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Raw oat breakfast recipe…..yum!

Henry — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:00:15 +0000

Ingredients

2 tablespoons of oats
soya/rice/nut or dairy milk – to suit your choice of consistency
1-2 tablespoons of probiotic yoghurt
1/2 sliced banana or fruit of your choice
1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon or mixed spice
1 tablespoon of whole or ground seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, sesame, flax etc) can be added if you like for extra nutrition

Method

To make the oats nice and creamy, soak them in the milk for about 30 mins.
Mix in all the other ingredients and eat…..yum!

Chewing the fat – it’s what your body wants!

Henry — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:00:37 +0000

In an article in the November issue of Womens Fitness, they state that celebrity cookbooks may be damaging to our health, according to a new report by the ‘Fat Panel’.

The study revealed that the saturated fat content of many dishes from celebrity chefs’ recipes, contained more than 100 per cent
of the guideline daily amount of saturated fat in a single serving (30g for men and 20g for women). Sian Porter registered dietitian on the fat
panel, says “having a celebrity chef treat is one thing, but eating these dishes regularly could bump up your saturated fat intake considerably”.

Yes it could and it should! Your body wants good saturated fat, as it is its primary source of fuel, supplying sustained energy and acting as a protector, because it provides the immune system with the fuel it needs to become strong, resulting in the body being more equipped to fight-off infection. Good saturated fat is also vitally important for the body to properly metabolise all other nutrients and receive the best from the food ingested.

I realise that this is contrary to popular belief and that you may be thinking that saturated fat will be detrimental to your health, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. The human animal has historically lived on good saturated fat for hundreds of years, but in the last century, we have been brain-washed by the media and the power of advertising, to believe that foods that are ‘low-fat’, ‘light’ and ‘healthy option’ are good for us, but this is not the case. Some of the products that provide good saturated fat are; whole milk, butter, cheese, double cream, free range eggs, lard, beef dripping, goose and duck fat, which are natural products and benefit from not being tampered by humans.

For more information on good saturated fat, follow this link: http://www.fitnessmatrix.co.uk/2009/04/good-saturated-fat-the-past-is-the-future/

Alcohol…it’s just poison to your body!

Henry — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:10:59 +0000

I know that you don’t want to hear this and being an ex-serviceman, who get through their fair share of alcohol while serving Queen and country, I didn’t like hearing it either, but alcohol is fundamentally poison to your body. There is no nutritional value in it and as soon as it is ingested, your body is trying to expel it, because it doesn’t want or need it! In a regular pint of beer there are approximately 12 teaspoons of sugar. So, the next time you have a few beers with your mates, think about how much sugar you are putting into your body, what it is doing to your body and where it is going. Your body doesn’t want that amount of sugar and certainly not on a regular basis, so it stores it, which results in people becoming obese, diabetic or suffering from pancreas problems. I’m not suggesting that you stop drinking alcohol, just not to drink too much, because it dehydrates your body, which drains your energy resources, making you sluggish and it also weakens your immune system, leaving you vulnerable to viruses and diseases.