Weight loss

Now, as I have assaulted all breakfast cereals as junk food (just read the label – they are full of sugar and salt and sometimes covered in chocolate – how could they not be junk food) I thought I would redeem myself by suggesting there are 2 cereals that I would be comfortable with people … Read more

Carbohydrate loading should be done leading up to an important event such as a half marathon, marathon, triathlon or other endurance event where for 3-4 days prior to the event you can safely carbohydrate load as outlined by the AIS, and after having completed the event eat normally again. It might still be wise to … Read more

In the example from the AIS below the foods, although high in carbohydrates, are also low in nutrition. Consider the kerbs’ cycle and electron transport chain (I can see you eyes glazing over here but bear with me). You don’t need to understand all the chemical reactions, just the fact that in order to turn all … Read more

Carbohydrate loading is a strategy employed by athletes that involves reducing training volume whilst simultaneously increasing the amounts of carbohydrates consumed in the days leading up to a game or event. The aim is to up regulate an enzyme called glycogen synthase (an enzyme that creates muscle fuel called glycogen) and cause the muscles to … Read more

Carbohydrate loading is a concept that both athletes and the general pubic know of. This is largely due to the marketing of carbohydrate based products such as whole grains, sugary snack foods and sports drinks being the champion or elite sports performance, and in some part to information passed on via successful ex-elite athletes extolling … Read more

Fruit juice is portrayed as a healthy food and conventional medicine and dieticians will tell you that fruit can be one of your “5 a day”. However, I’m going to show you some research that blows this out of the water.

Now, we all know that we are supposed to get 5 portions of fruit and veg a day, and I would bet that most people either don’t manage to eat this or just eat several portions of fruit a day to make up for the shortfall in vegetables. We are led to believe that fruit … Read more

So, this week we’ve talked about how saturated fat may not be the evil fat that is portrayed by the media and conventional medicine, but how trans fat are; and we have also talked about how margarine (that often times contains trans fats) is not heart healthy as it is portrayed and that using butter … Read more

Another food that gets touted as heart healthy is margarine. It’s claimed that margarine is a healthy alternative to butter – as butter is full of the heart damaging saturated fat that raises cholesterol (however remember my blog post earlier this week that dispels the myth that saturated fat contributes to heart disease) and margarine … Read more

This week I’m going to discuss some common misconceptions concerning healthy eating – I’m going to talk about saturated fat, red meat consumption, margarine, fruit consumption and fruit juice. Current dietary wisdom would have us believe that saturated fat and red meat are bad for us and things like margarine, fruit and fruit juice are good … Read more