Food and Nutrition

Every year around this time, something funny happens.real-nutrition-matters.com Chocolate suddenly appears everywhere. Well let's be honest, it's been in the shops since Christmas vying for your attention, but now its on the kitchen counter. In your kids’ school bags. On your desk because someone “just thought you’d like one.” It's...

If our last post: Why Some People Stay Slim Without Trying left you thinking: "Right… that explains them. But what about me?” It's complex and so much more than energy in - energy out... 1. When your body stops switching fuels properlyreal-nutrition-matters.com Most people have never heard the term metabolic...

When you were growing up, did you ever hear: “Sit down.” “Stop fidgeting.” “Get down from there.” “Will you please just stay still!” real-nutrition-matters.com Hmmm… me too... And if I’m honest, I probably passed those same messages on to my own kids, thinking I was teaching them to behave while...

If you've ever found your self saying: I only have to look at a pastry and I put on 10lbs Or wondered why some people seem to eat what ever they want and never gain weight - It's not magic and it's not even will power. real-nutrition-matters.com But we all...

Dairy vs Meat: They are not interchangeable People often talk about “saturated fat” as though butter, yoghurt, cheese and steak all behave the same....They don’t. Dairy fatreal-nutrition-matters.com Fermented dairy — like yoghurt and cheese — consistently shows neutral or even protective associations in cardiovascular research. Why?real-nutrition-matters.com Because dairy arrives in...

Stripped of hype, trends and outdated slogans, and aligned with where cardiometabolic science and cholesterol has currently landed. Let's face it, for most people the only time you come across the terms LDL and HDL are probably when you have your blood works done at your Dr's and even then,...