Performing strenuous exercise (tennis, squash, lifting weights, spinning etc) causes small tears and micro damage to your muscles. Over the subsequent hours and days your body works to repair this damage. The repair process results in your muscles becoming stronger. This repair process can be accompanied by muscle soreness. Here are three dietary suggestions for […]
Author: Tim King
Benefits of eating Fibre
How much fibre do you eat every day? Most people are not eating enough. Average fibre consumption is around 15g per day, but the ideal diet contains over 100g per day and anything below 32g is considered deficient. So why is fibre important? Fibre is a prebiotic, meaning it feeds the helpful bacteria in your […]
Preventing Diabetes
Did you know the worldwide prevalence of diabetes is increasing? In 2014 The number of adults living with diabetes was 422 million. That is 8.5% of the global population! Diet and lifestyle changes, such as cutting down on sugar, eating more beans and supplementing your diet with vinegar, can massively help to reduce […]
Alcohol intake in our society
Written by Patricia Patterson-Vanegas Alcohol is the third largest risk factor for ill health in the European Union and Europe has the highest unit per person intake of alcohol in the world*. Medical research has established that binge drinking and long-term drinking negatively affect most organs including the cardio-vascular system, the brain, liver and pancreas. […]
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The effects of flying on your body
Introduction Most people will be aware of the effects of jet lag, and might know that with alcohol, one in the air is three on the ground. Deep vein thrombosis has received a lot of press recently. There are however some other medical topics that are less well known. This article seeks to educate the […]
Soza Health commits to Health Level 7 (HL7)
Soza Health commits to Health Level 7 (HL7) international standards for patient records and will adopt the FHIR standard. http://www.hl7.org @HL7 http://ow.ly/MN7OD
Eating 5 or more small meals a day can help with weight loss and body composition
Changing dietary intake to comprise the eating of smaller meals at more frequent intervals is thought to be more beneficial for weight loss than eating larger meals less frequently. This is likely due to improved control of glucose levels, better appetite control, and increased calorie use by the body during digestion. Also eating protein at […]
Apple cider vinegar
Apple cider vinegar is often looked upon by natural wellness enthusiasts as a panacea for all good things. Taking a tablespoon or two of it every day is said to cure everything from gout to allergies and more. It’s said that it is important that the apple cider vinegar you take be organic and have […]
Food additives – Potato starch
Potato starch is starch extracted from potatoes. The cells of the root tubers of the potato plant contain starch grains (leucoplasts). To extract the starch, the potatoes are crushed; the starch grains are released from the destroyed cells. The starch is then washed out and dried to powder. Potato starch is a very refined starch, […]