by | Feb 1, 2017 | Diet, Emotions, Food, Weight Loss, Your Signature Diet
For chronic weight gain that you cant seem to shift you may need to go beyond diet and exercise and uncover additional triggers of weight gain. The first place to look is to your immune system which underpins all other body functions, including metabolism and fat...
by | Jan 27, 2017 | Autoimmune Disease, Cancer, Diet, Ecology, Food, Grains / Fructose, Health, Sugar
Fructose is found in three forms in our diet—as free fructose (in fruits, honey, high fructose corn syrup, agave nectar, etc.), as part of table sugar (glucose+fructose), and in most vegetables and grains—along with chains of fructose molecules, known as fructans....
by | May 16, 2016 | Diet, Food
There are more and more studies that agree that dark, low-sugar, dairy-free chocolate has health benefits—provided we eat only a few ounces a day in combination with a high protein-low carbohydrate diet. While there are several health benefits to cacao, the one that...
by | Dec 11, 2015 | Diet, Food, Gluten-free, Grain-free, Paleo, Personal Food Trials, Sugar, Your Signature Diet
Most of our important family and social events involve food. Christmas, birthdays, and celebrations usually incorporate food in symbolic and important ways. December and January are months where we holiday, celebrate and align with our family and friends—and we use...
by | Nov 23, 2015 | Diet, Food, Nutrition, Paleo, Your Signature Diet
News earlier this month from the World Health Organisation that processed meats cause bowel cancer, and red meat “probably” does too, sent shockwaves across the globe. There’s been a mixed response from health professionals, scientists, farmers and the...
by | Oct 23, 2015 | Diet, Food, Grain-free, Health, Personal Food Trials, Your Signature Diet
For decades, Australians have been urged to watch their cholesterol levels and eat fewer foods containing saturated fats (from animals) —there’s even a margarine designed to lower one’s cholesterol and serve as a substitute to butter. But cholesterol is not the...