The craving to eat something sugary, greasy, and crunchy is hard to resist for any individual. The reason is simple: they taste incredible. However, some of these foods can wreak havoc on your health. They can cause diseases like obesity, type-2 diabetes, and other cardiovascular problems since most foods contain outrageous calories but little nutritious value. Switching to healthy food and exercising is the only way to keep such diseases at bay.

If you have made up your mind to start leading a healthy life, you have to break the toxic cycle of eating fried and processed foods and move to a nutritious diet. But how do you decide what to eat to gain back your strength? The word superfood should sound like the best answer. Superfoods are foods that contain a high volume of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants and very few calories. However, there is a common misconception that most superfoods are expensive and hard to cook. In reality, some of the most common ingredients you can find turn out to be superfoods.

According to the United Nations, the world produces enough food to feed the entire population easily. Yet, there are 811 million chronically malnourished people across the globe. The primary reason for this alarming number around the world is excessive food wastage. You would be astonished to know that around 2.5 billion tonnes of food is wasted worldwide each year. 

In light of this fact, reducing food wastage is the only practical way to tackle world hunger. 

Read on to know more some eye-opening food wastage facts and figures in Canada and worldwide.