost of Food Waste and How to Tackle It at Home - International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 29 September

Did you know that over 1 billion meals are wasted globally every day, while 783 million people continue to face hunger? That’s not just a statistic—it's a stark reminder of the inequalities we face i…

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@mirjamsvideos Sep 27, 2024, 11:46 AM UTC

Do Women Need to Eat Carbs to Have a Healthy Period?

Pause. Please take a moment to consider the above question and try to answer it. It’s okay if you don’t know the exact answer—just make your best guess. Great! Now, how do you feel about carbs in gen…

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@mirjamsvideos Aug 25, 2024, 7:39 PM UTC

Carbohydrates: Why do we need them?

Our foods are made up of many different components. We can roughly put them in these categories: phytonutrients, vitamins, minerals, water, fibre, fat, carbohydrates, protein, and even natural toxins…

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@mirjamsvideos Jul 14, 2024, 2:21 PM UTC

Watermelon ~ Food as Medicine

Summer is on its way, and melons are coming back in stores. That is, if you find yourself in the northern hemisphere of our planet. Over here in the Amazon rainforest, we are actually in winter, whic…

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@mirjamsvideos Jun 23, 2024, 6:09 PM UTC

Organic, biological, ecological, local, seasonal, regenerative... Does it really make a difference what you eat?

Yes, it does! Try to imagine the following: fresh peas that you got from a nearby small farm. No synthetic fertilisers or pesticides were used. The farmer says they grew along with some basil and mar…

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