Diabetes is a life changing illness which in 2019 effected approximately 9% of the world’s population, this figure is expected to have risen to approximately 11% by 2045 (Diabetics percentage worldwide 2019). There has been a continuously increasing trend with the...
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! ...
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...