Dinner

Eating in layers

Dr Stanley S. Bass wrote an interesting article about the importance of sequential eating and proper food combining. He describes that when we eat, any quick digesting food must wait until the slowest digesting food leave the stomach before they can leave (a process which takes up to 8 hours). While waiting, any quick digesting…

Food Additives

Numbers and food don’t mix

If you look closely at ingredients in some of the everyday foods we buy from the supermarket, you’ll notice that most of them are listed as “numbers”. These numbers are food additives such as the bread preservative Calcium Propionate (282), Sulphite Preservatives (220-228) used more commonly in dried fruits, Synthetic antioxidants (310-312 and 319-321) used…

All natural fruits

The closer to the tree, the better for me

A lot of people who embark on the journey to get into shape for whatever reason usually signs up for a gym membership. Some buy a brand new bike or some sports equipment and swear that they’ll use it every day. Big mistake. Why? Because usually, they end up regularly going to the gym (or…