What is a Ketogenic Diet? The ketogenic diet is a low-carb, high-fat diet. It entails dramatically lowering carbohydrate consumption and substituting fat. This decrease in carbs causes the body to enter a metabolic condition known as ketosis. Your body becomes extremely good at burning fat for energy as this happens. It also causes fat to […]
It can be difficult to eat healthily especially in HK. After all, Hong Kong is littered with fast food options. More often than not, after a long tiring day at work, a trip to the local McDonald’s is easier than cooking a whole nutritious meal. Takeaway and food delivery is fast and requires essentially no […]
We all like to munch aka do “snacking”. It is technically defined as an eating occasion besides breakfast, lunch and dinner. Nowadays there are plenty of food items available for snacking– from junk to nutritious. Yet snacking is still associated with junk food, clearly damaging to our health. Why do we Snack? There are various […]
A Way to Manage IBS A low-FODMAP diet is a 3-step diet developed by Monash University to help manage the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). People with IBS have ongoing gut symptoms including abdominal pain, bloating, wind, diarrhea and constipation. What Is FODMAP? FODMAP stands for fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols, triggering the […]
Fat is as essential as protein and carbohydrates in your diet to provide your body with energy. Fat contains more calories by weight than any other nutrient. What’s more, your body also relies on the fat for certain functions. For instance, fat-soluble vitamins require fat for absorption into your body and fat is needed for […]
Menopause is the normal biological process occurring in a woman’s life marking the end of the menstrual cycle. It is that phase which involves a change in her life style – physical, mental and social for the rest of her life. A menopause transition phase or perimenopause begins around 40 years of age. The working […]
Nearly 50% of all Americans claim that they are currently trying to lose weight. One glance at the steadily climbing obesity rates in the US, and it’s obvious we’re facing a major problem. Fortunately, the paleo diet utilizes some fundamental eating principals handed down by our ancestors, that can help us manage a healthy weight. […]
Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) has been extensively researched for many years and different organizations added a pathological condition to it. Currently Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is characterized as the presence of a cluster of three or more pathological conditions out of five – abdominal obesity, elevated triglycerides, low HDL levels, hyperglycemia and high blood pressure. It is […]
There is a plethora of diets and weight loss programs globally people follow to achieve their desired results. However, despite achieving the desired results some of these diets and the weight loss programs have been unsuccessful in long term weight maintenance after a span of 12-18 months. The key is to continue to eat a […]
The two most commonly talked trace minerals with clinical significance are Zinc and Selenium. Zinc plays an important role in carrying out the various enzymatic reactions including DNA, RNA and protein synthesis in our body. Apart from that Zinc is required for the nerve transmission, growth hormone synthesis and prevention of damage from the free […]
