Category Archives: Traditional Diets

How To Minimise The Effects of Low Quality Foods

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Robert Barrington

High quality diets are good for the health. In particular high quality diets, based on traditional eating practices have been shown to reduce the risk of Wester lifestyle diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity and type 2 diabetes. High … Continue reading →

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Cognitive Performance and Nutrition Quality

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Robert Barrington

The link between nutrition and physical health is well established. The role of essential nutrients in disease were first characterised through observational studies as well as through deficiency experiments using animals. For this work it was understood that that low … Continue reading →

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Magnesium Prevents Cardiovascular Mortality

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Magnesium is an essential macromineral that is known to possess a number of functions in humans nutrition. Magnesium is best known perhaps for its role as a cofactor in the ATP molecule where it acts to stabilise its structure. This … Continue reading →

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The Nordic Diet: Fat Loss Without Calorie Counting

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Robert Barrington

The energy balance theory of weight gain is a clever propaganda ruse. Spread surreptitiously by the food industry and the diet industry (really one in the same) deep into the subconsciousness of the general population, this theory is poison. Based … Continue reading →

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Obesity As A Disease Of Starvation

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Like many biological phenomenon, feeding behaviour is reliant on a negative feedback loop. This loop involves the detection of food in the gut and nutrients in the blood and a subsequent neuronal and hormonal response that corrects behaviour. A loop … Continue reading →

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The New Nordic Diet For Weight Loss

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Robert Barrington
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Eat Smart, Stay Smart

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Western lifestyle diseases include cognitive degeneration. It is often assumed that it is common to experience such age related cognitive decline. However, studies on populations consuming traditional Mediterranean foods show that this is not the case, and suggest that diet … Continue reading →

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Can You Overeat High Quality Foods?

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Robert Barrington
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Whole Grains: Important Sources of Antioxidants

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Traditional diets are those which retain historical eating patterns and as such the rely heavily on local plant based foods that are largely unrefined and unprocessed. Consumption of a traditional diet is associated with a reduced risk of disease, and … Continue reading →

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Normal appetite Regulation

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Robert Barrington
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