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The high cost of eating cheap chicken
The ethical and environmental arguments against industrial-scale livestock agriculture are often the center of attention, and if you’re...
Is coconut milk a good alternative to dairy milk?
If you're considering reducing down on dairy and animal products for health or ethical reasons, the obvious alternative to dairy milk may be to use...
Trinidad scorpion š¶ļø; they are so hot š„
I harvested a new batch of trinidad scorpion from our veg garden today; oh yes super . We use a variety of fresh chillies as we love hot amd spicy...
How aware are you of the food decisions you've made today?
Everyone of us will be influenced in our busy and distracting environments everyday, so much so that we aren't aware of large proportion of...
Efficacy of hypnosis on treating obesity and high impulsivity levels
A new study released by the Lancet shows that in 2022, more than 1 billion people in the world are now living with obesity (1 in 8). Worldwide,...
Where do you get your fibre from?
Fibre is an essential macronutrient (carbohydrate) we get from eating plant foods, and important for our health and well-being. It has many...
How butyrate helps to reduce weight and prevent obesity
Butyrate is a short-chain fatty acid made by the health-promoting bacteria in our gut on the breakdown of dietary fibre from plant foods. It has...
How healthy eating policies in Australia are being sponsored by the meat and sugar industries
Australian diets consisting of low intakes of fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and excessive consumption of red/processed meat and...
What's Harmful About Eating?
Consuming food is a necessary condition if we want to survive, and there are necessary types of food we need to consume if we want to not only...
Whats Harmful About Eating Animals?
Back in the early noughties Paul and I were gradually reducing our reliance on meat and fish. Even though we were both brought up omnivores,...
8 Evidence-Based Diet Recommendations for Improving Cardiovascular Health
A scientific statement on diet and lifestyle recommendations for improving cardiovascular health and reducing cardiovascular risk was...
Shaun's Success Story
Shaun started smoking when he was still in school. His dad smoked as did his 2 older brothers. When he was 15 he started hanging around in the...
Kelly's Success Story
Whatever was put on her plate, Kelly would feel compelled to eat it! She was the youngest in a large family where leaving or wasting...
Jane's Success Story
Jane works from home and when she needs a break, she puts the kettle on and automatically opens the fridge or the cupboard to find something to...
Martin's Success Story
Martin loved his food and always looked forward to cooking the family dinners. He was a big meat eater and enjoyed cooking outdoors...
Should I avoid fats in my diet?
Oils and fats, known collectively as lipids, are an energy dense substance contributing 9 calories per gram as opposed to 4 calories per gram for...
The most simple and elegant goal-striving solution you might ever need!
Implementation intentions are one of my favourite tools and something I implement regularly in my world. They help us to adapt our habits...
Listening to the authority of your intuition to prevent overeating
Have you ever...
Got to the stage in the kitchen where you're about to serve food onto your plate and a thought jumps out telling you that you're...
New study showing how early stage Alzheimer's disease could be reversed!
The results from the first randomized, controlled clinical trial conducted by Ornish et al., (2024) were published this week. The study was...
Why limiting ultra processed foods is good for our brain
In the past 40 years there has been an explosion and commercialisation of ultra processed foods (UPF) making shopping, preparing and cooking food...
Foods that fight chronic inflammation
Chronic inflammation has been Iinked to several severe and enduring conditions, including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis,...
What is methionine and how to avoid too much of it.
Methionine is an essential amino acid in humans and the precursor of other non-essential amino acids. Its antioxidant properties can help...
How do we know if we're getting enough magnesium?
6 out of 10 of us aren't getting the recommended daily amount of magnesium in our diet. This can be due to low nutrional...
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