Sugar is delicious, we all love it! But too much added sugar can have harmful effects on the body. Added sugar is found in many products that most people wouldn't expect – so it’s important to be aware of just how much we're consuming. Sugar is a necessary part of a human diet, as glucose is a ...

Diabetes is a known medical condition that occurs when the pancreas has either stopped producing insulin or the quantity of produced insulin is not enough. This might lead to multiple medical conditions which might directly affect the blood vessels and nerves. The best way to control diabetes is to ...

Comfort foods are something we seek out when we need a little bit of tender loving care. With the stressful year, a lot of us can probably relate to seeking solace in some sweet, gooey dessert! It's just the morale booster we need when in short supply. We have put together our list of top 5, ...

If you naturally have a sweet tooth but want to start making more health-conscious decisions, fear not! Switching up your desserts to vegan alternatives, even if you're not vegan, is a great way to cut out those unhealthy additives from butters and sugars. Vegan cooking requires you to think ...

Diabetes is the 7th most deadly disease affecting over 420 million people globally with numbers sadly on the rise. Its main characteristic is the loss of carbohydrate metabolism function. The most common symptom is high blood glucose which is a consequence of impaired insulin production in the ...

You have most likely heard of hummus; a mouth-watering Middle Eastern dip made mostly from chickpeas and oil. But like all good things there comes a time when these classic grab and go’s need to be jazzed up and reinvented which leads us onto the discussion of lentil spreads. The concept is ...

The world we now live in provides us with plenty of choices and that also applies to the types of cooking oils we can buy and use. Some, like vegetable oil, we are more familiar with and others, like avocado or canola oil, maybe less. A question most of us may be thinking then, is which oil is ...

If there’s any sporting industry veganism has struggled to penetrate - it’s bodybuilding. Football has seen some of its talented athletes praise veganism, namely Argentinian superstars Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero. The boxing world has seen British heavyweight champion David "Hayemaker" Haye ...

You may or may not have heard of the term “bulletproof coffee”. A caffeinated, black-coffee drink, accompanied by a tablespoon of thick lard or butter. The principle behind which is to help you lose weight and keep you feeling full in the morning but is it really that healthy when we break down the ...

Whether you’re used to hitting the gym, or it's the first workout since your New Year’s resolution was made, you could be feeling a 'burn' of one kind or another! The hours—and sometimes days—after intense exercise can be rough. From sore muscles to dehydration, a lot of discomfort can accompany ...