by Sarah Jane Vickery | Nov 26, 2018 | Get Creative
I was listening to Robert Lustig on my friend Peter’s podcast and I thought it was so funny when Robert said that it there is a label on a food, it is a warning label. How true! I guess that would be a pretty healthy eating strategy; just buy any food without a...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | Nov 20, 2018 | Primal Diet
I’m guilty of this! It’s so easy for me to overdo those ‘healthy paleo’ foods like chocolate, coconut, and brazil nuts. The trouble with them is that they are very high in phytates. Too much phytate consumption from whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds can...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | Aug 22, 2018 | Primal Diet
I’m not sure that anything with chick peas actually qualifies as paleo, but these are a healthy-ish treat all the same. I try to avoid baked goods but sometimes I just need a little treat. These are a pretty good alternative, especially in comparison to the killer...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | Jul 26, 2018 | Get Creative, Primal Diet
In the past century we have greatly changed how we process foods. Look at wheat. We started farming wheat about 10,000 years ago. It began because it was an advantage in creating civilisation to be able to store foods like grains. Even as little as 150 years ago,...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | Jul 12, 2018 | Cartoon Club
All the things I could blame on my dopamine receptors! It’s fascinating to learn about the dopamine pathways and the role they play in influencing behaviour. Dopamine is the neurotransmitter responsible for how strong our habits are affected by the brain structure...
