Wild foods are rich sources of phytonutrients which might be from the chemical defense system of plants or compounds which we (or our gut bugs) make from them as we digest the defense chemicals turning them into nutrients. Phytonutrients are a lot like tiny super-heroes that end up in our gut, blood and organs and are Read More …
The Backstory I was a Baby Boomer with below average health trying to overcome constant tiredness, gout attacks, being overweight and catching all the colds going around. It was just before Xmas 2004 when I had a gout attack swell my knee to elephantine proportions and which saw me on crutches in Phuket, Thailand. I got home Read More …
Turmeric – a spice of life Get Some Now Have you seen our Karuah Activated Turmeric in the store as yet? It is a complementary product to LIFE. Together, they synergistically take aim at metaflammation which is now regarded as the underlying cause of most of our ill-health and why we are ageing so quickly. You might Read More …
The Useless Concept of CaloriesI follow Dr Jason Fung and his articles on Medium and his piece on calories is well worth reading. Really good information …. until the oversimplification of the problem of obesity in the last few paragraphs. Insulin is a part of the problem but probably equal to that of leptin, another hormone which regulates satiety. Both Read More …
Anti-ageing and LIFE extensionThis article on anti-ageing and life extension was prompted by what I consider to be a ridiculous concept of embracing a prescription pharmaceutical drug with its unwanted, undesirable effects which come with a few more benign ‘benefits’. The author was convinced that an anti-diabetic drug, Metformin, might deliver positive outcomes with respect Read More …
Not all sugars are badWe do need to delve into a little biochemistry to learn that not all sugars are bad sugars. Our metabolic processes and especially our brain need glucose to function. Sometimes we even need to convert fat and proteins into glucose through a process called gluconeogenesis. We also store glucose as glycogen in Read More …
Wild Foods and Gout Wild foods and gout is a topic about which I am often asked. This probably reflects the growing incidence of gout which was once only a condition suffered by fat, old men who ate rich foods including red meats, shellfish, bread and drank copious quantities of red wine and beer. Just as with Read More …
The Best DietDietary Choices and Choices of DietsWe all know that the next diet is probably in preparation as you read this blog and will add to the plethora of diets of the past. These include celebrity diets (who’d listen to an actor for long term nutritional advice); or a particular doctor’s diet (again, MDs Read More …
A Comment on Changing What We Taste in FoodThis post of mine is a reply to a story about changing the tastes we perceive as we eat and the work being done to see if changing what we taste can lead to healthier food choices. I posted this in the journal’s comment section but I tend to get Read More …
How to Start a New Year Without a Santa BellyWeight loss is a multi-million dollar business. It is a growing industry (if you’ll excuse the pun). As our food quality falls and we breed more produce that’s sweeter (from sucrose and fructose) or starchier, juicier, lower in fibre, more nutritionally dilute we get more obese and Read More …
