YUKA – The Perfect Breakfast

If you have downloaded Yuka, the 100% independent free app will help you choose the best products for your health. Welcome Yuka analyses food and cosmetic products, so you can now check through your kitchen and bathroom cupboards or supermarket purchases and scan all your products Also when you subscribe to Yuka you can also receive regular Read More …

Diabetes and Yoghurt: What to Eat and What to Avoid 

Yoghurt can be a great nutrient-dense breakfast option or an easy snack. If unsweetened and Greek-style, it’s low in carbohydrates and high in protein. This means it won’t cause blood sugar spikes in people with diabetes, like other sources of carbohydrates. Yoghurt that contains a total carbohydrate content of 15 g or less per serving are ideal Read More …

Low Fat vs Low Sugar

Remember how for decades “experts” recommended “low fat” rather than “low sugar” diets, contributing to the deaths of millions? John Yudkin, a British nutritionist and former Chair of Nutrition at Queen Elizabeth, London, published in 1972 Pure, White and Deadly. The first publication to anticipate the detrimental health effects due to increased sugar consumption, especially Read More …

Health Star Ratings

Health Star Ratings are a quick and easy way to compare the nutrition of similar packaged foods. Health Star Ratings are displayed on the front of packaged foods in the supermarket. Health Star first appeared in 2014 and an increasing number of products now display them. http://www.healthstarrating.gov.au/internet/healthstarrating/publishing.nsf/content/home Health Star Ratings can appear on packs in Read More …

Time Restricted Eating

Recent studies involving weight loss have shown that daily calorie counting is a more effective method of weight loss than restricting eating to a time table for example only eating between 08.00 and 4.00pm daily. https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/time-restricted-eating-doesnt-appear-to-boost-weight-loss