What you need to know before you go gluten-free?
I'll cover the what is gluten and where is it found, and the pro's and con's of going gluten-free
Finishing with tips for following a healthy gluten-free diet.
Going gluten-free
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Breaking the diet-cycle with Intuitive Eating
Simply put – dieting doesn’t work.
Though that is an over simplification. Yes, cutting calories will lead to weight loss, but at what cost?
A more healthy and sustainable option is intuitive eating, which allows you have your cake and enjoy it.
Valuable Vitamins
According to the New Zealand Ministry of Health, there are 28 vitamins and minerals essential to our good health and we should include them in our daily diet.
By having a very diverse diet we can obtain all the nutrients we need.
The best foods to get all of these goodies from are wholefoods – fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, seafood, nuts and seeds, eggs, whole-grains and dairy.
Autumn Eating
When the hot summer weather is at an end, so too is the glut of summer vegetables.
As much as I love tomatoes and courgettes I really do start looking forward to a change.
I enjoy changing my eating to match the different seasons, and there are a couple of good reasons for doing this.
A Healthy Gut for A Healthy You!
You might think that your gut is simply there just to digest your food, absorbed nutrients and excrete waste.
However, research is beginning to show that the unquie population of bacteria in our gut are key to our overall health and happiness.
That unique population of bacteria is called our 'microbiota'.