Making every mouthful matter
Sleep is pretty important.
Actually let me re-phrase that, sleep is REALLY important, & probably more so than many people realise.
One of the plagues of our time is poor sleep & this doesn’t just mean you end up feeling a little foggy headed the next morning, in fact we can see on scanning imagery of the brain that just 1 night of less than optimal sleep will cause the global function (your overall cognitive functioning ability) of your brain to decrease. Not such good news!
Plant based diets continue to grow in popularity & I am all for people making specific lifestyle choices & changes based on their beliefs, indeed the necessity for us all to be increasingly conscious of our impact on the world is not something we can deny. Personally I don’t choose to follow an entirely plant based diet, however I am incredibly aware of limiting my impact by choosing high quality, organic animal products (ensuring the highest possible welfare standards for the animals in question & as few negative consequences on the planet as can be) in addition to being as mindful as I can in terms of my waste & things like that.
The one thing that does concern me however is the potential for some to go down this path & end up doing themselves a health disservice because they aren’t aware of the potential pitfalls when you choose to remove aforementioned animal products from your diet.
So what are these?
Continue reading “Plant Power: Turning Leaves & Stems Into Muscles & Bones”
I’m going to give you all a little insight into my love life today……I am truly & utterly besotted with…..tahini.
(What can I say, I tried but I am just incapable of being serious 100% of the time!)
But yes my adoration for this sumptuous silky siren runs VERY deep & not just because it literally tastes like heaven on Earth!
Long before we all went head over heels for almond butter, tahini was gracing hundreds of tables around the world as an integral ingredient in Middle Eastern cuisines, it’s natural bitter-sweet flavour offering the perfect compliment to savoury & sweet dishes alike. Continue reading “Sensational Sesame”
To say I spend a significant amount of my time talking about the downside of a sugar laden lifestyle would be underplaying it, we are literally bombarded from every direction by the sweet stuff and sadly for us it is doing us no favours.
The primary reasons we adore sweet things is they flood our bloodstream with quick energy and our nervous systems with all those feel good feelings. Now that is all well and good but our bodies cannot cope with a huge surge in blood sugar, and in fact a high blood glucose level can be exceptionally damaging, so in response to such a peak our pancreas will rapidly secrete lots of insulin to bring things back down again – hence why we experience a ‘sugar crash’ afterwards.
Continue reading “Redefining Desserts with Motion Nutrition + NEW Recipes”
I often get asked whether raw food is the be all and end all of healthy eating and my answer in short is always……no.
Nothing in immediate extremes is going to be the answer to all our ills unfortunately, and crashing into restrictive ways of eating is usually a recipe for disaster but there is definitely something to be said for including a range of different types of foods into our diets, as just like the myriad colours of fresh produce, each will hold its own benefits depending on how it has been prepared.
I am eternally fascinated by the body and have recently found myself delving deeper and deeper into the world of nervous system and brain health. One of the underlying themes I keep returning to is the impact our modern way of living has on our body’s innate protective mechanisms and/or functioning, and so today I want to touch on one of our most highly prized (but also potentially disruptive) commodities – wireless technology.
There was a time in my life when I could hum you the dialling up tone for the internet, that series of bleeps that would hopefully conclude in a connection and the ability to chat to friends on MSN messenger (seems archaic now in the world of constant, instant communication!) Anyway that process is very much a thing of the past and we can now mostly enjoy continuous connection to the worldwide web, a fantastic advent for business, medicine, travel etc etc BUT is it good for us to constantly be bombarded from every angle with these things?
Continue reading “Magnetic Musings; How Wireless Technology Affects The Nervous System”