Emulsifiers Emulsifiers make your ice cream smooth and silky and your chocolate bars bright, smooth and shiny.They help them stay on the shelf for longer and protect against mould growth. Getting the oil and water part of the ingredients to mix together for stablility is what they do best. One end of the emulsifier is water friendly and the other is fat friendly. A classic emulsifier is egg in mayonnaise. It essentially binds everything together. You find emulsifiers in dairy products, bakery goods, creamy sauces, low fat spreads, ice cream, margarine and salad dressings. Commonly used emulsifiers are mustard, carrageenan, guar gum, soy or egg lecithin, polysorbates, diglycerides and canola oil. A 2015 study published by Nature: The International Journal of Science looked at two … [Read more...]
What your poo says about your health
What Poo says about your health Poo its something we all do but unless you are a 7 year old boy you rarely talk about it. It is a terrific indicator of what is happening with your health. Your number two is not only the left overs from the food we have eaten but much much more. You need to get it out of your body as its filled with toxic substances. It is 75% water, indigestible fibre, gut bacteria (living and dead), intestinal lining,old cells, medications and oestrogen. What qualities your poo has also gives us a big heads up to what's happening inside us. What to look for? Colour: The colour of poo comes from the breakdown of red blood cells and bile. Melted chocolate is the best colour. Poo comes in many colours. This can be a result of what you have eaten or if you have a … [Read more...]
Gallbladder Health: Everything you need to know.
The gallbladder is a pear shaped organ that lies below the liver. It stores and concentrates bile that the liver makes. After eating a meal which contains fat, the liver and gallbladder are stimulated to release bile. Between meals the gallbladder concentrates bile. The bile emulsifies the fat, cholesterol and fat soluble vitamins and breaks them into microscopic pieces. If your gallbladder is not performing optimally you are likely to be deficient in fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K) and fatty acids. Gallbladder issues also indicate a poor functioning liver. Inflammation of the gallbladder leads to pain and discomfit (cholecystitis). Symptoms of gallbladder inflammation; vomiting nausea bloating burping food intolerances discomfit severe upper … [Read more...]
Digestion – What is it and why should we care?
Digestion is something we really take for granted until something goes wrong! The dictionary defines digestion as the process of digesting food and a person’s capacity to digest food. We really should care about our digestion as it is the difference between poor health and great health. Digestion starts in the mouth and ends with excretion out of the anus (I know gross!). There are six steps to digestion and each one is as important as the other if we want to be vibrant and healthy. Ingestion- This is about what we put in our mouth. It is the only conscious choice we make in the whole process so make it count. What you put in your mouth will make a huge difference to what comes out at the other end and affects all the processes in between. Chewing or mechanical processing … [Read more...]
