Simple strategy to stick to your New Year goal
Many of us are setting New Year goals to eat better, to lose weight, to stop drinking and to exercise regularly. It’s a perfect time to...
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Karina Souleimanova
- Feb 6
- 3 min
Food addiction, what if it's real?
While food addiction is not currently recognised as a clinical diagnosis, it is a concept that is gaining more attention in the...
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Karina Souleimanova
- Dec 14, 2022
- 2 min
Plants and Cognitive health: Are flavonoids doing the magic?
Diet has the potential to alter our brain health and mental function. There is growing evidence to suggest that certain dietary patterns...
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Karina Souleimanova
- Feb 5, 2022
- 7 min
Genes, caffeine, and performance. Should we really care?
Genetic testing is becoming more and more popular, so popular that you can test pretty much everything from lactose intolerance to the...
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Karina Souleimanova
- Jan 21, 2022
- 4 min
Calorie count, shall i trust my sport watch?
Many of us are interested to see the number of calories burnt during a physical activity or the amount of energy spent on a specific...
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Karina Souleimanova
- May 1, 2021
- 5 min
Shall i take probiotics after antibiotic treatment?
Probiotics are often presented in media headlines in two completely polarised ways. Either it’s a panacea for every existing disease or...
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Karina Souleimanova
- Mar 27, 2021
- 4 min
Let’s talk about soy
One of the most often asked questions - “Is soy good or bad for my health?” Whoever is claiming that soy products are absolutely bad or...
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Karina Souleimanova
- Mar 11, 2021
- 5 min
The complexity of the obvious.
One of the most common questions i’m often asked is “How much water should I drink per day?” It might sound contre-intuitive, but in my...
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Karina Souleimanova
- Mar 9, 2021
- 2 min
Magic touch of Rosemary
I love using aromatic herbs in cooking. Traditional cooking recipes are a real treasure of cooking wisdom, but sometimes I can't stop...
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Karina Souleimanova
- Feb 23, 2021
- 5 min
Vitamin C, is there a daily optimal amount?
Unlike most animals that are able to synthesise vitamin C from glucose in their kidney or liver, humans cannot produce vitamin C in their...
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Karina Souleimanova
- Feb 18, 2021
- 4 min
Half full? Half empty?
Sadly, the majority of us are chronically dehydrated, without even realising it. By the time you feel thirsty your body is already...
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Karina Souleimanova
- Feb 1, 2021
- 4 min
Why having more muscle mass matter?
Unless you’re exercising several hours a day already, you probably have room to add half an hour in for additional health benefits. There...
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Karina Souleimanova
- Jan 19, 2021
- 5 min
Tea time discussion
We all have a tendency to lighten up at a dietary headline full of promise, especially if it doesn’t require any major alterations to our...
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Karina Souleimanova
- Dec 18, 2020
- 5 min
Beyond the Impossible?
Plant-based meat is no longer a novelty, it’s available pretty much everywhere and the market is growing. Whether for health, ethical or...
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Karina Souleimanova
- Dec 5, 2020
- 6 min
Get out and shine
Vitamin D is an extremely hot topic at present, it is everywhere: in newspapers, research articles, blogs and tweets from the medical...
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Karina Souleimanova
- Oct 26, 2020
- 4 min
Let’s get pickled!
Are you regularly consuming fermented foods such as kimchi, kefir, sauerkraut, sourdough bread, cheeses or even cured olives? If they are...
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Karina Souleimanova
- Oct 15, 2020
- 4 min
Gut feeling
Do you know that our gut microbiome actually changes with each season? How can natural temporal variation in diet can affect the...
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Karina Souleimanova
- Oct 3, 2020
- 6 min
Could cheese be the answer?
Scientists have long been debating the French Paradox – the biogeographic observation of lower than expected mortality from...
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Karina Souleimanova
- Jun 5, 2020
- 5 min
“Liquid gold” or fool’s gold
In ancient Greece, olive oil was not only used for consumption and cooking, but also in medicine and cosmetics. Homer referred to olive...
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Karina Souleimanova
- May 23, 2020
- 5 min
Cocktail of E Numbers
How often do you pay attention to additives and preservatives in foods? I must admit I started digging into this topic when I first...