

Craving sweet tasting sweets
Most of us have experienced food cravings at one time or another. I dare guessing that for the majority of us these cravings were for...


Soluble vs insoluble fibre
We’ve all heard that a diet high in fibre is essential. Here’s a little information to help you understand why. Fibre (also known as...


The wonders of vitamin C
Let me start by saying that I take Vitamin C daily and whether or not it is responsible for the fact that I’m hardly ever ill is a...


Glycaemic index versus glycaemic load
A question I often come across is what the difference between GI and GL is. Let’s see if we can clear this up for you once and for all...


Alcoholic drinks - help you choose
The actual question my beloved domestic ‘alcoholic’ asked me was ‘is gin and tonic fattening’? The simple answer is that any liquid...


Sparkling water versus still water
Now that the heat is back on and at the request of SWMBO here’s something a little more fluid You go to a restaurant… you sit down… the...


Fruit, vegetables and pesticides
Everybody knows that buying fruit and veg which were grown organically is better than buying those that were grown in the conventional...


DIABESITY AND EMOTIONAL EATING IN CHILDREN AND TEENS
Delicate subject, I know. But I still feel we need to talk about the connection between mood and food in children and adolescents. I’ll...


The Truth about How Diet Drinks Make You Fat
Simple logic would suggest that swapping a full sugar drink for a diet version cuts calories from your diet. Sounds reasonable but it’s...

WATERMELON JUICE – NONCHEMICAL VIAGRA?
Watermelon is one of my all-time favourite summer fruits and I was pleased to discover that apart from its great taste and nutritional...