Fish had never been my first choice for a home cooked meal and I usually failed to eat the two servings a week that experts recommend. The high price relative to a far more nutritious portion of liver relegated it to the occasional trip to the chip shop with a head full of misguided dogma …
Beet – The Neglected Nutrition Bomb
The misunderstood beet or beetroot finds itself being cut asunder for either the root for some or the tops for the more adventurous others. The actual root, like most under-the-ground vegetables, is high in sugar, and off limits for those eating low carb but with a little fermenting with carrot and ginger, the roots can …
News Coverage On Glyphosate – France 24 [15 May 2019]
BREAKING NEWS Further to my post earlier this month The Debate above appeared yesterday on France 24 News ahead of proposed demonstrations across Europe this weekend.
Snack Attack – Are We Losing Our Way?
A brief search of the headlines relating to Low Carb/Keto/Paleo tends to point towards online versions of tabloid and broadsheet articles by freelance and often myopic ‘journo-nutritionists’ scaremongering about how Keto will kill, how Low Carb is unsustainable, where are the ‘healthy whole grains?’ and they are an untested fad (but wasn’t the Diet Heart …
Anthropologist Debunks the Paleo Diet-Dr Christina Warinner
This poorly titled lecture by Christina Warinner, an archaeological anthropologist at the University of Oklahoma who, for the past ten years has been researching our food in the past by looking at the dental calculus of ancient human remains and using this to go back in time to calculate what our ancestors ate. For someone …
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Probiotic Mayonnaise – No Egg
Mayonnaise is a mine field when it comes to sourcing one that is free of industrial seed oils, even the so-called healthy options labelled Olive Oil Mayonnaise and Healthy Organic just can’t seem to leave out sunflower oil, rapeseed oil, corn starch, bulking agents and emulsifiers. Biona Organic Ingredients Olive oil*(40%), sunflower oil*(40%), egg yolk*, …
Glyphosate Shown to Disrupt Microbiome
According to an article in The Guardian UK online, levels of Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide found in the human bloodstream have spiked by more than a 1,000% in the last two decades. It goes on to say that the substance was recently re-licensed for a “shortened five-year lease by the EU” despite scientists saying that it poses “a …
Apple Cider Vinegar Roast Pork Belly with Mushrooms and Pepper Sauce
Many years before I began eating low carb I had a delicious meal at a restaurant in Wandsworth, South London called Chez Bruce. It was a slow roast pork belly with black pudding and olive oil mash. I couldn’t believe how tender the pork belly was and have attempted to recreate it many times since …
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Research Shows – Apples Are Good For Diabetes
Really?... well, not quite. But when apples are fermented and produce acetic acid, then the magic begins, and it seems that this is not just anecdotal evidence. In a study looking at the effects of Apple Cider Vinegar on fasting blood glucose and lipid profile in diabetes induced rats with a diet including ACV (apple …
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The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet
Red meat, eggs, and whole milk should never have been vilified and belong in our diet. This thoroughly researched and captivating expose of the dietary guidelines first introduced in the USA and later adopted by the UK flies in the face of the dogma we are subjected to on a daily basis and proves, …
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