New vegetables are young vegetables that appear for the first time in the season. They are a great source of vitamins and minerals that our bodies ask for after winter - especially if it lasts a long time. These include primarily radishes, cucumbers, chives, spring onions, tomatoes, dill, lettuce, parsley and lettuce. Their cultivation period lasts [...]

The thing about asparagus is that as soon as they appear in stores and stalls, they are gone. The season for them is very short - it lasts from April to June. So it's worth not missing it and eating enough - you don't have to worry about calories, because there are few of them, [...]

EVERY YEAR, THE GRILL SEASON STARTS AT THE EARLY OF MAY. In gardens, parks, on allotments, groups of people feast at grills usually full of sausages, pork necks or black puddings, accompanied by light bread and often mayonnaise-based sauces, all washed down with cold beer. Grilling itself is not the healthiest method of heat treating food. During this process, they secrete [...]

DIETARY CHANGES CAN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE RISK OF COLON CANCER IN PEOPLE AT HIGH RISK According to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, people at high risk of colorectal cancer can reduce their risk by up to 40% by reducing the consumption of red and processed meat and increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables. Scientists compared the results regarding […]

Melanoma is the 7th most common malignancy in men and the 8th most common cancer in women. Every year, approximately 50-60 thousand new cases of skin cancer are reported in Poland. It is estimated that approximately 3,500 new cases of melanoma are currently diagnosed, and the rate of increase in the incidence is constantly increasing (according to data from the National Cancer Registry). There is a constant increase in the incidence of melanoma [...]

According to a study published in the journal Cancer, Seventh-day Adventists who frequently eat a plant-based diet have a lower risk of developing cancer and dying from any cause. Researchers compared all-cause mortality and cancer incidence rates in participants in the Adventist Health Study-2 (AHS-2) with the general U.S. population documented in statistics. Rates of early deaths and morbidity [...]

According to a study published in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health, plant-based diets are associated with a less severe course of COVID-19. Scientists surveyed health care workers with high exposure to coronavirus patients in six countries about their eating habits and the course of COVID. Participants who ate a plant-based diet were as much as 73% less likely to have moderate to severe […]

ACCORDING TO THE NIH-AARP DIET AND HEALTH STUDY OF OVER 175,000 MEN, MEAT CONSUMPTION INCREASES THE RISK OF PROSTATE CANCER. IT WAS SHOWN THAT MEN WHO CONSUMED THE MOST RED MEAT HAD AS MUCH AS 30% INCREASED RISK OF CANCER COMPARED TO THOSE WHO CONSUMED THE LEAST. PROCESSED RED MEAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A 10 PERCENT […]

FIRST, I WOULD LIKE EACH OF US TO ASK OURSELVES A QUESTION: WHAT DOES PREVENTION MEAN TO ME AND WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME I WAS FOR PREVENTIVE TESTS? PREVENTION MEANS SECONDARY PREVENTION AND SCREENING TESTS, BUT ALSO PRIMARY PREVENTION, WHICH CONSISTS OF CONSTITUTION OF CORRECT HEALTHY LIFESTYLE PATTERNS, E.G. TAKING CARE OF YOUR DIET, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY… BUT ALSO PREVENTION, WHICH CONCERN […]

THE KETOGENIC DIET, which involves a radical reduction in carbohydrates in favor of fats, has been gaining popularity recently. IS THERE REALLY A JUSTIFICATION FOR THE HURRAOPTIMISM AROUND THIS CONTROVERSIAL NUTRITIONAL MODEL? WHAT ARE THE MAIN ASSUMPTIONS OF THE KETOGENIC DIET AND WHY CAN IT BE DANGEROUS TO HEALTH IN THE LONG TERM? THE KETOGENIC DIET WAS FIRST USED IN 1921 IN THE TREATMENT OF […]