5 mistakes you shouldn’t make when preparing a main-course salad

5 mistakes you shouldn’t make when preparing a main-course salad

To prepare a main-course salad you should follow a few simple rules. Sometimes people don’t abide strictly by the recommended amount of ingredients and they double or, on the contrary, half one of them. These wrong proportions change substantially the benefits of our main-course salad: e.g. it can be too high in calories or poor

5 natural detox drinks

5 natural detox drinks

Cleansing the accumulations of toxins in the body helps increasing energy levels and general wellness. Moreover, detoxification is connected to a sense of lightness and loss of “puffiness”. In the book 7-Day Detox Miracle, Sara Faye, Stephen Barrie and Peter Bennett explain that body cleansing can improve the functions of the entire body. According to

Couscous and herbs salad

Couscous and herbs salad

Ingredients for 2 people 200 g of couscous 1/2 red pepper 1 tablespoon of celery’s leaves, chopped 1 tablespoon of coriander, chopped 1 sprig of rosemary 3 tablespoons of fresh parsley, chopped 3 tablespoons of fresh mint, chopped 1 teaspoonful of ginger, chopped 1/2 teaspoonful of grated lemon peel juice of 1/2 lemon 1 red

7 foods to lower inflammation and reduce belly fat

7 foods to lower inflammation and reduce belly fat

Fruits and vegetable All types of fruits and vegetables are rich in fibers and antioxidants. You should be eating them in profusion every day if you want to relieve a chronic inflammation. The essential thing is to buy fresh, colourful, and in season vegetables. Legumes and wholegrain cereals They control the insulin response; insulin resistance

Cream soup with carrots and cinnamon

Cream soup with carrots and cinnamon

Ingredients for 4 servings   500 g of carrots 200 g of potatoes 3 small leeks 3 laurel leaves 1 sprig of thyme 1 spoonful of powdered cinnamon 2 teaspoonful of brown whole sugar extra virgin olive oil salt pepper   Preparation   Bring to a boil a litre of water in a big pot.

Turmeric, the spice that keeps us young

Turmeric, the spice that keeps us young

Turmeric is a tropical root already well-known in medicine for its many healing properties and its long and culinary tradition in the East.   Lately, it has been object of study for its anti-ageing properties: laboratory analysis conducted by Italian researchers at CNR in Catania, the University of Catania and the University of Pavia as

Turmeric, how to use it in cooking

Turmeric, how to use it in cooking

Turmeric: it owes its bright yellow colour to curcumin, a powerful antioxidant with anti-ageing properties. In ethno-medicine it is considered one of the plants with the most healing properties (mainly the fresh root): it is an anti-inflammatory substance par excellence, it detoxifies the blood, it prevents the development of tumours and it protects the liver.

Turmeric, a powerful anti-cancer spice

Turmeric, a powerful anti-cancer spice

Turmeric, a spice already studied by scientists for its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, is also a powerful anti-tumour ingredient. An American study shows that this yellow root slow the growth of melanoma, the skin cancer caused by long sun exposure, and boosts apoptosis, i.e. the death of cancer cells.   Turmeric is available pure in