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Mind Your Mind

Mind Your Mind
If you are like most people you have experienced a sugar crash, the feeling of no energy left and a mood which means people should stay as far away as possible. It is well known that diet does not only effect how you look on the outside but how you feel on the inside, reaching…
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Can You Have Your Cake And Eat It Too?

Can You Have Your Cake And Eat It Too?
When the words cake, chocolate, soft drink, alcohol, lollies, ice cream or pizza are mentioned you would not be alone if you felt many emotions around these foods but one of them included is guilt. What you may not realise these foods are not bad but are simply to be enjoyed in moderation throughout your…
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Understanding Celiac Disease, Why a Fad Is a Necessity for Many People

Understanding Celiac Disease, Why a Fad Is a Necessity for Many People
Gluten free products have hit the market hard and it is easy to mistaken gluten free for healthier alternative with the amount of media attention to these products. Unless you are celiac or have gluten intolerance this is certainly not the case as many gluten free products tend to be lower in fibre making it…
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A Food Which Refuses To Pick A Team

A Food Which Refuses To Pick A Team
Don’t you hate it when someone refuses to pick a team? I am talking about a food which is a staple for many people in the world as a whole grain but when left unprocessed can call itself a vegetable, the one and only corn! Whether you enjoy this food at the movies as a…
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Fats, Aren’t They All The Same?

Fats, Aren’t They All The Same?
Do you know why you need fat in your diet? Firstly, it provides you with energy not only immediately but the stored fat in your body helps to keep you active when your energy stores from carbohydrate have run out. Fat provides you with the well needed layer of insulation not only in the cooler…
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Supplements: Do you really need them?

Supplements: Do you really need them?
Have you been one of many fooled to believe supplements are the answer to good health? If so you are not alone as the amount of advertising and money to sell supplements is phenomenal. Firstly, supplements can be needed if prescribed by your GP after deficiency has been identified and supplementing this deficiency through whole…
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Do you Really Need A Sports Drink To Improve Your Workout?

Do you Really Need A Sports Drink To Improve Your Workout?
Do you reach for a PowerAde or Gatorade every workout session? You may be wasting your money as well as adding excess added sugar to your day.  What many do not realise is  a specific purpose to sports drinks and most weekly workout warriors do not need this to help performance or to achieve results. …
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The Dirt Truth about Mushrooms

The Dirt Truth about Mushrooms
  Suitable to include as part of your breakfast, lunch or dinner mushrooms are not only tasty but a nutrition powerhouse for your body. Some highlights of this vegetable as a nutrition powerhouse include high sources of these vitamins and minerals: Potassium ( Helps your body with many functions including helping you have a healthy…
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