Should the humble potato really be feared?
Should the humble potato really be feared? Why, if sweet potatoes are sweet, are they classified as healthier for us than normal white potatoes? We do a bit of investigating to find out if this is really the case. In the right corner, weighing 100g, we have the sweet potato and in the left corner, […]
8 ways to thicken a sauce with dairy
Going gluten-free with the Banting lifestyle doesn’t signal the end of thick sauces, soups, and batters. Quite the opposite, your days of eating delicious, nutritious food that is good for your body is just beginning! Using dairy is an effective way to thicken and bind, without much hassle. Below we explore various ways that dairy […]
Bread Cooking Lesson with Jonno Proudfoot
Bread Cooking Lesson with Jonno Proudfoot Jonno has upped his game since writing the recipes in The Real Meal Revolution, and it is time to take Banting bread to the next level. The below lesson is an exclusive peek into one of more than 50 cooking lessons Jonno delivers in Real Meal Revolution’s Online Program. […]
Banting on a Budget
“Banting is expensive!” Our users dispel this myth by proving that no matter who you are, there is no excuse to eat cheap, processed carbs and sugar-laden products. “If you only eat steaks, you’ll always find it expensive to eat meat.” Says Caroline McCann, from Braeside Meat Market, who encourages nose-to-tail eating and also recommends […]
Cholesterol – What You Need to Know
“It is virtually impossible to explain how vital cholesterol is to the human body. If you had no cholesterol in your body you would be dead. No cells, no bone structure, no muscles, no hormones, no sex, no reproductive system, no digestion, no brain function, no memory, no nerve endings, no movement, no human life […]
Reasons to drink Kombucha everyday
Known as the “Tea of Immortality”, by the Chinese, kombucha was thought to have first been used in China in about 221BC, although the name is more likely to originate from Japan, where legend has it, a Korean physician named Kombu treated the Emporer, with the tea or “cha”, hence the name kombucha. A lot […]
Understanding Food Nutrition Labels
Once you embark on the Banting lifestyle and decide to eliminate processed carbs and sugars from your diet, it won’t take long for you to realise that “food” isn’t what it seems and that manufacturers like to hide a lot of nasty stuff in their products. Understanding what goes into the food you eat, will […]
Different merits of a Mediterranean diet – Ethics & Data
This is a debate of two Cardiologists, Dr. Aseem Malhotra and Dr. Joel Kahn, who both believe in the merits of a Mediterranean diet, but for two different reasons. Dr. Aseem Malhotra believes in getting back to the root of the Mediterranean diet, but avoiding the carbs, and incorporating saturated fats, where as Dr. Joel […]
How Do Diet Cheat Days Affect Weight Loss?
Planning to cheat is planning to fail. There was a reason, or many reasons, why you decided to start Banting in the first place – it could have been for health, weight loss,improved quality of life, or simply to make yourself feel better. Cheating will not help you achieve any of your goals. How badly […]
Turmeric Health Benefits
“Just as food causes chronic disease, it can be the most powerful cure.” Hippocrates We have known the importance of food being our medicine since around 400BC, but somewhere along the line we conveniently forgot that everything we put into our mouths could either harm or heal us. Hippocrates was aware that disease was the […]