Eat omega 3s to build healthy cell membranes
You are what you eat. And so are your cells. Each of the tiny 100 trillion cells in your body has an outer layer called the membrane. The...
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Tanita Rose
- Oct 1, 2019
- 8 min
Supplementing vitamin D [my n = 1 experiment]
I'd been unintentionally neglecting my bones for a while. Sounds odd, right? Isn't your skeleton sort of just there, doing its thing...
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Tanita Rose
- Sep 30, 2019
- 6 min
Vitamin D [Nutrient feature!]
Sunshine. The ultimate, all natural and completely free health supplement. Sunlight is a mood booster, regulates our circadian rhythms...
Tanita Rose
- Aug 18, 2019
- 4 min
Banana berry kefir smoothie
Here's a simple recipe to add something different to your repeated plates of food. I'm not a big smoothie person, but there's something...
Tanita Rose
- Apr 26, 2019
- 4 min
Four reasons I choose to eat pasture raised meat
Toxins, taste, fats and nutrients. These are the reasons that I choose to eat beef that's pasture raised rather than factory farmed....
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Tanita Rose
- Apr 2, 2019
- 4 min
A carb is (not just) a carb [infographic!]
A carb is a carb is a carb, right? That's the assumption behind the popular suggestion to steer clear of 'white' carbs - bread, pasta,...
Tanita Rose
- Mar 7, 2019
- 2 min
Pineapple and steak - odd couple or perfect match?
Both. Foods contain more than just nutrients. There are also enzymes present in some foods that help our bodies to digest certain...
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Tanita Rose
- Feb 28, 2019
- 7 min
Tracking your micros from food [Part 3] - Is your data accurate? [n = 1 experiment #2/2019]
Have you noticed that the nutrient composition of the same food can be a little different across different data sets? Unless you happen...
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Tanita Rose
- Feb 27, 2019
- 3 min
Vitamin C [Nutrient feature!]
Can you guess what all of these foods have in common? They are all excellent sources of vitamin C. Here's something fascinating that I...
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Tanita Rose
- Feb 20, 2019
- 5 min
Tracking your micros from food [Part 2] - How do I do it?
For many years, I've been a My Fitness Pal user (translation: addict). I've deliberately cut this back in the last 12 months while not...
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Tanita Rose
- Feb 14, 2019
- 5 min
Tracking your micros from food [Part 1] - Should I bother?
Hands up if you've used a calorie or macro counting app before? That's most of us. I can't count the number of times that I've logged in...
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Tanita Rose
- Feb 8, 2019
- 3 min
Can I still meet my micros if I can't access fresh produce? [n = 1 experiment #1/2019]
Can you guess what these foods have in common? They are all on my list of top nutrient dense foods that aren't fresh produce. I initially...
Tanita Rose
- Feb 4, 2019
- 6 min
Macros v. Micros: crunching the numbers for almonds
I don't like talking in just 'macros'. Talking in just macros feels a bit like click bait headlines. It's quick, popular and enticing,...