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Bird flu – its origins revealed
- Meat
- The Environment
Bird flu viruses occur naturally in wild water-birds without making them ill and have done so for millions of years. They are passed on in water from one bird to another but are not problematic. But now, these same viruses have been blamed…
Meat Kills
- Meat
Meat has been recognised as a risk factor for cancer since the early 1900s. Countries with high intakes have higher rates of bowel, breast and prostate cancer, three of the…
Beyond the Paleolithic Diet
- Diets
- Evolution
- Meat
Some time ago I watched a programme about the different types of diets people follow. There was a banker who saw himself as a modern day hunter-gatherer in the city.…
Keep Calm and Eat Your Carbs
- Diets
- Fibre
- Fruits and Vegetables
- Nuts and Seeds
- Obesity and Overweight
- Pulses
- Sweets & Salt & Junk Food
- Wholegrains
Our cells – every single cell in your body – run on carbs. Your body breaks down carbohydrates into glucose and other molecules and it’s glucose that is used as…
Milk Race
- Allergies
- Cancer
- Cholesterol
- Dairy
- Diets
- Heart Disease & Stroke
- Nuts and Seeds
- Osteoporosis
- Soya
- The Environment
- Wholegrains
Firstly, let’s have a proper look at what any milk actually is – a very watery liquid, around 90 per cent is always water. Therefore, any amount of nutrients it…
Prefer to drink your fruit and veggies?
- Antioxidants
- Fruits and Vegetables
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Don’t get high get healthy. Lowering blood pressure with a vegan diet
- Blood Pressure
- Heart Disease & Stroke
Blood pressure is a silent killer lays waste to the lives of nine million people every year and in the UK, and its victims are becoming ever younger.
Mending a broken heart. How a vegan diet prevents and cures heart disease
- Cholesterol
- Heart Disease & Stroke
Heart disease and women If you think heart attacks affect only the elderly, think again as its victims are becoming ever younger. Shockingly, it is young women who are now…
Where do you get your protein?
- Nuts and Seeds
- Pulses
- Soya
The basics Protein, carbohydrates and fat are all essential constituents of the human diet, along with vitamins and minerals. Proteins are made up of building blocks called amino acids, some…
Help! I’m addicted to cheese!
- Dairy
The truth is, cheese addiction is real and once you break free from it, the cravings stop. But why is cheese addictive? What makes cheese so addictive is the extremely high concentration of the milk protein casein that, when digested, results in casomorphins.