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Demi Powell
The Pros and Cons of Grapefruit: A Comprehensive Guide
Grapefruit is a popular citrus fruit known for its tangy flavor and numerous health benefits. However, like any food, it has its advantages and drawbacks. This article explores the pros and cons of grapefruit, helping you make an informed decision about i…
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Demi Powell
The Hardcore Diet: Unleashing the Power of Discipline and Commitment
When it comes to achieving optimal health and transforming your physique, some individuals are willing to go to extreme measures. Enter the world of hardcore dieting, a no-nonsense approach that requires unwavering discipline and commitment. This article …
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PAULINE MBATHA
Lower Your Blood Pressure with These 5 Everyday Drinks.
In today’s fast-paced world, high blood pressure has become a growing health concern for people of all ages. Unhealthy lifestyle choices and stress have become a dangerous combination that can lead to various life-threatening conditions such as hypertensi…
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PAULINE MBATHA
Other Than Milk, What Foods and Drinks Can Help Promote Healthy Bones?
The bones of the human body are essential to sustaining its organs and structure. To prevent the formation of bone disorders like osteoporosis, the bones must receive the right care and attention because they are living, growing structures. All ages shoul…
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PAULINE MBATHA
The Benefits of Pomegranate Juice for Your Gut and Metabolism
There are more bacteria living in the human stomach than there are stars in the night sky, with an estimated 39 trillion of them. Together, these bacteria promote numerous processes, including metabolism, immunity, skin health, brain health, and others. A…
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PAULINE MBATHA
The Role of Papaya in Regulating Blood Sugar Levels for Diabetes: Exploring the Health Benefits
Millions of individuals worldwide suffer from the chronic disease of diabetes. Due to the body’s inability to efficiently manufacture or utilize insulin, it is characterized by high blood sugar levels. Diabetes is caused by a variety of variables, but it …
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PAULINE MBATHA
Should you drink water right before sleeping - Pros and Cons
Should You Drink Water Right Before Sleeping? The Pros and Cons. Drinking water is essential for maintaining a healthy body. It helps to regulate body temperature, lubricate joints, and transport nutrients to cells. The recommended amount of water to dri…
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PAULINE MBATHA
How Your Diet Affects Liver Health: Essential Foods to Consume and Avoid
Maintaining a healthy liver is crucial to our overall well-being. The liver, which is the second largest organ in the body, performs several functions such as removing toxins, blood purification, and protein synthesis. A healthy liver is essential for our…
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Nutritional Therapy
Marlien Wright
How to Master Blood sugar Balancing for your best Health.
Most of us suffer from too much glucose in our system – and most of us are unaware of it. This is due to a western diet that is refined carb-heavy and not informed by intelligent food combining. Blood sugar balancing is more than just ‘cutting carbs’ or ‘…
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Marlien Wright
Why cooked apples is a superfood for your gut-health.
Good gut health depends on a diet rich in fibre and a diverse microbiome. To create diversity in your microbiome it is important to eat a wide variety of vegetables and fruits low in fructose. In my opinion one of the fruits to include in your diet should…
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Nutritional Therapy
Alison Birks
Health Benefits of Kefir
As a nutritionist, I am always on the lookout for foods that provide both taste and health benefits, and kefir is one such food. Kefir is a fermented dairy product that originated in the Caucasus Mountains and has been used for centuries for its many heal…
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Christine Foutch
Discomfort From Fructose Intolerance?
Fructose is known also as, Levulose and is a naturally occurring monosaccharide; meaning it is a simple sugar; that is found primarily within Fruits, Vegetables, and Honey. I am gonna go chemistry-like here, but only just for a little bit. So here it go…
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Nutritional Therapy
Kelly Harrington, MS, RDN
8 Ways to Lower Cortisol Levels and Manage Sweets Cravings
When the body is stressed (physically, mentally, emotionally, environmentally), it releases cortisol produced by the adrenal glands. High cortisol levels have many negative side effects on your health, including an increased craving for sweets and fats. T…
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Kelly Harrington, MS, RDN
Foods to Promote Gut Health and Increase Akkermansia
Akkermansia muciniphila was first identified in 2004 and is a species of bacteria that helps to maintain our gut lining and possesses many health benefits. You may not have heard of it, but that certainly doesn’t mean it isn’t important! I hope you find t…
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Khabir Southwick
Dietary guidelines for the Winter - According to Ayurveda.
Dietary guidelines for the Winter - According to Ayurveda. As winter arrives, we should be on our guard as the warm summer days are behind us. It’s time to prepare our body for the cold weather of the winter season. To remain healthy and stay in harmony…
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Vito Lasprugato
Fat!
Eat fat, lose fat! Don’t be afraid of your fats! The trendy years of “fat free” are finally over. Science has shown this fad diet holds no true health benefits. In addition to being unnatural and unsatisfying, this way of eating promotes diabetes and hear…
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Nathalie Sansonetti
The Old Lady and The Sweets
A few years ago, an older lady (let’s call her ‘Mary’) came to me for nutritional help. Mary was very cross with herself and showed me her handbag that was literally overflowing with packets of sweets and chocolates: “I used to carry bottles of vodka and …
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Tammy Russell
The Real Cake Wars
Recently I went on a ladies retreat to a local hot springs for a few days. Seven of us shared a rather sizeable cabin although a few were sharing beds to save some extra cash. Monkeying around in my own little world for the last year plus hasn’t helped me…
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Olivia Shakespear
The Mind Gut Connection
We have so many phrases in the English language that talk about the connection between the mind, our emotions and our gut – such as “gut feeling”, “gut wrenching”, “butterflies in the stomach” etc. There is a good reason for this. Our brain/mind and our e…
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Nutritional Therapy
Helen Kirby
WHAT MAKES A FOOD SUPER?
What makes a food super as opposed to simply on trend because someone wants to market it and make lots;of money? Well, to please me, it has to have several functions and not be so ridiculously expensive that you can’tbuy and eat the precious thing. Techn…
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Nutritional Therapy
FAIZA Ibrahim-Audu
Super-Simple Superfood Recipe Series II
Wonder what superfoods to eat with all this talk about gut health, probiotics and prebiotics, autoimmunity, hormonal balance, weight loss/weight gain, inflammation? I’m sure you do, I know because I have been in those shoes before. I had just recently fig…
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FAIZA Ibrahim-Audu
Super Simple Superfoods Recipe
Do you wonder what superfoods to eat with all this talk about gut health, probiotics and prebiotics, autoimmunity, hormonal balance, weight loss/weight gain, inflammation? I’m sure you do, I know because I have been in those shoes before. I had just rece…
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Nutritional Therapy
Demi Powell
The link between egg consumption and breast cancer
Concerning the relationship of egg consumption to breast cancer risk, 13 separate science studies on this link were ana­lyzed in 2014, and the results published in the journal, Breast Cancer. According to the study analysis authors, these “results showed …
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Demi Powell
Appropriate age for children to eat sweets
When is it appropriate to introduce babies to sugar, and how much can they have? Is it okay to let your baby have sugar? Are all sugars created equal? We’re answering all of your sugar questions in this blog post. One of the most common questions we rece…
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