Eat Well With Diabetes

Date 14 February 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
For anyone who deals with diabetes it is important to be able to manage blood sugar levels, a balanced diet is important to help keep a healthy weight. Both are especially important if you have diabetes. Low carbohydrate diet A ...
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What Happens When You Eat Too Much

Date 10 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
In Covid-19 we replaced 'things' with food. True for most of us in lockdown. But what happens when you eat too much. How it works When you eat, your stomach expands to hold what you have consumed. Eating too much can cause ...
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Diet and Depression

Date 15 November 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
We are all familiar with the saying "you are what you eat" but can that also be said about your mood? The simple answer is yes, say nutritionists and researchers who have investigated whether what you eat can increase or decrease ...
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The Health Benefits of Kale

Date 19 October 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
If you ask someone to name a “superfood”, the one that is often at the top of the list is kale.The health benefits of kale are a long list because it is packed with vitamins, minerals, and nutrients What is Kale? Kale is a hardy ...
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Cognitive Nutrition

Date 14 July 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Cognition nutrition is thought by many Dieticians as a food trend which is likely to become increasingly popular. As we live, protecting the brain is becoming just as important as the body, and what we eat matters more and ...
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Eating Your Way To A Healthier Life

Date 12 June 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
We are all aware of the importance of eating a healthy diet. However, increased production of processed foods and changing lifestyles have led to a shift in our eating habits and we are now eating more foods high in fats ...
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Make Eating a Positive Experience

Date 12 May 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
What and how we eat is often swayed by how we are feeling at the time and not always in positive ways. Here are some suggestions as to how we might change bad habits around eating and making eating a mindful, positive experience ...
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Surprising Side Effects of Avoiding Fruit

Date 13 April 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
We know fruit is a high-fibre food, full of juicy goodness. The American Heart Association recommends we eat 4 to 5 servings of fruit every day and the American Cancer Society’s nutrition guidelines for cancer prevention advocate including fruits (and vegetables) with every meal and for snacks. This is sound…
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The Health Benefits of Probiotics

Date 13 March 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
There is a growing consensus that you can treat and even prevent some illnesses with foods and supplements containing certain kinds of live bacteria and some digestive disease specialists are now recommending probiotic supplements for disorders that have been difficult ...
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Changing Diets

Date 18 February 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
The world’s richest nations eat richer meals. Over the last 75 years, our expectations for meals have increased, with much more meat and dairy in our diets. Many people over the years, have become aware that what we eat not only affects our personal health, but also, indirectly, it also…
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Choosing Sustainable Seafood

Date 14 January 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Eating fish regularly is a common feature in healthy eating guidelines. Seafood provides protein for over 3 billion people globally, as well as other important nutrients such as zinc, vitamin D and omega-3 fats. But there are bigger issues pressing that need to be addressed. Recent research has highlighted the…
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Food Myths Busted

Date 16 December 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
We hear so many things in the media about what foods were told to avoid… I thought it would be a good idea to dispel some of those myths. Drinking tea of coffee causes dehydration Caffeine in both coffee and tea has a diuretic effect, which means your body produces…
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