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Category: Nutrition

  • Guide to UK Trees

    Nothing to do with MMA – sorry – however, I thought this would be very useful for educating the kids whilst going on one of our very common walks in the woods and countryside. It’s also interesting for me to find out and have a future reference. Most Common UK Trees European Ash Aspen –…

  • Vegan Warrior Wellness Podcast

    Got an 80’s intro for the podcast! Stress ‘hacks’ – lots of magnesium glycinate, vitamin D, kava kava (not legal in the UK but available on ebay) adaptogens like rhodiola rosea Eating well(ish) when well busy with work and children intermittent fasting – eat between 12pm and 8pm only meal planning – plan before you…

  • How do you prevent Muscle & Fitness Loss During Injury?

    You can use TENs machines to prevent muscle loss whilst injured Nutrition is important – Under-eating will lead to more muscle loss Clenbuteral is an illegal performance enhancing drug that prevents muscle loss Alpha Lipoic Acid supplementation may help prevent muscle loss and help to alleviate some of the effects of the loss of insulin…

  • Vegan Pizza Recipe

    Vegan Pizza with Vegetables & Houmous Ingredients: 1 Red Onion 1 Courgette 1 Red Pepper 2 x Flat Bread 1 tbsp Olive Oil 2 x tomatoes 1 clove garlic – crushed 1 fresh basil leaf, chopped 50g vegan style cheese Sweet Chilli Sauce   Preparation: Chop all vegetables & coat them in olive oil and…

  • Vegan Chili Recipe

    Preparation Time – 20 mins Ingredients 1x Red Onion 1x Red Pepper 2x Garlic 2x tinned tomatoes 1x Kidney beans Handful Sweetcorn 1x tsp Cumin 1x tsp Chilli powder (or more if you’re hard) 1x tsp soy sauce 1x teaspoon balsamic vinegar Nutritional yeast (optional) 400g chestnut mushrooms Instructions: Heat oil in a pan. Add…

  • Tofu & Chickpea Curry

    Ingredients 1 large bloke tofu 1 Yellow Pepper 1 Red Onion (cut into half moons 1 clove of Garlic 1 Small carton Passata 1 veg stock cube 1 Can of Chickpeas (drained) 1 Tablespoon curry powder 1 Teaspoon Mustard Seeds 2 Hand-full Spinach 1 Hand-full fresh coriander Salt & Pepper (to taste) Method 1. Heat…

  • Essential Fatty Acids Benefits For the Body & Human Brain

    Two classifications of fat are – Saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. Saturated fats, are solid at room temperature. It used to be touted as standard that saturated fats are extremely damaging to general health, but in particular, heart health. This is because they increase the amount of cholesterol in the arteries. This does not appear…

  • Strength Training in Older Adults (Starting Exercise at 50+)

    A phrase or remark used quite often when discussing certain forms of exercise is ‘I’m too old for that now’. This is not true, for most types of exercise at least, maybe for wrestling or bungee jumping, but not weight training There is much interest in the aging process at present. The population of Britain…

  • Exercise & Type I Diabetes – A Scientific Overview

    For information purposes only. Exercise at your own risk Please note that (A surname in brackets) relates to the person who conducted a study and that “et al” just means ‘and colleagues’ i.e. that he/she had help from others to do the study. ‘To know Diabetes is to know medicine and healthcare’ (Haire-Joshu)  Professional MMA…

  • Exercise & Type II Diabetes

    For information purposes only. Exercise at your own risk Due to the increasing prevalence of sedentary lifestyles and diets high in sugar, type II Diabetes is rising among the UK population at an alarming rate. Whilst many people rely on drugs for many years, diet and exercise have been proven to be a much more…