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Turns out having garlic breath could be a good thing! Garlic is known for being used for medicinal purposes over the years, but did you know that one of its benefits actually involves improving your gut health? Garlic contains the fibre inulin, which is a prebiotic! Just like prebiotic tablets, the inulin in garlic boosts the good bacteria in your gut. A recent study even found that garlic reduced the negative impacts of high-fat diets! So, while vampires will probably want to stay away from this health advice, for garlic-lovers, add that extra clove or two (or three) and reap the benefits of that extra dose of good gut bacteria! What’s your favourite dish to add lots of garlic to?

Jenna Wassell
Food & Drink

With cold weather and rainy weekends ahead of us, it’s officially baking season! But baking doesn’t have to mean high-calorie, sugar-filled treats. Here’s 5 easy ingredient swaps to make your baking healthy! 1. Mashed avocado for butter 2. Chia seeds for egg 3. Black beans for flour 4. Agave or honey for sugar 5. Cacao nibs for chocolate chips All these ingredients can be combined in just about any recipe. While you might need to adjust preparation and cooking times to accomodate for the new ingredients, they’re all natural, healthy alternatives. Tell us in the comments what your easy baking swaps are!

Nick McDonald
Food & Drink

Always sprinkling an extra shake or two of salt onto your meal? Turns out this common practice (why else do we have salt and pepper shakers on the table?!) could drastically reduce your life expectancy. A new study has revealed that perpetual salt-adders could be cutting their lives short by up to 1000 days. Or, 1.5 years for women and 2.28 years off men by the time they’re 50. While this new statistic is surprising, it also brings to light the fact that only 20% of our salt intake comes from adding salt to meals… the other 80% comes from the meals themself! So, while you can cut out that extra 20% by putting down the salt shaker at mealtime, your meals won’t completely lack the flavour-enhancer altogether… it’ll just heavily decrease the risk that extra bit of salt makes.

Jenna Wassell