General Nutrition

Athletes have much higher energy and nutrient requirements because they are not only feeding their bodies to perform in everyday life, but they are also fuelling their bodies to perform in their chosen sporting arena.  To perform optimally, athletes need to ensure they are consistently eating nutrient-dense wholefoods that provide carbohydrates for energy – especially for intense and prolonged exercise to enhance performance. Athletes also need a constant intake of quality protein throughout the day at both meals and snacks to provide much needed amino acids for muscle growth and repair.  Nutritious sources of fat are also important for athletes...

Is Keto Right for You?

The keto diet forces your body to use a different type of fuel for your body’s energy needs

From a health perspective, until very recently, butter was deemed as “the bad fat” and margarine as “the good fat.” The National Heart Foundation awarded some margarines with their approved “Health Tick” but in October 2016 the Heart Foundation removed their “approved ticks” stating that, “the nutritional landscape has changed.” Like eggs, new science has shown that butter is no longer the bad guy when it comes to heart health but, like margarine, only when used in moderation.  Butter is made from saturated fat, once thought to raise LDL “bad” cholesterol levels. New studies show grass-fed butter (which is our...

Here we are post Dry July. Congratulations to those who participated in abstaining from drinking alcohol for a month. You raised funds for a worthy cause and metaphorically, you took your liver on a month’s holiday to Fiji. That’s the nett effect of eating healthy food, drinking H²0 and (other external factors aside like stress) enjoying a deeper sleep pattern as your tirelessly hard-working liver got a break from filtering toxins and processing all that alcohol into glucose and fat. I’ve written before about the importance of gut bacteria, well think of the liver as your gut’s best mate. Together...

4 Healing Food’s To Get You Through Winter Sometimes finding the nutrients you need to stay healthy, can be found right under your nose. That’s right, challenge yourself this winter to an all-natural vitamin boost with the foods you eat, to avoid the infamous winter cold and flu! Ginger In all its glory, ginger is significantly undervalued in our day and age. As a natural anti-inflammatory and anti-histamine, this unexpected treasure assists in boosting your immune system and kills rhinoviruses that cause colds and flu. Simply grate or chop a 3 cm long piece and add to a cup of...

The benefits of not consuming alcohol for a month are many and well documented, but after your 21 days of abstinence, what should you do next? Terry Herbert has some practical suggestions and reasons why…