When you eat foods high in phytic acid, the molecules bind with certain minerals in your digestive tract, including: Calcium, Magnesium, Iron, Zinc, Chromium, Manganese Once this occurs, your body no longer has access to these nutrients. Generally, the more phytic acid you eat, the more minerals are blocked from your body. The highest concentrations of phytic acid are found…
Digestion and nutrition absoprtion The journey of getting back on track is a long one. And it never really ends as nothing ever stays the same, and we as humans are always changing and need to be constantly adapting to be our best. And we need to realise that through every decade of our life…
Folate Folate is the key that unlocks your energy in so many areas. Folate is also known as B9 and is one of those vitamins that our body can’t produce so we need to take it from the food. Folate is essential for metabolic pathways involving cell growth, replication, survival of cells in culture. Folic acid is…
Fasting, brain health and BDNF Good brain health is a state in which every individual can realize their own abilities and optimize their cognitive, emotional, psychological and behavioural functioning to cope with life situations. Numerous interconnected social and biological determinants (incl. genetics) play a role in brain development and brain health from pre-conception through the…
Balancing Anabolism and mTor Fasting is great tool for many different reasons such as weight loss, improving insulin resistance, increasing growth hormone, congitive clarity, and much more. However, the most potent benefit is probably balancing between Anabolism and Catabolism. Anabolism and Catabolism Catabolism is the state triggered during periods of no available energy such as…
