Diary, lactose, casein and your child

Posted by on Dec 10, 2011 in Nutrition | 0 comments Are you still feeding your child cows milk or other dairy products?  Do they suffer ear infections, bloated tummys and other symptoms that can’t be explained? At 38 my mum told me that I was always ill when I had milk, yet because she believed that it was good for me, she carried on giving it to me.  I also suffered from recurrent ear infections and once was rushed to hospital because of...
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Essential Fatty Acids

Posted by on Dec 8, 2011 in Nutrition | 0 comments Anyone being advised to follow a healthier lifestyle will surely have been told that they need more EFA’s.  Wondering what on earth they are? The simple facts are that essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) are necessary fats that humans cannot synthesize, and must be obtained through diet. In technical terms EFAs are long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids derived from linolenic, linoleic, and oleic...
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Don’t eat the Petunias

Posted by on Dec 7, 2011 in Nutrition | 0 comments If you are feeling irritated chances are that you are eating something that’s just not quite right for your system. Sense tells you that you should be eating fruit and veg, complex carbohydrates, drinking more water and adding good oils.  But what do you go and do? Eat rubbish, fast foods, crisps, sugary foods, dairy and other junk. These are the most obvious to start cutting out. What if...
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Foods to help you sleep

Posted by on Nov 24, 2011 in Nutrition | 0 comments Trying to make sense of foods to help you sleep I don’t know about you, but I often find the whole which foods to eat when very confusing. In my search to find foods to help me sleep I headed off to find out more about something called Tryptophan, which I know to helps with sleep.  What I didn’t know was why or how my body uses it.  My research took me on many journeys. Remember the...
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Oats, so simple

Posted by on Nov 19, 2011 in Nutrition | 0 comments Oats are so versatile.  I was somewhat amazed to discover that oats are both good for sleep and for providing a good start to the day. Oats are gluten free and contain a protein called avenin, which people like coeliacs can tolerate (so I read). To be on the safe side it is always advisable to buy gluten free oats. Oats are a low GI, complex carbohydrate which keep you fuller longer, balance...
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Water and its role in weight loss

Posted by on Nov 9, 2011 in Nutrition | 0 comments What has the brain and water got to do with weight loss? Everyone knows that water is good for the body but very few seem to understand the vital role it plays or what happens if the body is deprived of it. The human brain represents roughly 2% of the total body weight, with 20% blood circulation allocated to the brain. The human body is composed of 25% solid matter and 75% water, while brain...
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