Nutrition Palette

25/06/2022

22/12/2020

Different types of meat and their benefits 🍖

22/11/2020

🌈 VITAMIN C: 🍊 vs 🌶

Did you know that red pepper has nearly 3 times more Vitamin C per gram vs orange? Vitamin C is vital for the growth and repair of tissues in all parts of our body. It’s also needed for repairing and maintaining bones and teeth 🦷

The minimum recommended daily intake is between 75mg (women) and 90mg (men) of vitamin C for normal growth and development.

Even though oranges are known for being high in vitamin C, an orange only covers half of your daily needs. 🍊

Al bell peppers contain more vitamin C than an orange, ranging from 95mg for green 🫑 and a whooping 341 in yellow! They also contain just 45 kcal per cup making them the perfect snack with hummus, peanut butter or chopped up Im stir fry 🌈

21/11/2020

Pineapple juice is known to suppress cough due to a mixture of enzymes called bromelain. The anti-inflammatory properties of bromelain are known to help with allergies and asthma. It’s also known to break up and expel mucus due to its mucolytic properties 🍍 In a subsequent study, research found that raw extracts from pineapple could decrease mucus five times faster than over the counter cough syrups.

20/11/2020

There are so many people that suffer from food addiction. Food addiction involves being addicted to food the same way as drug addicts are addicted to drugs. It involves the same areas in the brain, the same neurotransmitters and many of the symptoms are identical. People who have food addiction are unable to control their consumption of certain foods. Processed junk foods have a powerful effect on the reward centres in the brain, involving brain neurotransmitters like dopamine

17/11/2020

If you ever want to loose weight, remember this...

16/11/2020

If you suffer from back or neck pain try these:

05/11/2020

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02/10/2020

It’s not as easy as it looks 😂

28/09/2020

I love cucumbers 🥒