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04 Nov

Posted at 09:39h in Uncategorized

Blueberries are called a “superfood” for their high polyphenol content, but when served as warm, gooey pie filling or when lending bursts of sweet flavor to a muffin, their “super” health benefits change. Scientists studied how cooking and baking affect the increasingly popular fruit’s polyphenols...

04 Nov

Posted at 09:37h in Diet, Gut Health

Some gut bacterial strains are specifically adapted to use sugars in our gut lining to aid colonisation, potentially giving them a major influence over our gut health. We live in a symbiotic relationship with trillions of bacteria in our gut. They help us digest food, prime...

04 Nov

Posted at 09:36h in Uncategorized

Doctors, policymakers and everyday people may make decisions or give advice based on the results of published nutrition studies. But a new analysis shows researchers sometimes overstate the results of those reports. Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham looked at papers published about nutrition...

26 Oct

Posted at 09:35h in Uncategorized

If you saw the recent headlines about the emerging opinion that SUGAR AND PROCESSED CARBS ARE FAR WORSE FOR US THAN SATURATED FAT (https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-saturated-fat-20131022,0,2193813.story#axzz2in3go5lY), then you might want to read this article by Gary Taubes, author of the bestseller, Good Calories, Bad Calories. Read more the article here: https://www.motherearthnews.com/natural-health/dietary-fat-health-weight.aspx#axzz2incAkTNp ...

25 Oct

Posted at 09:35h in Uncategorized

By Dr. Amy Rothenberg A few months after my twelfth birthday, I was awakened suddenly in the early hours before dawn by ambulance lights swirling around my bedroom walls. I heard banging around in the hallway outside my door and loud unfamiliar voices. I woke from...