Cancer and sugar connection

Cancer and sugar connection

The association between nutrition and cancer as well as other chronic diseases is not new. Though there are other risk factors, nutrition ranks among the most important, because it can be modified at the individual level and be targeted by public health policies. You...
Obesity & Weight Loss

Obesity & Weight Loss

The obesity explosion that we see in many countries is because of several factors. Apart from the genes we receive from our parents, some factors are because of human behaviour: Less exercise. Fewer hours of sleep each night. Eating more junk food. Eating more food...
Insulin Resistance

Insulin Resistance

Insulin resistance refers to the body becoming resistant to the hormone insulin. It’s the precursor to diabetes. Insulin resistance is classified as an arterial disease. Most people with cardiovascular disease have type 2D, it is just not diagnosed. We all have a...
Diabetes

Diabetes

Diabetes is a medical condition in which blood glucose levels are higher (hyperglycaemia) than normal, as measured with fasting blood, a glucose tolerance test, or HbA1c test. The body usually uses insulin to lower blood glucose levels by increasing the ability of...
Hypertension

Hypertension

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure is elevated in the arteries. This means the heart has to work too hard to pump the blood through the system. Approximately 4 in 10 adults have raised blood pressure, which...
Sport Performance

Sport Performance

If you want to perform well in sport, you need to be metabolically flexible. Metabolic flexibility is the body’s ability to use carbs at a high intensity when it needs to and switch over to fat when it doesn’t need to and go for much longer. Even endurance athletes go...