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Fibre

Healthy vegan diet with lots of fibre

Fibre – more important than you think!

07/12/2020  |   Health articles

You probably know about fibre: it’s the part of plant foods you can’t digest. It keeps your digestive system healthy, encourages ‘good’ gut bacteria and can help in healthy weight...

Beetroot soup

Healthy, happy gut

27/08/2020  |   Health articles

We rarely pay much attention to our gut health until we have to. Conversely, we tend to know how our mental state can affect our digestion and even have a ‘gut feeling’ about important things in our lives.

Carbohydrates

Fibre – are you getting enough?

04/08/2020  |   Health articles

Are you getting enough fibre in your daily diet? Probably not!

Myths and reality

Top ten food myths busted!

04/08/2020  |   Health articles

You can all get all the nutrients you need from a varied, vegan diet – and often in a form our bodies can better use. Plus, you avoid all the harmful health effects of eating meat, fish and dairy.

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Gut feeling

08/01/2020  |   Health articles

Got a gut feeling

29/08/2019  |   Health research

How vegetarian and vegan diets affect your gut microbiota Gut microbiota, previously called gut flora, is the name given to the trillions of microorganisms living in your gut. They can...

Diet and diabetes

29/08/2019  |   Health research

How going meat-free can help lower your risk The huge EPIC-Oxford study looked at the links between diet and the risk of hospitalisation or death with diabetes in over 45,000...

Deadly diets

29/08/2019  |   Health research

Poor diets kill more people than tobacco In 2017, 11 million deaths around the world were related to poor diet, even more than smoking, according to this major study. Heart...

Folate – Not Just for Pregnancy

02/07/2019  |   Health articles

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