Category Archives: Nuts

Adherence To The Mediterranean Diet Reduces Mortality

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Robert Barrington

The Mediterranean diet is a traditional diet eaten by populations that inhabit the regions around the Mediterranean sea. The diet consists largely of unrefined and minimally processed plant foods, along with dairy foods, eggs, poultry, red wine and occasional red … Continue reading →

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Foods Associated With Weight Change

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Robert Barrington
Posted in Nuts, Potato, Processed meat, Red meat, Soft Drinks, Sugar, Vegetables, Weight Loss, Whole Grains, Yoghurt | Comments Off on Foods Associated With Weight Change

Why Are Walnuts Cardioprotective?

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Walnuts are nutritionally interesting. Like most nuts, walnuts are a good source of fibre, are high in protein and fat, and low in carbohydrates. Walnuts also contain high concentrations of vitamin and minerals, although the mineral content is dependent on … Continue reading →

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Nutrition On The Go

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Robert Barrington

When you are next out and about, have a look at the types of foods you can buy as snacks. Most will fall into the category of carbohydrate based foods. Of these foods most are also refined. This is problematic … Continue reading →

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Whole Plant Foods: The Original Cell Structure

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Robert Barrington
Posted in Digestion and Absorption, Fibre, Fruit, Glycaemia, Nuts, Oats (Avena sativa), Pulses / Legumes, Vegetables | Comments Off on Whole Plant Foods: The Original Cell Structure

Brazil Nuts

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Brazil nuts come from a giant evergreen tree with latin name Bertholletia excelsa. The brazil nut tree grows wild in the Amazon forest, and efforts to cultivate it outside of this area have largely been unsuccessful. This is because the … Continue reading →

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Another Reason Nuts Won’t Make You Fat

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Nuts are interesting because they have particular nutritional reasons why they won’t make you fat. For a start nuts are high in fibre, and this fibre is found mainly in the cell walls of the plant material. Because the fibre … Continue reading →

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Why Nuts Won’t Make You Fat

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Robert Barrington
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Go Nuts, Don’t Get Fat

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Robert Barrington

According to mainstream dogma, weight gain is a result of an excessive energy intake combined with low levels of physical activity. This dogmatic consensus is so ingrained in medical thinking, nutritional research and even amongst the layman, that proposing an … Continue reading →

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Refined Carbohydrates: Bad Choice

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Refine carbohydrates are the staple starch source in the Western diet. While traditional diets contain carbohydrates sources as whole grains, Westerners have developed a taste for refined carbohydrates. This is problematic because refined carbohydrates are strongly implicated in the aetiology … Continue reading →

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