Category: Nutrients
Turmeric Cappuccino-style Drink Recipe
My third and final week celebrating the gorgeousness of Turmeric. This recipe is a delicious turmeric coconut milk drink that you can easily make from store room ingredients and is a wonderfully anti-inflammatory. You make the paste that forms the base of […]
The amazing properties of Turmeric, Part 2.
This week we look at the mechanism of action of Turmeric and it’s components. (This week is very “science”, so if you enjoy that information, then this is the week for you!). The phenolic curcuminoid, curcumin, is one of the most potent […]
Turmeric Chicken Curry
Continuing on with celebrating the fabulousness of Turmeric, I wanted to share a beautiful nutritious chicken curry recipe that another nutritionist shared with me a few years back. I have tweaked the recipe a little to adjust for ease of cooking and […]
Turmeric Part 1
One of the most beautiful aspects of working in clinical nutrition is witnessing the healing nature of every day foods. Let us explore the amazing herb turmeric (part one this week, part two next week). Brilliantly yellow and unmistakeable in fragrance, Curcuma […]
Are you getting enough Vitamin D?
We all love a freebie, right? There are few nutrients that are available to us completely free. Obtaining your nutrients from whole, natural sources is definitely the way forward. Readily available, without financial cost, sunlight is an excellent source of Vitamin D. […]
Keep it simple – Eat WholeFoods
How often have you seen that meme that states something along the lines of, only supermarkets have a health food aisle (the implication being that the rest of the food in the supermarket is not healthy, only that aisle)? Today I was […]
The Power of Potassium
“I wanna talk about Potassium, ‘K…. “(Alright, terrible joke). That said, the correct daily intake of potassium is very important to good health, so let’s look at what Potassium does in the body. Potassium is an essential mineral and electrolyte. When the […]
Eat as nature intended for your nutritional needs
Keeping up to date with the latest evidence and research surrounding nutrients and how they interact in the body, is not only a legal/ethical and professional requirement for a Clinical Nutritionist, but also one of the most interesting parts of my role. […]
Part 3, the final part of Turmeric. A full reference list is at the end. Turmeric is non-toxic up to levels of 12g/day for humans due to poor bio availability. Ayurvedic medicine consider Turmeric as a blood stimulator and should be avoided […]