by Kim Morrison | Oct 11, 2016 | Body and Mind, Food Labelling, Health |
With 84,000 chemicals listed as being legally safe to use in food, drugs and cosmetics – yet most of them are seen as questionable – it’s hard to imagine what they are used for and how they came to be considered acceptable in the first place? When you realise most of...
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by Cyndi | Oct 5, 2016 | Health, Hormonal Issues, Weight Issues |
What is Leptin? Leptin is a hormone secreted by fat cells in white adipose tissue. Leptin is a master hormone and sends a signal to the hypothalamus in the brain to let it know how much fat is to be stored. It controls our hunger and feelings of satiety.What is...
by Jordan | Oct 4, 2016 | Body and Mind, Health, Health Benefits, Health Foods, Sleep |
Have you noticed the increased number of coffee shops everywhere? It’s quite common these days for people to turn to caffeine and sugar, to pick up their energy and ignore their stress levels. The problem is sugar and caffeine do offer a quick lift, but the crash is...
by Jordan | Sep 27, 2016 | Chemicals In Food, Diets, Health, Healthy Eating, Hormonal Issues, Pregnancy |
Infertility is a growing epidemic, with one in six couples being infertile and these numbers are likely to continue growing, which is devastating. When our body enters ‘survival mode’, our reproductive organs are one of the last it thinks about, putting forward the...
by Cyndi | Aug 31, 2016 | Chemicals In Food, Diets, Education, Health, Healthy Eating |
It’s been a tumultuous month in the name of nutrition. Doctors who specialise in obstetrics and gynaecology, but have no degree in nutrition, are telling chefs that they have no place to talk to people about nutrition (I think that’s calling the kettle black).AHPRA,...
