Protein Decoys

Our normal food environments and our biology and our appetites are being right royally hacked by the processed food industry.

BUSH TUCKER The Kakadu Plum - case study

Since the 1970s, there has been recognition of the nutritional and gourmet value of native foods by non-Indigenous Australians, and the bush food industry has grown enormously.

Gut Health - Our Second Brain

The gut is an enteric nervous system that relies on the same type of neurons and neurotransmitters found in the central nervous system, so some medical experts call the gut our second brain.

Benefits of an Alkaline Diet

An alkaline diet works on moving the balance toward fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, wholesome protein sources such as beans and legumes, and healthy oils such as olive and flax seed.

The perils of overeating

Issues with your pancreas and insulin production when you overeat. Overeating disrupts the migrating motor complex that helps to keep bacteria in the correct area of the digestive tract. Overeating also places extra burden on the pancreas by having to continuously produce insulin.

Is Food to Blame?

Do you accept an up-size without giving it so much as a second thought? Are seconds a common theme at your mealtimes?

How Procrastinating feeds Emotional Eating

How much excercise for this much food

An interesting article in Womens Health magazine showed the following amounts of exercise required to burn up an amount of food. You may want to develop a taste for organic carrots.