Surviving the Festive Season with Super Foods
This is how to survive the festive season - with superfoods! Learn practical tips for healthier eating and drinking during the holidays to avoid weight gain and enjoy the celebrations.
Junk food, allergies and leaky gut: A Call for Healthier Choices
A reader query answered on the link between junk food, leaky gut, and allergies, and how it may contribute to diarrhea. Learn about food intolerance testing and gut-friendly diet changes for better gut health.
The Wonder of Berries
Beautiful, glossy, vibrant and juicy, berries are a luxurious treat! Better still, these tiny fruits are powerhouses of nutrition and goodness.
Ten Healing Foods To Buy Organic
When we select foods to buy and to eat, healthfulness and nutritional value should be top of our list of priorities. Here are some key aspects to consider.
Introduction to Nutritional Psychiatry
Diet impacts mental health. Learn about nutritional psychiatry and the roles of inflammation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, epigenetics, and gut microbiota in mental wellness.
Let them eat fat
The message that fat is fattening and that carbohydrates are filling is so ingrained (no pun intended), it’s difficult to imagine an alternative. In fact, the opposite is true. Refined carbohydrates are fattening. Healthy fats provide energy and seed oils make you sick!
Maintaining Digestive Health
To a large extent our digestive system dictate our quality of life. It can be as simple as that, given that we literally become what we eat, digest and assimilate. If the process goes wrong anywhere from intake to elimination, particularly if a chronic condition develops, normal everyday life is affected significantly.
Feeding the Brain and Slowing its Ageing
It is possible to slow down and even reverse the mental deterioration that occurs with ageing. While supplements are important, don’t forget about lifestyle factors. This article attempts to explain how this complex and precious organ works and suggests how we can keep it working optimally.
Vegan Athletes Reach Peak Performance
Plant-based foods prove their mettle as well-known athletes go vegan and reach peak performance levels.
Food as Medicine
Can we rely on food to fight colds and flu? The desire for self-improvement and the growing access to online healthcare information has fuelled the health trend of self-diagnosis and self-treatment globally. Functional foods and beverages can be used in place of some medicines. The second most desired functional benefit is immune support.
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