Nutrition stuff I find interesting with a whole food or paleo approach by New Zealand nutritionist Julianne Taylor
Seed oils are vilified for the amount of omega 6 they contain. Seed oils are commonly called industrial seed oils, toxic, inflammatory, and touted to drive inflammation and chronic disease. And then of course we see influencers parading through supermarkets pointing to every food with the tiniest amount of seed oil and rant about avoiding [ ]
I ve now been powerlifting for about 10 years. For a little history read the following post from 2019, near the beginning of my powerlifting journey: Gaining strength and competing in powerlifting after menopause. Personal update. I ve continued training, sometimes more intensively, other times taking a break from the longer sessions but still maintaining gym [ ]
If you have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), chances are you ve wondered whether what you eat matters. You may have come across others with RA who swear that a certain diet has helped them, whether it s a plant-based diet like the Paddison Programme or the Autoimmune protocol. You ve heard some people avoid all animal foods and others [ ]
Creatine has become one of the most popular and well-researched supplements available. Yet people taking it regularly are sometimes told by their doctor to stop, because their blood tests suggest their kidneys are being damaged. This article explains why that interpretation is usually wrong, what those tests are actually measuring, and what the research really [ ]
Could Certain Foods Be Making Your Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms Worse? If you live with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), you may have wondered: “Could a certain food be making my joint symptoms worse?” As part of my PhD I carried out a scoping review titled “Elimination – Reintroduction Diets and Oral Food Challenge in Adults with Rheumatoid [ ]
How and why diet affects RA and diet strategies that help. As I have mentioned in previous posts, I am currently head down researching the topic of dietary strategies for rheumatoid arthritis for my PhD. All going well I will have completed this in a few months. In the YouTube video for Arthritis New Zealand, [ ]
Nightshade vegetables and fruits belong to the Solanaceae family of plants. The edible nightshades include tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and potatoes. Many members of the family contain pharmacologically active components and have been used in traditional medicine, as hallucinogens, as anesthetics, and poisons. Tobacco is also a nightshade. People with arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…
Maintaining strength as we age is associated with health span and reduced death from all causes. In this respect, muscle can be seen as the organ of longevity. Nutrition to increase your muscle is more refined than simply eating more food or randomly increasing the protein in your diet. First here are the basic [ ]
It s been a while! It s high time I updated you all on what is happening in my life nutrition-wise. I’m currently 2 years into my Ph.D. and this post is a little background on how I got here, what I’m researching and where the research is at to date. A little background While working at [ ]
Head to the Examine.com I use this resource frequently to get unbiased clinical research on supplements and dietary recommendations. I regularly recommend it to other health professionals and clients. The Examine team is a full-time team of scientists who analyse nutrition, health, and supplement research and nothing else. They screen, curate, and summarise these studies, [ ]