15 Sodium-Rich Foods: Benefits & Risks HealthifyMe Blog HealthifyMe Blog - The definitive guide to weight loss, fitness and living a healthier life. Sodium is present in almost everything you eat and drink. It may be present naturally in various foods or supplemented with many foods during production. The most common form of sodium that we consume in our daily lives is salt, 40% sodium and 60% chloride. People use it in both home and restaurant cooking as a flavouring ingredient. For a long time, salt has been associated with hypertension, which causes damage to the blood vessels and arteries when persistently increased. As a result, your chance of developing cardiovascular disease, stroke, heart failure, and renal disease rises. Several...
Going out for Valentine’s Day gets a lot of hype. However, restaurant reservations are a bit harder to come by in today’s era, and you might not want to head out in a crowd, anyway. Why not plan a more exclusive evening with that someone special? Here are five tips for a romantic Valentine’s Day at home. 1. Plan the Menu Valentine’s Day means plenty of champagne if you and your sweetheart indulge. The best part? Celebrating at home means popping a bottle of your favorite bubbly without worrying about a potential DUI. You can feel good about making the responsible choice. You’ll want to go no-holds-barred with your meal selection, but that doesn’t necessarily mean slaving over the stove...
20 Different Types of Fern Plants for Your Garden Thanks to their leaves’ unique architectural design, ferns have become a popular decorative piece in offices, home gardens, and living rooms. Are you looking for something pretty and natural to add to your interior home décor or garden? If so, you should try the easy-to-grow fern plant that is both breathtaking and easy to maintain. Below, we have outlined 20 different types of ferns and useful tips to help you incorporate them into your garden. Definition of a Fern According to Home Stratosphere, ferns are vascular non-flowering plants that belong to the Pteridophyta division. There are approximately 10,560 different species of ferns and, while this is remarkable, you will also be...
A great way to use up all your veggie offcuts is to turn them into vegetable stock. Whatever veggies you have leftover, carrot and onions skins, celery offcuts, mushrooms, leeks – asparagus – whatever! Veggies to avoid though would be leafy greens, brassicas, potatoes and squash. Also avoid using browning or mouldy vegetables – they might give the stock a bitter or off flavour. For this recipe I used: Onions (skins, the base with the root still on it, offcuts) Carrots (Carrots skins or tops or whole) Celery (The base, stalk or leaves – just make sure everything is clean from dirt) Leek (any or all parts) Mushroom (any or all parts) Bay Leaves (a couple is fine) Black Peppercorns...
I know it’s hard to wrap your head around it, but not everyone likes universally favorite things like taking a bath or watching The Bachelor. And when I say universally, I mean things that are great conversation starters, conversation silence killers, and friendship boosters. You just can’t go wrong by talking about them, or so we believe. But it turns out, we forgot the crucial rule. There are as many likes and dislikes as there are people on this planet, and that’s a whole lot too much to count. So when someone asked on r/AskReddit “What do you think is disgusting that everyone else seems to like?" people finally had a chance to voice their unpopular opinions. The responses are...
