Researched for centuries and used as remedies in numerous cultures around the world, tea is a daily beverage in many people’s diets. In many countries, more specifically in Asian countries such as Japan and China, green tea is consumed the … Continue reading New Perspectives on Tea: History, Culture, and Health Aspects
Introduction: Challenging Fat and Health Discourse In the study of anthropology, we can learn many lessons about the things we take for granted. Ideas about health and body image are often thought to be strictly scientific and rigid. However, these … Continue reading Anthropology: Sociocultural Factors Shaping Understandings of Fat and Body Image
This article will be discussing sensitive subjects regarding ritual genital mutilation of females. Some readers may find details disturbing. A six-year-old girl prepares mentally for the excruciating pain she will endure. She hears screams coming from the tent. It is … Continue reading Anthropology: Female Genital Mutilation and Its Gender Roles
Out of many diets and lifestyle trends over centuries, vegetarianism has proved not to be considered a fad in any sort of way. The evolution of this eating style has developed from our ancestors and earns respect for its dietary … Continue reading The Evolution of Vegetarianism
Introduction Over the last few months, there have been quite a few whisperings of Roe v. Wade, a case decided back in 1973, would be overturned by the United States Supreme Court. This case, in which it was decided that … Continue reading Abortion: It’s History and Women’s Right to Choose
Before jumping into the five affordable, offscreen indoor activities that I am going to suggest for your healthy lockdown life, let me tell you why I chose to write on this. For better understanding, I am drawing a simple real-life … Continue reading Indoor Activities to Manage your Pandemic Lockdown Life
Food has been an integral part of the life of mankind since ages. Like breathing, drinking and eating, is a basic survival instinct for all animals born on earth. All the history text books point to the time when early … Continue reading Anthropology: Food Culture in India and its Different Styles
Last month, Croatia won the ITB medical tourism destination award at the ITB NOW Berlin 2021, the world’s leading tourism fair. In light of this achievement, let us explore the medical tourism scene in the country and, learn more about … Continue reading Croatia: A Haven for Medical Tourists
Navigating health-related information is as much a part of taking care of one’s health as going to the doctor. However, the spread of medical misinformation is a major barrier to health literacy in the US. Almost 75% of the adult participants … Continue reading Why Diet and Weight Loss Misinformation is So Rampant in America