People no longer ask, what is the best way to guard against heart disease? but rather how do I keep my cholesterol in check? Did anyone stop to ask is this still the right questions? I did and I didn’t like what I found… It is a given that cholesterol is the bad guy in …
Hay fever may not be such an issue this year because of the weather, but there are still millions of people suffering respiratory allergies everyday. I personally used to suffer terribly allergies. I was one of those people that would wake up and immediately start sneezing. Cats and horses were a nightmare to be around. It …
Why? Because calories don’t measure nutrients and if your body hasn’t got all the nutrients it needs you are always going to be hungry! The best way to get your body to its natural, ideal weight is: 1. Eat nutrient dense foods 2. Eat plenty of healthy oils 3. Take nutrient dense supplements 4. Cut …
Diabetes, a modern epidemic? Yes. An incurable disease? Maybe not… It is estimated that nearly 1 in 20 people in the UK have diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes. Of those 90% have type II diabetes and only 10% the ‘incurable’ type I. Our pancreas produces the hormone insulin – necessary for keeping our blood glucose levels …
Omegas 3 & 6 Omegas 3 and 6 are called Essential Fatty Acids (EFA’s), simply meaning that we must eat them in our diet because we can’t make them from other fats/oils. Also essential because we make many fats, hormones and other substances from them. Omegas 3 and 6 are the only essential fats in …
What’s in your Lunch Box? Whether you are a kid or an adult its important your lunch box is enticing. There’s nothing worse when you’re 13 than being teased because “Mum makes me bring weird food”. The trick is to make it look beautiful so curiosity takes over. That’s easy to do by using colourful …
Your digestive tract is very much like an ecosystem. There are many different organisms that live there to help breakdown food, produce vitamins and keep the place healthy. Only 10% of the cells in a human body are our own. The other 90% are the tiny bacteria that coexist with us and keep us healthy …