Your body
If you are eating modestly, most of the food you eat doesn’t exit the body where you think it does. It exits the body from your nose when you breath. PICTURE: Ali Inay/Unsplash Really? You inhale oxygen. You exhale carbon dioxide. Where does the carbon come from? Your food. Food is carbon. Your stomach breaks […]
Health Insight: Exercise nutrition – whether you should eat before or after a workout depends on your fitness goals
In an article first published on The Conversation, JUSTIN ROBERTS, associate professor of health and exercise nutrition ay Anglia Ruskin University, looks at when the best time to eat is when exercising…
Health Insight: Five ways to increase protein intake as we age
In an article first published on The Conversation, KATHERINE APPLETON and EMMY VAN DEN HEUVEL, of Bournemouth University, look at how we can ensure we’re getting enough protein in our later years…
Health Insight: Here’s why those last few pounds can be hardest to lose – according to science
In an article first published on The Conversation, PETER ROGERS, professor of biological psychology at the University of Bristol, looks at what science tells us about weight loss…
EATING
When it came to food my mum brought me up really well. We were taught to eat everything on our plate. Vegetables, salad, whatever. “There’s starving kids in Africa – and you won’t get any dessert.” PICTURE: Priscilla du Preez/Unsplash Having two brothers vying for food was also pretty good motivation. The only problem is, […]
HEALTH INSIGHT: SNACKING – THE MODERN HABIT THAT COULD BE PUTTING YOUR HEALTH AND WAISTLINE AT RISK
In an article first published on The Conversation, RUTH WHITESIDE, senior lecturer in public health nutrition at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK, looks at the problem with snacking…
HEALTH INSIGHT: TEN HABITS OF PEOPLE WHO LOSE WEIGHT AND KEEP IT OFF
In an article first published on The Conversation, Dr GINA CLEO, of Bond University, reports on the findings of a new study looking at the habits of those who successfully lose weight…
SIGHT-SEEING: WHAT WE’VE LOST IN GOING FROM ‘DINING’ TO ‘GRAZING’
US columnist RICHARD MOUW, in an article first published by Religion News Services, reflects on changes in the way we eat…