Weight Loss and Healthy Eating Blog

Drink herbal teas for heart health

Posted by Lynda on March 17th, 2014 (Good Foods, Health)

Take a leaf out of the Ikarian lifestyle and add a herbal tea to your diet to boost heart health. Tea in various guises has been enjoyed for thousands of years, but research in 2009 in the Blue Zone island of Ikaria in Greece, found that the herbal teas drunk on a daily basis contributed […]

Analysing the Blue Zones

Posted by Lynda on March 13th, 2014 (Diet, Health)

What can the world’s Blue Zones teach us about diet, health and longevity? Blue zones are those anomalies in the known world, unusual pockets around the globe in which the people living there experience unusually long lives, and lower incidents of heart disease, late onset diabetes and osteoporosis. The areas were discovered when two demographic […]

Do you suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)?

Posted by Alexander on March 6th, 2014 (Health)

Hydrogen/methane breath testing for Fructose, Lactose and Sorbitol malabsorption (key triggers for IBS type symptoms) is now available at our clinics. A Hydrogen / Methane Breath Test is a painless and non-invasive test that helps to diagnose gastrointestinal disorders and food intolerances – in particular, sugar malabsorption, such as lactose intolerance and fructose malabsorption, which […]

Be diet free for life

Posted by Alexander on March 5th, 2014 (Nutrition, Nutrition Workshops in North Sydney, Weight Loss)

Our successful 10 week anti-diet weight-loss programme will be available online from March 15th. This affordable and personal 10 week program works through a range of topics to show you how to manage food and eat a healthy, balanced diet for life. Buy now for only $195 Over the ten weeks we will discuss compulsive […]

We all know we shouldn’t eat too much sugar but do we really need to give it up completely?

Posted by Alexander on February 20th, 2014 (Diet, Good Foods, Health, Nutrition, Uncategorized)

Sugar has been blamed for a worldwide obesity epidemic. Weight gain is caused by eating more energy (or kilojoules) than is used up in physical activity. So to achieve and maintain a healthy weight, the focus needs to be on eating fewer kilojoules (including watching portion sizes) and moving more. Studies have shown that a […]

The power of perception on the food we eat

Posted by Lynda on January 6th, 2014 (Nutrition)

Thanks to the power of perceptions, colour affects our taste buds in ways you would not expect. An interesting study tested our perception of taste by serving the same yoghurt in a variety of different colours. The results shows that colour affects our taste buds in ways you would not expect, thanks to how our […]

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