I find it interesting how certain foods have become vilified in today’s society, while others are given a free pass, such as alcohol. Where to start with the effects of alcohol? Let’s look at what it does on a micronutrient level. Alcohol has been shown to significantly increase the loss of vitamin C through the […]
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STRAWBERRIES!
Did you know this is what strawberries looked like originally? Fairly small and not overly sweet. Nothing like the huge ones we find in the supermarket today. So as we go into summer, a quick word on soft fruit. Soft fruit comprises strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, peaches, cherries, apricots etc. They are all delicious and nutritious […]
A Simple Way To Improve Blood Sugar – Part 3
This is the third instalment in simple and effective ways to reduce insulin resistance and HbA1c and to reverse or prevent diabetes. So here is tip number 3: Take a 10-minute walk after a meal As mentioned in Part 2, the French biochemist, Jessie Inchauspé aka The Glucose Goddess has a great book in which […]
A Simple Way To Improve Blood Sugar – Part 2
Hopefully you have already read PART 1 in this series about the benefits of vinegar to reduce blood sugar spikes. Part 2 explains how the order in which you eat your food can have a big effect on your blood sugar spike. The French biochemist, Jessie Inchauspé aka The Glucose Goddess has a great book […]
A Simple Way To Improve Blood Sugar – Part 1: Vinegar
There is a blood test called an HbA1c which is used to measure your average blood sugar levels over the past 2-3months. When it is raised it is because there is too much sugar in your system and as it has nowhere else to go, it starts to stick to your red blood cells and […]