Drinking lots of water in order to stay hydrated, is a vital part of any healthy lifestyle: helping us to maintain a healthier body weight, improve our mood, sustain our energy levels and keep our skin looking great. There are now many different brands of flavoured water available. The only problem is choosing ones that [...]

I love oatmeal, I look forward to it every morning. I tend to cook it the Scottish way – using about one cup of whole plain (organic) oats with a little bit of salt, water and milk. To serve, I then top the oats with honey and fruit – like a chopped banana and blackberries [...]

Ginger can boast many health-giving benefits.
Ginger is possibly most renowned for its ability to sooth a stomach and ease nausea – caused either from motion sickness, morning sickness, flu or food poisoning. You can just cut up some fresh ginger root and pop it into a pot or cup of boiling water to steep – [...]

What has more potassium than a banana, more electrolytes than most sports drink and is 99% fat free? One cup of coconut water!
Coconut water is the ideal way to orally re-hydrate your body. This is especially important during exercise and recovery from a workout. It is the purest liquid second only to water and full [...]

Sports supplements companies have been trying to sell the idea for years that you need a huge amount of protein per day to grow big and muscular, this is not true, this is what they want you to believe so you buy more and more of their protein products.  Most people trying to build muscle [...]

Water; it’s free, accessible, calorie-free, life giving and thirst quenching. Increase your intake of water and feel the benefits.
1. MAINTAIN A HEALTHIER BODY WEIGHT
Water helps the body metabolise stored fat. The kidneys cleanse our body, via the blood, of waste and need water to function well. When the kidneys are not operating optimally the liver [...]

Niacin, or Vitamin B3, is a member of the B complex group. The body is not able to manufacture Niacin in sufficient quantity, so it is an essential nutrient that must be provided mainly by diet. B3 plays a vital role in the generation of energy from foods; like vitamin B1 and vitamin B2 it [...]

Here is a list of foods that can help keep your liver healthy.
High Fibre Foods
High fibre foods such as rice and cereals help boost the digestion process. These also help maintain the functionality of the liver, as long as you also maintain a diet that limits the amount of cholesterol and fat coming into your [...]

Rich in Calories
Fast food is packed with calories. With one meal in most popular fast food chains usually containing roughly 1,000 calories, you run a big risk of being overweight; especially if you eat meals like this on a regular basis.
High levels of Salt
Salt may make the food taste better in the short term, but [...]

Vitamin B1 (or Thiamine) is one of the eight B vitamins of the B-complex family. B1 plays a vital role in cell metabolism and energy production. B1 converts carbohydrates into glucose, aids enzyme production – speeding up chemical reactions in the body, aids digestion, promotes growth and is essential for nerve cell and heart function.
The benefits of [...]