Eating chocolate when dieting helps accelerate weight loss

Eating chocolate when dieting helps accelerate weight loss

Combining greed and weight loss is possible. This is what a German study of the Institute of diet and health of Mainz published in the International Archives of Medicine reveals. This piece of research demonstrates that by adding 42 g of dark chocolate with 81 percent cocoa content to their daily diet, people lost 10

Jamie Oliver’s petition for better food in schools

Jamie Oliver’s petition for better food in schools

Obesity is a worldwide widespread disease. Such condition occurs when the intake of calories exceeds the amount of calories burnt. Obesity is due by poor nutrional education, sedentary lifestyle and other causes, such as genetic predisposition, family environment and social and economic conditions. Obese or overweight children do not necessarily eat too much, but they

Chive pancakes

Chive pancakes

    Ingredients 150 g of flour A pinch of salt 1/2 teaspoonful baking powder 1/4 teaspoonful baking soda 200 g of milk 1 egg 40 g of melted butter 20 g of fresh chives     Combine the flour, the salt, the baking powder and the baking soda. Separately, blend the milk, the egg

Mejadra

Mejadra

  Ingredients 250 g of green or brown lentils 200 g of basmati rice 4 medium-sized onions 3 spoonful of flour 2 teaspoonful of cumin 1/2 spoonful of coriander seeds half a teaspoonful of powdered turmeric 1 teaspoonful of grinded Jamaican pepper 1 teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon 1 teaspoonful of sugar 250 ml of sunflower

5 bad cooking habits

5 bad cooking habits

When you suddenly suffer from stomachache, nausea, dysentery or abdominal cramps, you often blame the restaurant or the canteen where you have just eaten. Actually, experts claim that our kitchens are the places where hygienic and sanitary risks are higher. It’s here that, as a result of bad habits, contamination, microbial proliferation in food products

Banana bread

Banana bread

  Ingredients 70 g of melted butter 3 ripe bananas 1 egg 60 g of sugar 160 g of flour 1 teaspoonful of baking soda 1 teaspoonful of baking powder A pinch of salt       Heat the oven to 180°C. Peel the bananas and smash them with a fork in a large bowl.

Beetroot salad

Beetroot salad

  Ingredients for 4 people 1 big beetroot 2 oranges seasonal fresh lettuce walnuts salt and pepper extra virgin olive oil     Preheat the oven to 200°. Wash the beetroot with fresh water and dry it with blotting paper. Cut the lettuce leaves, leaving 2.5cm of stem. Put the beetroot in aluminium foil with

Vegetarian cabbage rolls

Vegetarian cabbage rolls

Ingredients for 12 rolls 6 cabbage leaves 200 g of mixed dried fruit 150 g of quinoa Salt, pepper, and oil Preparation Wash the cabbage leaves and clean them removing the midrib. Blanch them in boiling water for 3 minutes. Drain the leaves and put them in a bowl with water and ice in order

Sugar and tooth decay, the truth after 40 years

Sugar and tooth decay, the truth after 40 years

It is a well-known fact that sugar causes tooth decay and since 1950 research demonstrated it unequivocally. Despite this widespread reality, American leading sugar companies managed to influence the draft of the National programme for dental care, written in 1971 during Richard Nixon’s presidency.     What happened? In 1960 the U.S. government led a

Saffron and pistachio biscuits

Saffron and pistachio biscuits

Ingredients 80 g of muscovado (a type of brown sugar) 120 ml of olive oil 300 g spelt flour 1 pinch of salt Chopped pistachio A few pistils of saffron   Let the pistils of saffron infuse for at least two hours in a quarter-full glass of water. Add the sugar, flour, salt and olive