Minerals: We are what we absorb Introduction We are what we eat? Well, “we are what we absorb” might be the more precise statement. It is possible to eat enough to meet the recommended nutritional needs on paper, but if your body is not absorbing those nutrients, then it is simply not enough nourishment, and [...]
Nutrition and Stomach Cancer: Prevention Nutrition and lifestyle factors play a major role in the prevention and management of cancer, including stomach cancer. Stomach cancer is the third most common cause of cancer-related death1 and, unfortunately, diagnosis often comes too late, when the cancer has already progressed. This article will discuss which lifestyle factors may [...]
The Simplified Low FODMAP Diet Did you know that there is more than one way to do the low FODMAP diet? The low FODMAP diet involves removing certain fermentable carbohydrates from the diet for several weeks and then slowly reintroducing these foods to tolerable levels. It has shown great success in treating many individuals with [...]
Five Fun Facts About Fruit and the Gut 1. Apples Organic apples have a wide variety of probiotic strains living on their skins. These probiotics vary from the ones found on conventional apples and might even affect the flavour of the fruit.1 2. Bananas Bananas are easy to digest and contain lots of potassium, which [...]
Dietary Fibre What you need to know to maintain a healthy gut What is Dietary Fibre? Fibre is a type of carbohydrate that we cannot digest. With other types of carbohydrates, such as sugars and starches, our digestive system breaks them down into absorbable simple sugars, which our bodies use as energy. Fibre, on [...]
Probiotics, Prebiotics, and the Microbiome Did you know that all multicellular organisms, including every animal and plant, are covered in a vast array of microorganisms? Microorganisms, also known as microbes, are extremely small (microscopic), living organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, yeast, parasites, and more. They live on our skin, in our body [...]
Hunger and Appetite The complex systems that encourage us to eat Every action in the body – whether it is the heart beating, leg muscles contracting when a person walks, the brain processing the contents of a conversation, or an arm moving to scratch a nose – requires energy. We get this energy from the [...]
Plant-Based Low FODMAP Diet Plant-based diet What do oranges, almonds, basil, and olives all have in common? They’re all plants. This article will discuss what a plant-based diet is, how to eat a plant-based low FODMAP diet, and practical tips and strategies to get more plants into your diet, whether you’re following a low FODMAP [...]
Everything in moderation? Focusing on ultra-processed foods We all know what processed foods are, but what about ultra-processed foods? It doesn’t take too long to find them at the grocery store; all you need to do is read the ingredient list on a packaged food item. If you wouldn’t use these ingredients for cooking at [...]
Five Gluten-Free Grains You Might Not Have Tried Grains are nutritious energy-dense staples for countries all around the world, and this includes gluten-free grains such as rice, corn, and sorghum. Many of us tend to eat the same grains all the time, and yet there are so many to choose from. This article will discuss [...]
