Evidence based personal nutrition
So pleased so many of you liked the look of these and wanted to know the recipe for these vegetable pinwheels. While I wouldn't recommend eating pastry every day, these can be great for lunch boxes and are packed full of protein and vegetables. I used a sheet of ready made all butter puff pastry …
I'm often asked by clients about trans fats, what they are, and what are the risks.Trans fats or trans fatty acids are saturated fats. Trans and cis just refer to the configuration of hydrogen molecules in the fat. Fat starts off as cis, which means the hydrogen atoms are all on the same side of …
The keto diet was developed for children with intractable epilepsy, as a short term measure to get their seizures under control. The diet was only used for a maximum of 2 years, and stopped early if seizure control was not achieved. ⠀⠀However, over the last 10 years it has become increasingly popular, with modifications of …
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Lots of us endeavour to take food to work or send food with our children to school for a number of reasons. Firstly, its much cheaper than buying ready made food on the go, it can be more nutritious and you have control of what you or your child eats. So how do you chose …
Every one of us has approximately 24,000 genes in our genetic code (genome), which affect everything about us. How our body responds to daily life and the environment is all encoded by our genes. Small variations in the genetic code called 'single nucleotide polymorphisms' or SNPs (pronounced snips) for short, alter how each gene functions. Most genes …
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