Category: Food Blogs
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What You Need to Know About ‘Natural’ Sweeteners
Low carbohydrate diets have recently taken centre stage, leaving sugary foods high and dry. Shelves are full of low-carb biscuits, chocolates and cakes all free from sugar. But what is being used to replace that delicious sweet taste? Low glycaemic ‘natural’ sweeteners. The question remains – what are they made from? Agave Nectar Agave Syrup also called Agave Nectar…
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Why Fat People Stay Fat & Thin People Stay Thin
Dr. Jean Adams from the Centre for Diet & Activity Research, Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit has investigated why current weight loss interventions keep thin people thin, while fat people get bigger. The University of Cambridge has released her new essay which indicates that while the implementation of a sugar tax is on the right track…
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Eat For Energy With These Recipes
These tasty (and surprisingly healthy) recipes are extracted from Best of Eating for Sustained Energy by Gabi Steenkamp and Liesbet Delport, published by Tafelberg. Riana’s energy breakfast trifle Serves 4 250ml muesli, lower-fat, low-GI 250ml low-fat yoghurt, vanilla-flavoured or plain 400g fruit, such as pawpaw, apple, mango, berries, guava, peeled and sliced as desired 250ml…
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Get rid of inflammation & belly fat by including these in your diet
Have you been trying to get rid of your belly fat without success? Are you tired of buying over the counter referred products but don’t see any transformation? Belly fat is mostly caused by inflammation and the solution may be reducing inflammation in order to lose the fat. Try adding anti-inflammatory foods to your daily…
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FDA Labeling for GMO Salmon
The creation of AquaAdvantage genetically modified salmon, commonly known as the “Frankenfish’ has created a ripple of disgust throughout the United States and abroad. On Thursday 17 December 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) slithered their way out of the 2009 federal spending bill containing language to support the labeling of genetically modified salmon.…
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10 Key Diet Lessons from the Okinawans
A team consisting of Makoto Suzuki, a cardiologist, geriatrician, Bradley Wilcox, a physician-investigator…
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Sexy Ads for Fruit & Veg to Take On Fast Food
“Fruits & Veggies is officially a brand now. That’s why we’ve got a shiny new logo, commercials, and even living, breathing celebrity endorsers.” So says the FNV home page. FNV is a multi-media campaign that is enlisting celebrities, such as Jessica Alba and Kristen Bell, to provide competitive advertising for fruit and vegetables. “We will…
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DETOX RETREATS YOUR BODY NEEDS
Sometimes simplifying our world and our bodies for a moment allows the old story to ‘leave the building’. Other times we need to get a little intimate with our organs. Either way the different faces of detoxification are worth the delicious renewed vigour they are capable of unlocking. Getting away from the hustle and…
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The Coffee Contradiction
Several studies over the years revealed the many health benefits of drinking coffee. For one, we know that coffee is packed with many nutrients essential for our health. Studies also revealed that coffee drinkers have a much lower risk of several serious diseases than those that do not drink coffee at all. For ease of reference these…
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Delicious Low-Gi Banana Muffins for Afternoon Tea?
Banana bread is an all-time favourite and a great way to use up ripe bananas, which can be frozen until you are ready to bake. This version is baked individually as muffins and spiked with peanut butter.