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Do you need to eat Carbs?

Do you need to eat carbs? Strictly speaking no. But also, it depends! Carbohydrates are not an essential part of our diet. By essential this means we have to get it from our diet as our bodies cannot produce it on its own (much like the essential amino acids we need from protein). When something...
28/01/2020, ,

Are you eating enough fibre?

Fibre My usual breakfast includes a piece of fruit (pink lady apples are my go-to), some granola (the new Bio&Me range from the Gut Health Dr is fab – the one today contains a huge variety of ingredients and has 8.3g fibre per 60g serving), along with a protein yoghurt/bar. Fibre is incredibly important for...
28/01/2020, , ,

Protein Sources

Ever hear when people say that certain foods contain “high quality protein”? Well, this is because not all protein is the same. Different foods are either complete or incomplete protein sources. Complete sources contain adequate amounts of all of the Essential Amino Acids (EAAs), which we have to get from our diet as the body...
27/01/2020,

Whey & Your Daily Protein Intake

Different PES flavour of whey for me this week. Up there with my fav flavours from this brand, and a great way to top up my daily protein intake. How much protein do you have in your diet? Did you know the RDA of 0.8g per kg of body weight is only the *minimum* amount...
27/01/2020, ,

New Challenge, New Website!

I’m not really much of a new year, new you sort of person. But here I am with a new website! I’m not even sure when I realised that I had spent too long coasting and feeling so indifferent to what I was doing and how I was living.  I made excuses about why what...
23/01/2020
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