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Paleo vs Plant – a comprehensive response to an ongoing debate

2024-12-10T09:58:09+00:00By Ian Craig|Natural Nutrition|

Genetic adaptation occurs over many generations, whereas we only have a single lifetime to get it right. Rather than trying to adjust our genes to a diet that might be inherently wrong for us, why not adapt our diet to our own genetics? The end question when considering the article Paleo vs Plant is whether you should be restricting wholegrains, starchy veg and fruit (as Noakes believes) or if you should be restricting animal proteins (as Shearer believes).

Optimal Nutrition for Hair, Nails and Skin

2025-10-12T12:38:24+00:00By Hannah Kaye|Natural Nutrition|

Healthy hair, skin and nails are an outward sign of health and vitality, and their poor condition may reflect many biochemical imbalances in the body. Hair and nails indicate the health of the body 2 to 6 months previously. This means that much of what is going on inside you will quickly be reflected in this organ system, collectively known as the integumentary system.

Is Gluten Really the Cause?

2024-07-22T18:23:10+00:00By Sue Visser|Natural Nutrition|

Symptoms of wheat or gluten intolerance overlap with just about every other chronic illness from A to Z. Food allergies are immediately obvious when expressed as rashes, respiratory problems, excessive mucus or headaches. But gluten intolerance lurks in the background with a more delayed, if not subtle action, causing anaemia, asthma, attention deficit disorder, cancer, autoimmune diseases and even miscarriages.

Pesticide-free, Organic Fish?

2022-01-03T12:08:13+00:00By Andy Grewar|Natural Nutrition|

The great north Pacific central gyre is the world's biggest rubbish dump situated between the USA and China. We need to reduce the production and consumption of plastic with a great deal of urgency. Anyone for a tuna salad?

Why Do We Over-eat?

2024-07-22T17:37:34+00:00By Dr Adele Pelteret|Natural Nutrition|

Our sedentary, food-abundant circumstances may be a by-product of our ‘success’ as a society, and our nutrient, emotional and spiritual deficiencies a result of our hectic lifestyles – but they clearly create imbalances, gaps and voids in our lives, often leading to overeating and obesity.

Back to our Tomato Roots

2021-11-03T11:19:17+00:00By Christiaan Campbell|Natural Nutrition|

Executive chef Christiaan Campbell and horticulturist Megan McCarthy talk about how best to grow and enjoy tomatoes. Overdose on tomatoes when they are in season, so that at the end of the season you don’t want to see another tomato. And then you can’t wait until mid-summer until the tomatoes are ripe. I don’t necessarily agree with importing our food out of season.

What Makes Fats & Oils Good or Bad

2024-04-19T12:33:35+00:00By Sally Creed|Natural Nutrition|

Most people are aware of the importance of healthy fats and oils in the diet. The ‘fat wars’ have been waged relentlessly in print and social media and books – but what makes a fat good or bad?

Watch out for Hidden Sugars

2021-10-14T08:26:28+00:00By Sally Creed|Natural Nutrition|

Sugar is ubiquitous in our food supply – we are surrounded by it and drowning in it. Learn to read labels and know precisely what you are looking for, and you will be able to navigate the turbulent world of hidden sugar.

Pomegranate – The tree of Life

2021-10-15T09:11:34+00:00By Margaret Roberts|Natural Nutrition|

The pomegranate is said to be the Tree of Life, and there is speculation as to whether it was the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden! Its Latin name literally means ‘seeded apple’. It is a symbol of hope, one of the ‘three blessed fruits’ in Buddhism, and a symbol of resurrection in Christianity.

Salt of the Earth

2023-03-16T11:42:11+00:00By Heidi du Preez|Natural Nutrition|

‘Pass me the salt and pepper please!’ This all too familiar phrase rings clear at most family meals. Has it become habit or is it numbed taste buds driving us to salt overuse and abuse? Or is it perhaps ignorance of the effect that salt has on our health if not used in moderation?

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