About the author
Veronika Prošek Charvátová
Veronika Prošek Charvátová MSc is a biologist and Viva! Health researcher. Veronika has spent years uncovering the links between nutrition and good health and is an expert on plant-based diets.
After insulting vegans in general, Vine goes on to say that only celebrities can be healthy vegans because only they can afford nutritionists and chefs and that ordinary people can’t…
The truth is, cheese addiction is real and once you break free from it, the cravings stop. But why is cheese addictive? What makes cheese so addictive is the extremely high concentration of the milk protein casein that, when digested, results in casomorphins.
This week, protein supplement company P-fit released the results of their survey of 2,498 vegetarians saying that most of them believed their diet was lacking in – you’ve guessed it…
However, the widespread warnings don’t seem to translate into action. According to the government’s national diet surveys from recent years, the average intake of saturated fat, sugars and salt in…
Chances are, if you’re in your twenties or thirties, joint health doesn’t even hit the top 100 of your priorities. However, most people in their forties or fifties start experiencing some joint issues, and it doesn’t happen overnight.
The scientists analysed data from 170 countries with regards to differences in lifestyle, physical activity and calorie intake and found that the availability of meat accounted for 13 per cent…
The study, published in the JAMA Internal Medicine Journal, followed the diets, health and mortality of over 130,000 people over the course of thirty years. It found that every three…
As more research shows Brits are not getting enough vitamin D, the government health advisers recommend we up the intake of foods containing this vitamin or take supplements in order…
