Food and Nutrition Articles
It doesn’t matter how brainy you are or how much education you’ve had — you can still improve and expand your mind. Boosting your mental faculties doesn’t have to mean studying hard or becom
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As society in general becomes more sedentary so does the issue of keeping our metabolism rate high enough to digest what we eat. Following is a list of some great foods that work for you.
Grapefr
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A common understanding of how various foods impact on our health has slowly been filtering into the mainstream consciousness over the past 40 years since the hippies first started experimenting with
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Beaches, BBQs and seafood are all a part of Australia’s holiday pastime. Protecting it means learning to think sustainably about the seafood choices we make, writes Australian Marine Conservation
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Getting a handle on health and wellbeing can be complex: the decision about which vitamins to take, which supplements, which flower remedies etc, can leave you stranded at the counter of a health fo
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All matter is made of atoms, molecules and compounds joined together in various patterns and united by energy in a common union. This is the relative cosmic energy of the universe and can be express
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Is it possible that some people being fat may have less to do with overeating and lack of exercise than we have been lead to believe, and more to do with the various chemicals they consume in their
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Coeliac disease, (also called non-tropical spru, gluten sensitive enteropathy, or celiac spru) is a condition that involves an inability to digest gluten. Gluten is a tough elastic protein found in
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We all love our coffee. Well I do, and the day does not really start until I have some caffeine in my system. Forgetting for a moment that being addicted to anything is hardly optimal, is it actuall
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Ever wondered if you really saw or heard something?
UK researchers have found that drinking seven or more cups of instant coffee a day can create hallunications.
People who drink a lot of coffee, s
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Coke Zero has been banned in Venezuela by the government citing concerns that it is harmful to health.
All Coke Zero in Venezuela as of 31/10/09 was to be removed from shelves and destroyed due to c
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To comprehend what goes on when you've got diabetes, keep these things in your mind: The body reduces most of the foods we eat into glucose, a form of sugar required to power your cells. A hormone
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We have long heard of the perils of processed food, though mainly in relation to the lack of nutrition therein. This abridged article refers to the methods used by the US processed food industry whi
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This is part 2 of this investigation into the secrets of the 'food' processing industry. See for Part 1.
Natural nourishing broth
In the past, all traditional cultures made use of bones to make bro
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On May 19th 2009, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) called on doctors to educate their patients and the general community to avoid GE foods when possible.
Citing health problems
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In our modern Western society it is quite common for people to be overweight with all the ramifications upon general health that this entails. We just love to eat. It seems, though, that it is not s
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Is the obesity epidemic something more than mass gluttony, or mass brainwashing? What if alterations in people's DNA caused by environmental toxins was responsible? Chemicals called obesogens, found
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In my naturopathic clinic one of the most widely prescribed supplements is the essential fatty acids — fish oils, vitamin E and evening primrose oil. Because essential fatty acids deficiencies are
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Research published in November 08 by researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institute shows how a diet rich in sugar, cholestorol and fat increases the risk of Alzheimers in mice and could do the same i
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Much has been said, particularly in the corporate driven media, about boosting sex drive and attractiveness with drugs like viagra, but it may be that, as well as the usual 'diet and exercise, no sm
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A study ignored by mainstream media and somehow overlooked by government regulators has caste serious doubt on the safety of GE foods.
Secret research from Monsanto about their research on the affec
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A recent study conducted by the University of Vienna and sponsored by the Austrian Ministry of Health, Families, and Youth, and with potentially massive ramifications for the whole GE and agricorp i
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Feeling happy Bill Gates has decided to spend his billions on saving the world? Isn't Bill the ultimate good guy? Well, maybe, and maybe not.
Over the past 2-3 years Gates has teemed up with Monsa
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In a study titled Happy genes set you up for life, published in the European Heart Journal scientists discovered that happy people have healthier hearts and are less likely to have heart disease.
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"The real food is not being advertised. And that's really all you need to know."
In an interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! Michael Pollan states that as a rule of thumb, if a food is advert
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The following is an executive summary of a report by the US-based Cornucopia Institute on the presence in infant formula of hexane, a known nuerotoxin. While this is US-based, it still has relevance
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The most important thing to understand is that there is no reliable cure for cancer. Despite decades of research, in 2003 the same percentage of people died from colon, breast, lung and prostate can
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Researchers have shown that children who switch their diet for just a few days to organic food from non organic food lowered the levels of pesticides in their bodies dramatically and immediately.
Ch
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Behind the Bean is a report on organic soybeans by the US-based Cornucopia Institute which challenges the organic claims of many suppliers of tofu and soy milk. While US specific, it also has releva
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A study published in May 2010 in the US Journal Pediatrics, shows that children exposed to pesticides found in commercially grown fruit and veggies, in particular organophosphates (an ingredient in
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There is a new diet hitting town, not Atkins or Zone, but a diet based on raw living foods. This diet offers impressive weight loss, increased energy, less need for sleep and boosts the immune syste
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A preservative E211, known as sodium benzoate, which is in most soft drinks, pickles and sauces, has been implicated in some serious health problems.
Sodium benzoate has already caused concern as wh
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After obtaining a juicer, the next step is to tailor your own ideal and fresh apple juice recipe. Provided below is four of my favourite apple juice recipes.
Why apples? Apples are a great choice f
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Over the past century sugar has played an increasingly large role in our diet, especially in the 50 years since food production became industrialised.
It is hidden, and not so hidden, in pretty muc
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A healthy person is home to hundreds of different kinds of beneficial and friendly bacteria that inhabit mainly the digestive tract. It is estimated that there are more bacteria in the gut than ther
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Despite major changes in food production and technology, the eating habits of Western society over the last few decades have resulted in record levels of chronic degenerative disease as well as a my
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The properties of water
1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
2. In 37% of Americans the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.
3. Even MILD dehydration will slo
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Scientists say that cornflakes, biscuits and soft drinks may be as addictive as cigarettes and may attract similar health warning requirements.
Scientists have found that foods with a high glycaemic
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