Jun 12, 2014 | Fats, Health Foods |
When my children were at school (they are now in their early 20’s), my daughters did home economics. There was a lot of cooking being done and being a nutritionist I was very interested in the ingredients. I called the teacher and asked what were the basic...
Apr 17, 2014 | Body and Mind, Fats, Health Foods, Healthy Eating |
Recently on Facebook, I asked as to how do people use coconut oil. I was absolutely blown away by the response and the ideas. It seems coconut oil is one of those foods that can be used for hundreds of ailments, reasons and resources, not only by eating this wonderful...
Feb 4, 2014 | Fats, Healthy Eating, The Nutrition Academy |
Many people ask me about rice bran oil. I am somewhat very puzzled by the terminology. In all grains there are similar parts. The germ of the grain is what holds all the oil to feed the plant that grows and to give us (that eat it) the nutrition, most germ is taken...
Sep 17, 2013 | Fats, Healthy Eating |
Fat was never a dirty word, before the 1960’s, lard or dripping on bread was a favourite, bacon and eggs were a traditional breakfast and the fat on the meat was a treat. Yet today many people have a fat phobia, making sure that it is not in the diet, hunting through...
Mar 13, 2013 | Chemicals In Food, Fats, Healthy Eating |
One of the first things that Changing Habits will tell you to do, is to stop consuming vegetable oils. We all might know that they are highly processed, though we don’t actually know why. Vegetable oils, like corn, canola, soy and sunflower (which are used in...