by Cyndi | Nov 20, 2012 | Health Foods, Healthy Eating |
As far back in history we can go humans have been eating seafood, both from fresh water streams and the ocean. Some cultures rely very heavily on fish in order to survive even today. Fish as far as authorities go has never really lost favour as a good reliable...
by Cyndi | Nov 13, 2012 | Fats, Health Foods, Healthy Eating |
Unfortunately like many “health” products today, not all coconut oils are created equal and to find the best it is important to understand the processing that happens in the birth of a batch of coconut oil – because more often than not it is the processing of foods...
by Cyndi | Nov 13, 2012 | Fats, Healthy Eating, The Nutrition Academy |
Our body is a fat machine, all our cells have fat, our brain is made up of fat, we carry fats in our blood stream to make hormones and vitamin D as well as other important communicators, we use fat for storage for the lean times. We not only use fat for storage but...
by Changing Habits | Nov 7, 2012 | Healthy Eating |
When I saw this 15 minute TED video about the edible town of Todmorden in the UK I was moved to action. Firstly I rang my local councilor to see if I could start a community garden on the spare council land in my street. It was weeks before I got a letter to say...
by Cyndi | Sep 13, 2012 | Healthy Eating, Medications/Vitamins, The Nutrition Academy |
As a young nutrition student I was taught that even though the vitamin or mineral is made in a laboratory, there is no difference between the vitamins and minerals found in food and the synthetic version made in a chemical laboratory. This statement never ever sat...