Plant based diets, also known as Vegan or Vegetarian diets, have become very popular over the years. A Vegetarian diet can include animal product, just no meat. So, you can still have dairy, eggs, honey. A Vegan diet is a very strict Vegetarian diet...
The importance of a healthy gut Your digestive tract, or you ‘gut’ is made up of 9 organs starting with your mouth, oesophagus (throat), stomach, pancreas, liver, gallbladder, small intestine, colon, and rectum. All these organs are involved in the digestion and...
Fasting has been used for different reasons over the years, mainly for religious/spiritual purposes, but also for political reasons like the 1981 Irish Hunger Strikes. Intermittent fasting is currently one of the most popular weight loss trends worldwide (Gunnars,...
The Paleo diet is a diet based on what we might have eaten during the Palaeolithic era, which was about 2.5 million to 10.000 years ago (Mayo Clinic, 2020). The theory behind this diet is that our bodies haven’t evolved to cope with the modern diet, in other words,...
The holidays are a time to spend time with friends and family, look back over the past year (although maybe looking back over this particular year wouldn’t be the best idea for some), to look forward to the coming year and …. FOOD! Whether it’s Thanksgiving in...
Like fats Carbohydrates or ‘carbs’ have been given a bit of a bad name with regards to gaining weight. The truth is no one nutrient causes you to gain weight, it’s consuming more calories than your body needs. Carbohydrates are the body’s main source of energy...