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8 Foods a Nutritionist Never Eats

8 Foods a Nutritionist Never Eats

There is an argument that all foods are okay in moderation, and this is largely based on not having ‘being healthy’ become something that feels a chore or that has you missing out on some of the things you really enjoy. But as a nutrition professional, there are a number of things that I NEVER eat... 1 - Low fat / reduced fat foods / diet foods These foods are, by definition, very highly processed. Where fat is taken out of a food, what nearly always goes in instead is either

Ghrelin - The Hunger Hormone

Ghrelin - The Hunger Hormone

Hormones - Oestrogen and testosterone are the two that most likely spring to mind, and their role in puberty, libido, the reproductive system. In fact, our bodies produce a whole host of other hormones which play a role in our health and how we function day in day out. Ghrelin, given its name as a ‘growth hormone releasing peptide’, controls hunger, food intake and combined with growth hormone... FAT storage. Stimulated by the cells in our stomach, ghrelin sends signals to t

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