Thanks to our follower Joanna Farmer sending us this: “Just been having a bit of calculator fun checking out these amazing ‘paleo’ bounty bars which sound almost too good to be true… “This homemade version of a Bounty is honestly just as good and doesn’t have any of the processed or sugar filled ingredients of…
Category: Superfoods
FTFs Friday: the rise of ‘healthy’ chocolate
In collaboration with Jen Robinson- fellow foodie, medic and blogger 2017 seems to be the year of “healthy” chocolate with brands like cocoplus delivering ‘high protein’ chocolate and Ohso releasing a ‘pro biotic range’ Are these any better for you than a standard bar of dairy milk or just a pricey fad? The main problem…
The Experts: Make ‘Nutritionist’ a protected title
‘The experts’ Part 2- featuring Registered Nutritionists
The Truth about Detoxing
It seems like everyday there is a new ‘detox’ diet or product on the market promising to clear our body of harmful toxins. The ‘detoxing’ industry is thriving on a misconception that toxic products build up in our body and we need to regularly ‘cleanse’ our systems to get rid of them. If toxic waste…
Wheatgrass – Wonderful ? Or A Woeful Waste Of Your Wealth?
Wheatgrass shots- dark green juice shots squeezed from young wheat shoots- have become incredibly popular recently. But are they a health miracle or another marketing myth? Does wheatgrass boost red blood cell production and flood your tissues with oxygen? Nonsense- there is no scientific evidence supporting this claim. Chlorophyll (a compound found in green plants…
Clearing up the confusion surrounding ‘clean – eating’
Despite wide use of the term ‘clean-eating’ on social media, there is no official agreement as to what ‘clean eating’ actually means. To learn more about clean-eating, read our previous post: The dirty truth behind ‘clean eating’ ‘Clean-eating’ is a term used by many wellness bloggers and self styled nutrition experts and generally incorporates the following…
A Breafast Trend on Trial: Sweet Potato Toast
Following in the footsteps of cauliflower pizza and courgetti, ‘sweet potato toast’ is the latest clean eating food fad to be sweeping the web. With more and more people (unnecessarily) cutting gluten out of their diets, it would seem that sweet potato toast is the next best breakfast option. Or is it?! Yes, sweet potatoes…
Is drinking Silybum (milk-thistle) as silly as it sounds?
The tea alone will NOT improve liver function, (and sadly) nor will is give you flawless skin- that’s as silly as it sounds!
🍵Green tea –a health miracle in a teacup or just hype?🍵
You’ve probably heard that green tea can help you lose weight. Its less publicised health claims include an ability to reduce cholesterol, combat cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s and even cancer. But how many of these claims can be backed up by solid scientific evidence⁉️ 💊 Combating cancer💉 There is no evidence drinking green tea protects against…
