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What to eat Before you Workout

Whether you work out in the morning before you head off to work, or you enjoy an evening session with a class full of likeminded people, your pre workout nutrition is key.

What is a healthy diet?

Diet & Nutrition

Maintaining a healthy, well balanced diet will not only keep you in top physical condition but will also be an important aid to your mental health.

What to Eat Before the Daily Commute to Work

Lifestyle

Many of us are up at the crack of dawn ready for the commute to work. Whether the kids have got us up before the alarm or we just continue the habitual routine of stomping downstairs like something out of ‘The Walking Dead’; either way, like the characters from the box office hit, we are usually in search for something to eat.

Understanding Oral Allergy Syndrome

Intolerances & Allergies

Oral allergy syndrome, or OAS, is a condition that’s thought to affect around 10% of the nation. Sufferers experience allergic symptoms after eating certain foods that contain pollen proteins similar to the ones that cause their hayfever.

Do You Know Your Prebiotics from Your Probiotics?

Lifestyle

For many years now, ‘probiotic’ has been a common word seen in health food stores. But now, the word prebiotic is being used, and we’ve all got confused. So, what’s the difference, why do we need them and how do we get both into our diet?

Understanding and Managing a Lactose Intolerance

Intolerances & Allergies

A lactose intolerance is caused by not having enough of an enzyme called lactase in the body. Lactase breaks lactose down into two simple sugars; glucose and galactose.

Bowel Conditions – the difference between IBS and IBD

Intolerances & Allergies

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) can both be painful to the sufferer, but they are different conditions.

Vegetarianism – a lifestyle choice?

Vegetarianism

For some, becoming a vegetarian, or choosing to change your diet to solely plant-based foods (this is actually called veganism if you exclude all meat, fish and dairy) can be based on several factors.

How is coeliac disease different from a wheat allergy?

Intolerances & Allergies

Coeliac disease is a fairly common complaint, yet one, which is often misunderstood, even by the people who live with it. Coeliac disease is, at its core, an autoimmune disease whereby the body reacts adversely to a food protein called gluten.

What are the advantages (and disadvantages) of ‘going organic’?

Lifestyle

Organic farming and food production is becoming more popular and more profitable year on year, and the amount of organic food sold in the UK and in many other countries just keeps rising.

How ‘Natasha’s’ Law may save lives

Intolerances & Allergies

Natasha suffered from the most severe allergy reaction, anaphylaxis, to a sesame seed allergy and her symptoms developed so rapidly that nothing could be done to save her. The culprit was a pre-prepared baguette from Pret-a-Manger.

Grow your own – why and what are the nutritional benefits of home-grown vegetables

Lifestyle

The tide is turning in regards to home grown vegetables. More and more people are looking to gown their own vegetables and for good reason.

FODMAP Foods – What Are They?

Lifestyle

Regarding digestion, food goes hand in hand with this process, and can also be a trigger for digestive issues and problems.

Explaining Food Allergies and Intolerances

Intolerances & Allergies

It’s surprising how many people suffer from food allergies and food intolerances, although the two should never be confused. It can also be difficult sometimes to get to the bottom of what is causing the problem.

Plant Power: The Rise of Veganism and How to Eat Plant-Based

Veganism

There’s no doubt about it, vegan foods and veganism are on the rise. Everywhere we look, we’re seeing more vegan foods emerging to tantalise our taste buds.

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