Protein helps keep you feeling satiated. That means you feel fuller for longer so you don’t feel the need to keep snacking, leading to overeating. It triggers your Leptin hormone, which is the hormone that tells your brain you are full, stop eating. This is your body’s natural appetite suppressant,…
How and why you need to cut down and eliminate sugary foods
Sugar is one of nature’s beautiful gifts to our pallets, however too much of anything, is not a good thing. Sugar has addictive consequences, and as such, food manufacturers find if they add it to just about everything, it will keep you buying more and more of their products. Great…
Are carbs really the devil?
Carbs have been given a bad reputation over the years, undeservingly. Like all food, carbs can work really well for some people, and not so great for others. It really depends on the person, your body type, how many carbs your body can handle, and what your hormones are doing….
How to reduce your anxiety and stress
Anxiety and stress come from feeling overwhelmed, feeling out of control or fear of the unknown. Sometimes it’s all three at once. These things can cause you to catastrophise things, so it is important we keep things simple, look at something at face value without exaggerating it, and not let…
The benefits of eating fat and how it helps fat loss
For decades fat has been demonised in nutrition, warning against heart disease and other health issues. What never gets mentioned is the type of fat that causes these issues and what the difference is from one fat to another, and how it effects the body. This all came about from…
