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Help! I’m addicted to cheese!
- Dairy
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.
Honey – the new hope or the new hype?
- Age Related Health Problems
- Antioxidants
- Farting/Flatulence
- Mental Health & Cognitive Function
How is honey made? Producing honey is hard work: a bee makes just a twelfth of a teaspoon in her lifetime. Female foraging worker bees collect nectar from flowers. When…
Big fat lies
- Obesity and Overweight
In March 2014, national headlines declared “Saturated fat ‘ISN’T bad for your heart‘” suggesting it is safe to gorge on butter, cheese and sausages. However, the study in question got the…
Be sure about B12
- Age Related Health Problems
- Heart Disease & Stroke
- Vitamins and Minerals
Cancer – the truth at last
- Cancer
UK academics are publicly acknowledging that a vegan diet helps to protect us from cancer and that high levels of meat and dairy are linked to colorectal, oesophageal, bladder, breast, prostate, gastric, ovarian, kidney and pancreatic cancers – amongst others.