Oats are whole grains and as such offer a variety of health benefits. According to a Harvard university study, people who eat oats and whole grains live longer and are less likely to suffer from heart disease. Although it's a budget breakfast option, oats more than hold their own nutritionally ...

The first steps into veganism can be the most daunting and challenging! A vegan diet can have many different advantages and has been said to help many conditions and illnesses. This is why more and more people today are making the transition. So have you had thoughts about changing to a vegan ...

We’ve all been there, exchanging coins for a small breakfast bar and a fizzy drink. Enviously, and slightly resentfully ogling the vibrant salads and sandwiches of the people around us. How do they find the time every morning? The key is planning. This article will tell you about the key components ...

Spelt is a food that you might not be that familiar with, unless you're a keen foodie or superfood fanatic. But while it might not be the most common household name, it isn’t exactly anything new either - spelt has been around since 5000 BC. Also known as dinkel wheat, or hulled wheat, spelt is ...

It’s often believed that you can’t easily have food that's healthy, time-efficient and cheap all at once. You can tick two of the above boxes with junk food as it's both cheap and quick, but it most definitely isn’t going to get you or keep you healthy! One style of cooking challenges this dilemma: ...

When we engage in pleasurable activities such as eating, drinking, or listening to music our brain releases dopamine. However when we do these things too frequently, or engage in such activities too much, our brain makes it more difficult to regulate this system. Want to know how to get a handle on ...

When we talk about the weight loss process, our minds quickly jump to pictures of struggles with sit ups, panting, heavy breathing and gasping for air along with a complete change of our eating and sleeping habits. But does it have to be only about those things? If your answer to that is YES, ...

Everybody knows that protein is one of the most important components of our diets, not just in order to optimise athletic performance, but also to maintain a healthy, strong and robust body and lifestyle. However, the necessary amount of protein is often over-emphasised, with many people believing ...

We consume so many different things in a single day. With breakfast, lunch, dinner, all the snacks inbetween and quick trips to the shop in passing, it’s rare that we ever take the time to notice the actual colour of our food. You may think that the colour of food doesn’t matter, but it does. The ...

Autumn brings in a lot of change – change in temperature, change in scenery, change in time and a change in routine (for students). With all of these adjustments happening it’s easier for us now to give into the warm comfort foods such as fish and chips and pasta bake. We've had Halloween and Guy ...