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FOOD, NUTRITION 22nd March 2017

Palm Oil and the reason your healthy products may be deadly

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Last year, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) announced that palm oil, the most utilized vegetable oil in the world, is potentially carcinogenic; meaning, it can cause cancer.

But avoiding it poses an incredible challenge. It’s found in roughly 50% of the packaged foods, personal care and cleaning products we use, due to its cheap production costs relative to other vegetable oils. Everything from Nutella, to laundry detergent, contains palm oil.

Surely, if we eat clean and buy green, we’re safe, right?  Not quite.

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FOOD, MIND, NUTRITION, WORKOUT 28th December 2016

These three things must change if we are to reclaim our health

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If you are one of the millions, planning out your new year’s resolutions, or what I prefer to call ‘the first week of Jan to-do list’, please read this first.

If we are to reclaim our health and minimize our risk of illness, we need:

  • A reformed understanding of nutrition: the role it plays in our health, and an overhaul of dietary guidelines.
  • The need for individualized medicine and a move away from the one-size-fits-all approach.
  • An informed public: questioning the status quo and making educated lifestyle choices to become better advocates for our health.

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FOOD, NUTRITION 21st December 2016

The cardinal sin of eating

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See the photo above? Much to my friend’s surprise, this was not a stock photo from the internet which I had sent her; it was my home made breakfast on Monday. Looks pretty good, right? But looks can be deceiving, for I have committed a food crime: combining proteins with carbs. Ooops.

Turns out, the combination of foods you eat, and the order you eat them in, plays a key role in your health.READ MORE