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Whole grains include wheat, rice, oats, barley, quinoa, spelt, corn and rye (amongst others) and refer to each when they are eaten in their whole form. Whole grains comprise of three parts; the bran, germ and endosperm. These differ to refined grains, where at least one part has been stripped away. White flour and white...

We may need a couple of posts on food labelling. Lets start with the marketing companies use. How they advertise can mean you don’t always get what you think you are! High in Protein Protein is more trendy these days, as more people understand the benefits. What this has led to is a lot of...

Following on from my post on polyphenols it links closely with the reported health benefits from chocolate and cocoa. Cocoa is particularly rich in flavonoids, specifically flavanols, (also known as flavan-3-ols). This is where the bitter taste in dark chocolate comes from. A review by Katz et al. notes; Flavonoids have a number of properties...

What are they, and why are we interested? Polyphenols are a type of phytochemical and they are linked with a whole heap of health benefits. You find them in a wide range of plant-based foods; including fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, chocolate, coffee and more. Polyphenols have a few sub-classes, with flavonoids and phenolic acids...

Ever hear the carbs are the devil crowd pushing people to not eat fruit? Yep that’s a thing!Deductive Reasoning (stay with me) is when a conclusion follows from a premises. Here we have:Premise 1 – Sugar is badPremise 2 – Fruit contains sugarConclusion – Fruit is badThe problem here is that sugar is not actually...

Training fasted or fed? Do whichever you prefer! Ok I’ll expand a little more, as this is one of those myths that just won’t die. That’s that you will burn more fat if you do fasted cardio, as opposed to doing the same exercise fed. Where this may come from is when you train fasted,...