Author Archives : Bel Marra Health

Category: Heart Health, Bone Health Meal:Snack Main Ingredients: shrimp, parsley leaves, basil leaves Servings: Makes 12 Instead of purchasing the ketchup and horseradish cocktail sauce to go with your boiled shrimp, make a green dip full of healthy food such as herbs and almonds. Guests will enjoy the twist on a classic shrimp cocktail. Ingredients: ...click here to read more

For over 6,000 years humans have been consuming flaxseeds. Deemed a superfood, flaxseeds grow from a plant which produces a beautiful blue flower. This plant can grow in both tropical and subtropical climates. The fruit pod which is grown contains either golden-yellow seeds or brown seeds. Regardless of their color, flaxseeds aren’t called superfoods for ...click here to read more

What is dietary fibre? Fibre intake is an ongoing subject among many of us. We don’t eat enough, we eat too much, it constipates us, and it makes us go. It’s hard to get the facts straight when it comes to fibre. The bottom line: fibre is essential, and knowing which foods provide high amounts ...click here to read more

Getting a good night’s sleep is important if we want to be productive and happy. Our bodies have been telling us this for years and so have countless sleep studies. Now we’re learning that it’s not just the quality of sleep we get that is vital to our well-being, it’s also the sleep positions we ...click here to read more

In a healthy adult, the heart should average between 60 to 100 beats per minute. Factors which determine heart rate are activity level, exertion of the body and even stress levels. Throughout the day our heartbeats may quicken or slow; this is knows as heart palpitations. Heart palpations can be harmless and merely a response ...click here to read more

There are different types of depression with varying severity of symptoms and longevity. Some may only appear in episodes while others stay around for life. Types of depression include major depression, dysthymia, bipolar disorder, seasonal affective disorder, psychotic depression, postpartum depression, situational depression and atypical depression. Dysthymia, or chronic depression, is a type of depression ...click here to read more

Category: Heart Health, Immune System Meal:Snack Main Ingredients: avocados, chopped herbs Plain guacamole is delish, but you can jazz it up by adding tons of fresh herbs. The herbs are also full of phytonutrients to make a healthy recipe into an extra healthy one. Full of healthy fats, vitamins A and E, folate and potassium, ...click here to read more

Unlike kidney stones, which are solid stone-like forms, kidney cysts are fluid-filled pouches. Although a kidney cyst is generally non-cancerous and harmless, some of them can be associated with kidney disorders which can lead to complications. There are two different types of kidney cyst: polycystic kidney disease (PKD) and simple kidney cysts. PKD is a ...click here to read more