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Posted on 15 September 2010
So far I’ve covered the issue of calories, I’ve touched on the issues of sugars, good and bad fats and why pulses and whole-grains are such great foods. What ties all these things together...
Read MorePosted on 12 September 2010
Counting calories seems somewhat old hat these days, no? There was a time when I knew the calorie count of all sorts of foods and would be totting them up in my head as the day progressed –...
Read MorePosted on 7 September 2010
Soya products are everywhere. Soy was considered a wonder-food for a time: cheap to produce, high in protein and very versatile. Vegetarians have used TVP – texturized vegetable protein (ma...
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Posted on 7 September 2010
This is a picture sent to me by my husband while he was visiting family in Austria. It comprises a huge pretzel: refined flour (= sugar) & high salt; a large beer: high sugar; potato salad...
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Posted on 4 September 2010
I? last wrote about refined carbohydrates being the big baddies of weight gain. Well, there are some natural foods that are also laden with sugars which actually have the same negative impa...
Read MorePosted on 2 September 2010
Simple, but not easy for all of you people who are carbohydrate addicts. In the last 10 years the consumption of fat-free and low fat foods in the Western world has increased exponentially...
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Posted on 31 August 2010
Personally, I love these foods but may people don’t eat them because they don’t know what to do with them. These days it’s really easy to buy good quality cooked pulses in water, so you no...
Read MorePosted on 30 August 2010
Trans fats are fats that started out as healthy? i.e. polyunsaturated and monounsaturated vegetable fats, but have been treated and heated to a very high temperature to make them more stabl...
Read MorePosted on 27 August 2010
Here’s my first of many blogs on the complex subject of fats…. Omega 3 is a bit of a buzz word these days. It’s marketing gold right now as the public awareness of this essential fatty acid...
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