The quintessential Scottish oatcake gets a keto-friendly twist in this paleo recipe. These have a touch of herbs for a flavour boost, but are simple enough to pair with lots of other foods. Nuts and seeds pack a protein punch to keep your body in ketosis. Perfect for...
Keto-Friendly Pesto Pasta Recipe
Looking for a keto-friendly pesto pasta recipe, and wondering if such a thing exists? Never fear! This recipe uses courgette as a substitute for spaghetti and features a simple homemade pesto. The whole meal can be knocked up in 20 minutes, so it's the perfect midweek...
The Brain Health Evening: Learn About Nutrition and Lifestyle in Edinburgh
The key to brain health is in the nutrition and lifestyle choices that we make. The latest research into Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease reveals that our diet and lifestyle choices play a huge part in how well our brain can function. We want to make this information...
Why Should You Follow A Mediterranean Diet to Prevent Cognitive Decline?
Recently, articles promoting the Mediterranean diet to prevent cognitive decline have been making a bit of impact on the news in the UK Earlier in the month, news outlets picked up on the story that the Mediterranean Diet is linked to preventing Alzheimer's, based on...
Fasting Improves Cognitive Function
Why it makes sense that fasting enhances cognition Our ancestors were adapted to an environment of food scarcity. It has only been in the last century that people are eating three refined meals a day plus snacks in between, all the while becoming more...
Exercising the body also helps work the grey cells!
When we exercise the body, we also exercise the brain Several studies have shown that with moderate daily exercise we can greatly affect cognitive function and slow down cognitive decline. A very exciting study from Finland found that physical activity helps protect...
Keeping the brain healthy with phytonutrients
Eating the right foods can reduce mental decline An international team of researchers found that seniors who consumed the most nutritious food had a nearly 25 percent reduction in the risk of mental decline compared those with poor diets, according to the study...
