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6 Foods to Avoid

6 Foods to Avoid

August 29th, 2019 | Posted in Info

There are many complicated diets around these days with long lists of foods to avoid. Many of them produce good results in terms of weight loss and other health outcomes. However, many people find ...

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Low Fat or Low Carb Diets? Which is Best?

Low Fat or Low Carb Diets? Which is Best?

August 21st, 2019 | Posted in Info

Previous research has shown that a range of factors such as genetics, insulin levels and the microbiome may influence how a particular diet affects an individual’s weight. Read the blog post on ...

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Genetics and Diet

Genetics and Diet

August 12th, 2019 | Posted in Info

This month we are looking at the effects of genes on weight and other aspects of health and whether there are any diets or dietary rules that are worth following. There are many dietary regimes to ...

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Night, Light and Weight

Night, Light and Weight

July 26th, 2019 | Posted in Info

You may have heard about the benefits of sleeping in total darkness in order to get a good night’s sleep. But the benefits go beyond feeling rested on waking. Sleeping with a television or light ...

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A Walk in the Park

A Walk in the Park

July 19th, 2019 | Posted in Info

Feeling better might be as easy as a walk in the park. Research has found that people who spend at least 120 minutes (2 hours) in nature per week are significantly more likely to report good health ...

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Hug It Better

Hug It Better

July 12th, 2019 | Posted in Info

Non-Food Ways to Well Being This month’s blog posts will look at surprising ways you can improve your physical and mental health that don’t involve food or exercise. All are easy to implement ...

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Are You Carb Adapted?

Are You Carb Adapted?

June 29th, 2019 | Posted in Info

If you’ve read the blog posts on Personalised Nutrition and If the Drugs Don’t Work you’ll have gathered that we are not all the same and what works for some people may not work for others.  ...

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If the Drugs Don’t Work… Think Microbiome

If the Drugs Don’t Work… Think Microbiome

June 21st, 2019 | Posted in Info

If you’ve read the blog post on Personalised Nutrition you won’t be surprised to hear that not only do people metabolise food differently but we also have individualised responses to drugs. ...

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Personalised Nutrition – One Size Does Not Fit All

Personalised Nutrition – One Size Does Not Fit All

June 17th, 2019 | Posted in Info

Whilst we like to believe that food, exercise and medicines all have consistent and measurable effects on us it is becoming increasingly apparent that this is not the case. Research has shown that ...

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The Dirty Dozen and The Clean Fifteen

The Dirty Dozen and The Clean Fifteen

May 31st, 2019 | Posted in Info

If you've read the blog posts on Organic Food for Sustainability, Problems with Pesticides and Reasons to Go Organic you'll be keen to know how to get started with eating organically. If you can't ...

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