Real Food for Health
As a mum of two and with a commute to work that means I often have to leave the house early, I understand that you want quick and easy breakfasts for you and your kids. I promise that all of these breakfasts can be thrown…
This is a guest post from Helen at The Unprocessed Family https://unprocessedfamily.wordpress.com I am Helen, Mum to two wonderful children. A few years ago I was a very different person. I ate a standard ‘healthy’ diet. I thought that I was leading…
Recently I have been doing lots of research into “superfoods” to see which live up to the claims and which do not. I have become increasingly concerned about the consumption of blue-green algae supplements which include Spirulina and Aphanizomenon Flos-Aquae (AFA) and here’s why… …
Are chia seeds really a superfood? Or are all the claims about them just hype spun by the companies selling them? Chia seeds are one of the latest “health food” crazes and seem to be everywhere at the moment. I also often get asked…
Where do you get your vitamin K2? Are you getting enough? It’s very important for bone health (a recent article looks at the effect on osteoporosis: http://esciencecentral.org/journals/osteoporosis-treatment-with-functional-food-factor-vitamin-k-2329-9509.1000e108.pdf) plus has lots of other important roles in the body. The RDA is 80-120ug but Kate Rhéaume-Bleue,…
Let’s start by talking money. Butter is pretty much a commodity, which means it has high production costs and small profit margins. On the contrary margarine is made from low cost ingredients and hence has a huge profit margin. Margarine manufacturers will make health…
Tommy Wood (aka Dr Ragnar) is a UK medical doctor, who’s blog http://drragnar.weebly.com aims to dispel the misinformation propagated by the media regarding health and fitness. He provides a simple research-based look at what will make us healthier and happier, writing about topics ranging from nutrition…
Breakfast: *Eggs (scrambled, poached, fried) + bacon/ham/gluten-free pure pork sausages + mushrooms/tomato/spinach *Any kind of omelette/frittata without cheese – tomatoes, ham, shallots, spinach etc. If you don’t like eggs: *Any kind of fruit smoothie made with fruit + coconut milk + coconut…
Charlotte Smith from Paleo Polly, one of the UK’s leading websites specializing in paleo recipes and cooking shares her beginner’s guide to paleo! So you’re new to paleo? Here is Paleo Polly’s blueprint to turning paleo Ok, so, you have decided that you want to…