Food & Health
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![How Long Should You Wait To Eat After Working Out](https://t1.uc.ltmcdn.com/en/posts/4/5/1/how_long_should_you_wait_to_eat_after_working_out_9154_300_150.jpg)
Eating a healthy and balanced diet is the perfect companion for exercising. It is important to complement your workouts with a good diet if you want to see good results. There are many opinions on whether you should eat or not before a workout and how much time you should leave between eating and exercising....
![How To Tell If Food Is Spoiled](https://t2.uc.ltmcdn.com/en/posts/9/2/1/how_to_tell_if_food_is_spoiled_9129_300_150.jpg)
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Eating fresh is important for you and your family. If you end up eating spoiled food, you may keep feeling sick for a few hours, or even reach a hospital with fatal complications. If you are cleaning out your refrigerator, and find some food you have not touched for long, then do you know how to tell if...
![How To Cook Quinoa In The Microwave](https://t2.uc.ltmcdn.com/en/posts/0/1/0/how_to_cook_quinoa_in_the_microwave_8010_300_150.jpg)
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Do you know how to cook quinoa? This is a food that has become very popular in recent years thanks to its health benefits, in addition to its many possibilities and delicious taste. It is a vegetable rich in fibre, protein and fatty acids essential for our body. Would you like to try this food? If you...
![How To Replace Bread In Your Diet](https://t1.uc.ltmcdn.com/en/posts/5/4/1/how_to_replace_bread_in_your_diet_7145_300_150.jpg)
Whenever we want to start a diet to lose weight or simply to keep fit we have to ask the same question: what to do about bread? Bread is a food that is usually taken out of hypocaloric diets and it can be hard to know how to replace it. Eating bread at meal times helps us feel more satiated and satisfied....
![How To Keep Cucumbers Fresh](https://t2.uc.ltmcdn.com/en/posts/7/9/8/how_to_keep_cucumbers_fresh_6897_300_150.jpg)
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Keeping our food as fresh as the first day we got them is very important, not only to take advantage of all the vitamins and nutrients but also to enjoy the flavor of our vegetables, fruit, etc. The problem is that some foods, such as cucumbers, spoil easily if not properly looked after. Do you need some...
![What Are the Best Fermented Foods to Eat?](https://t2.uc.ltmcdn.com/en/posts/1/4/5/what_are_the_best_fermented_foods_to_eat_8541_300_150.jpg)
You would argue that the best food to eat is the one that is fresh. But the concept of fermented foods has changed the entire notion. In the process of fermentation, ingredients like cucumbers and cabbage are kept idle for long periods of time, until their carbohydrates and sugars turn into bacteria...
![How To Make Soy Yogurt At Home](https://t2.uc.ltmcdn.com/en/posts/4/5/0/how_to_make_soy_yogurt_at_home_6054_300_150.jpg)
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Soy yogurt is an alternative to classic yoghurt that is great for people with a lactose intolerance or allergy or for people who want to follow a healthy and natural diet. For vegans and vegetarians, soy is one of the best meat and animal milk substitutes as it has a high content of vegetable protein and...
![How to sterilise jars for canning without a canner](https://t2.uc.ltmcdn.com/en/posts/8/0/8/how_to_sterilise_jars_for_canning_without_a_canner_4808_300_150.jpg)
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Preserving food in cans is a good way to keep it in great condition for a long period of time. In the supermarket there are a lot of products packaged using this method, but we can also can our own fruit, vegetables, etc. To do this, you will need to use a sterilisation process for the jars beforehand...
![How to make syrup](https://t1.uc.ltmcdn.com/en/posts/4/8/9/how_to_make_syrup_3984_300_150.jpg)
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In many recipes, especially desserts, we use syrup as an ingredient. But do you know what it is exactly? It is nothing more than sugar dissolved in water and boiled until it has a syrup texture. So you can make it yourself at home, don't miss this OneHowTo recipe in which we show you how to make syrup.
![Negative Calorie Food list](https://t2.uc.ltmcdn.com/en/posts/4/6/2/negative_calorie_food_list_2264_300_150.jpg)
There are a number of foods that use more calories when being processed by the digestive system than those given to us when we eat them. These foods are known as negative calories that, although the term is not strictly correct as there are no foods as such and all contain calories, the result of their...
![How to make tomato sauce to preserve in a jar](https://t1.uc.ltmcdn.com/en/posts/3/4/9/how_to_make_tomato_sauce_to_preserve_in_a_jar_1943_300_150.jpg)
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There are many days that we get home from work and are pressed for time. So we opt for a quick-meal, such as a pasta dish but we always have to use this shop-bought tomato sauce that we don't like or some other kind of pre-made sauce.Well, no longer! In this article we show you how you can make tomato...
![What are Cold-Water Fish](https://t1.uc.ltmcdn.com/en/posts/3/0/0/what_are_cold_water_fish_2003_300_150.jpg)
Often we hear that cold-water fish are very beneficial to our health, contributing Omega 3 and essential fatty acids that protect your heart, also benefiting the appearance of our skin and hair. Cold-water fish are also low in calories and saturated fat, so they are an excellent alternative to animal...
![How to Seal Glass Jars to Preserve Food](https://t2.uc.ltmcdn.com/en/posts/5/2/1/how_to_seal_glass_jars_to_preserve_food_2125_300_150.jpg)
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Sealing glass jars is very important to prevent food from becoming spoiled. There are many different techniques to preserve food, and one of the most common is vacuum sealing or packaging. There are various ways to carry it out, but most households choose to do it by sealing glass jars.
Reusing glass...
![How to Eat Raw Oats](https://t1.uc.ltmcdn.com/en/posts/4/4/7/how_to_eat_raw_oats_744_300_150.jpg)
Oats are one of the best sources of fibre available, and therefore the perfect choice to regulate intestinal transit, reduce cholesterol levels in the blood and lower levels of glucose in our body, in turn helping to prevent heart problems and diseases like diabetes. Moreover they are full of healthy nutrients,...