by Bev Walton | Jul 18, 2022 | Diet & Nutrition
Talk to a biochemist and they will tell you that omega 3 is a polyunsaturated fatty acid. That means that it is a type of fat with a distinctive chemical structure consisting of double molecular bonds. The name omega 3 refers to the distance between the tail of the...
by Bev Walton | Jul 8, 2022 | Diet & Nutrition
Like other vital nutrients, it is important to ensure you get enough vitamin D. Low levels can affect your health and wellbeing in significant ways. But before we discover how and why, we need to answer a more basic question. Just what is vitamin D and why do...
by Bev Walton | Jul 7, 2022 | Diet & Nutrition
Vitamin B12 is a complex and important nutrient. Chemically known as cobalamin, it’s one of the eight known B vitamins, all of which serve similar functions within the human body: they enable the production of enzymes that fuel chemical processes fundamental to life....
by Bev Walton | Jun 27, 2022 | Diet & Nutrition
Could the gut be the key to understanding our mental health and physical well-being? Is having a “gut feeling” more than just a figure of speech? The gut, also known as the Gastrointestinal tract (GI tract), is responsible for processing food from the moment it enters...
by Bev Walton | Jun 20, 2022 | Diet & Nutrition
One of the most common pieces of dietary misinformation is that carbohydrates are bad for you. So are carbs bad for you or not? There’s a lot to unpack around that because it has led millions of people into the wrong idea about what to eat – and why. Today we’re...
by Bev Walton | Jun 14, 2022 | Diet & Nutrition
Our bodies are very adaptable but optimal health is still a delicate balance which depends on an adequate supply of key nutrients. These include the basic building blocks of our bodies like protein but also the vitamins and minerals which enable so many of the...