Guar Gum is a food thickener made with natural elements. It is considered similar to cornstarch, locust bean gum and tapioca flour. Guar gum is well known for having more thickening characteristics and effects on products compared to other thickeners. What’s more it can do it at a more cost efficient...
So you've finally decided to get off your ass and try your hand at cooking — but what the hell do you stock your kitchen with? What ingredients are awesome to have around? Which bits and pieces can be used in everything, bought cheaply, and last well? These 18 ingredients are key to a well-stocked...
The world is out to get you. That's how I ended up feeling after compiling this list of horrifying, permanently scarring, eternally terrifying rare diseases. Genetic, infectious, parasitic and everything in-between, these 15 diseases scar their victims for life and scar us mentally having looked...
There are many unique characteristics differentiating one person from the next. People like to say that is what makes life interesting. But no matter how many facets of ourselves are unique, there are always going to be some in which we share a commonality with a percentage of the population....
Keratin is a tough insoluble fibrous protein that is the main structural constituent of epidermal tissues like hair, nails, horns, hooves, feathers, claws, and bills. Keratin contains large amount of sulfur especially cysteine. Eating a lot of carotene rich food like carrots is important for making...
Xanthan gum sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, but it actually has quite mundane origins. The term actually comes from a kind of bacteria called Xanthomonas campestris. This bacteria is the culprit behind the icky, black rot that can form around leafy vegetables and cauliflower...
Eczema is an ailment which includes a wide array of skin conditions. As if having one type of eczema isn’t uncomfortable enough, you can develop more than one type of eczema at the same time. There are many common factors in the different types of eczema; the symptoms, causes and treatments are...
Gelatin is a staple in healthy diets and school cafeterias around the world. Most people think it’s made of animal hooves and horns. That’s not true. That renders keratin; gelatin is made from collagen, which is collected from the skins and bones of pigs and cattle. Basically, these are boiled...
Skin diseases are difficult conditions to live with, to say the very least. Though some skin diseases may cause minimal discomfort, the visual effects of the conditions can cause significant self esteem and confidence issues. The majority of skin diseases cause scarring or disfigurement. Skin...
Losing one’s hair is something that no one wants to experience. Both men and women can experience hair loss, although men tend to suffer from it more. Hair loss can be due to a variety of reasons, some of the most popular are genetics, high levels of emotional stress, poor nutrition, and physical...
