You know I just love an old health fad bust! Of course, I do all my research before putting something down as ‘useless’, no matter how sceptical I am. There have been times I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how much truth there is to some of these fads. Sadly, this is...
Bone health is something that nutrition plays a major role in. Poor nutrition lacking in important vitamins and minerals, especially in childhood and adolescence years when bones are developing, can be detrimental to bone strength. Peak bone mass is reached by...
Diet and nutrition effects pretty much everything when it comes to our overall health. In this blog I’m going to focus on skin health. Numerous studies over the years have linked diet to skin health, and it has been found that the type of diet can either negatively or...
For thousands of years humans have used plants for their medicinal properties to treat illnesses and nutrient deficiencies (Beecher, 1999). Wheatgrass is the freshly sprouted leaves of the Triticum aestivum plant, more commonly known as wheat (Cronkleton, 2017). Wheat...
Hair loss is a lot more common than you might think! Approximately a 147million people worldwide have or will be affected by some form of Alopecia (hair loss) in their life (FAQ’s | National Alopecia Areata Foundation). There are so many causes for hair loss...
Beans are seeds from the flowering plant in the Fabaceae family, and are classified as legumes along with peas, lentils, and peanuts. There are many different types of beans offering many different tastes, textures and uses, so don’t just stick with baked beans! ...