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Saturday, February 14th, 2009
I just came across a really cool site: DIY protein bars and shakes!
You can choose your own ingredients and even packaging (i.e. logos etc.) - how cool is that?!
Check it out! I would write about it here, but the site is quite simple to navigate and I'd just ...
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
Currently I'm in Belgium visiting some family and I came across an amazing shop and also learnt some very interesting information.
You guessed right, the shop was a honey shop!
And the information that I learnt was that all honey in Belgium is not pasteurised, apparently the pasterurisation of honey is not ...
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Saturday, November 29th, 2008
My site's popularity has grown considerably, more than I ever expected and therefore I wanted to bring to light three of my most popular articles which some of you may miss if you land initially at the front page, here you go:
Honey and Water: Is it Really that Good?
Sugar Beverages: ...
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Yeah, that's right! I finally tried it!
Cut the long VERY short, the drink is not very tasty, though that doesn't mean it is not palatable.
It's somewhat of an acquired taste! (Queen's English accent pleeeeeeeease!)
Some people have told me that it tastes like medicine and I can see what they mean.
So what ...
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
In yet another study showing the benefits of consuming foods high in Omega-3, Akira Sekikawa (MD) and colleagues found that rather than genetic factors contributing to the lower heart disease risk in Japan's population, the actual Omega-3 content of Japanese diets may be responsible instead.
The study, cited in the August ...
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Saturday, November 1st, 2008
So I guess you must've seen the massive ad campaign being conducted by the 'POM Wonderful' company, especially here in the UK, if not, where have you been?! To my knowledge, the drink is not new, it has been around for quite some time now, so why such a big ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Who would've thought that "The Health People" might advocate the consumption of cookies, huh?Ok there's a slight catch, these aren't ordinary cookies, they are enriched with CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid).
As a result of eating these enriched cookies, researchers found these healthy fatty acids to be present in breast milk at a ...
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
According to a new study in the Journal of Nutrition, fat-build up from fructose consumption may be greater than consumption of other types of sugars such as glucose and sucrose.
The study involved six young, lean participants who had to drink either:
A soft drink sweetened with 100% glucos
A soft drink sweetened ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
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Study Info.
You've guessed it, yet another study expounding the great benefits of green tea.
So what was the study about and what did it show?
The study investigated the effects of the consumption of green tea for 7 days on biomarkers (i.e. indicators) of oxidative stress in young men undergoing resistance ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
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So what did I mean when I said I shall provide two lists for the Acid and Alkaline Food diet in Part 1?
Confused?
Well, whenever I have scowered the internet for a list identifying the state (i.e. acidic or alkaline) of foods, I always come across some discrepancies in ...
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