Why you should cut grains out of your diet
I’ll keep this short because I’m writing some course materials and books that cover this in more detail. However, in brief, this is what grains do …
‘Why I won’t practise medicine of failure’
Good for Tim Noakes! I hope he wipes the floor with the HPCSA. Not sure what this is about? Read on…
Vitamin C & oxalates [Snippet]
If you have a tendency to kidney stones and muscle aches, it may be because you are not processing the oxalates in your body. What …
Snippets [Snippet]
Snippet posts are just short points of fact/observations rather than longer articles, and are designed for you to dip into. Enjoy 🙂
17g of sugar I didn’t want
As a nutritionist I rarely buy processed foods but had misjudged today and was hungry, so ordered a porridge pot to eat while I was …
Peanut butter ~ not always so simple!
Here are three types of peanut butter I found in our kitchen (more than one of us does the shopping); this small sample shows how …
Sweets. Fix or treat?
We’ve just gone past the ‘trick or treat’ All Hallows’ Eve. That and Clive Pearce’s comment on this post got me thinking about ‘sweets’ and ‘sweeties’: …
So, can we still eat bacon?
What’s the truth behind the headlines? Can we eat bacon or not? Today the WHO issued a news release announcing ‘the consumption of red meat …
Fructose – is it good or bad for you?
Fructose can only be processed by the liver. In small amounts and along with fibre (eg, in a handful of fruit that is not very …
Why eating carbs is a BAD idea for diabetics
Do you have diabetes? Search the internet, including many health sites (even the NHS’s) and you’ll see them advising carbohydrate-based meals for you. This is …
Type 2 diabetes – do you have it? Here’s how to tell
You’ll be well aware if you have type 1 diabetes, but may not know if you have/are developing type 2, especially as pre-diabetes can creep …
Nitrates [Glossary]
When we talk about nitrate in terms of food, it’s the salt potassium nitrate (saltpetre or saltpeter) we are referring to; potassium nitrate is commonly …
Fats [Glossary]
Many fats are good for us and we need them in our diet. The term includes ‘oils’ which are fats that are runny at room temperature. …
Are carbohydrates linked to cataracts? [Study]
I was just having a conversation with a friend who is soon to have his cataracts treated*. Given a diet high in sugars has all …
Motility and digestion
The speed of motility can be affected by a number of factors; for example, highly fatty food, because it takes longer to digest than foods …
Caffeine – is it good or bad for you? [Study]
Love it or loathe it, caffeine pops up all over the place; some swear by it and others don’t touch caffeine if they can help …
High protein diets do not adversely affect bone density [Study]
We are often told, and believe, that eating too much meat protein causes blood to become acidic, meaning calcium is leached from the bones in …
How to heal your thyroid and adrenal glands
This interesting video from John Bergman looks at the relationship between throid and adrenal glands, what causes them to go wrong, the effects of that, …
Vitamin K – what it is and why we need it
What are the two forms of vitamin K, where are they found in food, and what dietary factors can lead to deficiency?
Unintended consequences of slower-melting ice cream?
This morning on Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme, the 08.45 slot covered, ‘Researchers have discovered a naturally-occurring protein that can be used to create ice cream which …