Our nutritionist column

GLUTEN FREE DIGEST (VERSION EN FRANÇAIS JUSTE EN BAS) Magazines from all round the world are talking about gluten free more and more. Is it good? Is it bad? Is it true that gluten free is easier to digest, healthier,...

I AM VEGETARIAN! AND I AM VEGAN! Even in the world we live in today – well, we are in 2016 now… - it can still be a challenge to be vegetarian or vegan. Avoiding meat or products coming from...

ONE CAKE MORE, ONE CAKE LESS...IT'S CHRISTMAS! Christmas can be the toughest time of all to make the effort to stay in shape: we are on holidays, we relax, we share more time with family and friends and end up...

KIDS AND CELIAC DISEASE... Oh, you are so short… Are you ok? You look tired… Oh no, you have diarrhea…again!! These are all symptoms that are typical of the celiac disease in children in particular. But what does it mean...

FOOD THAT IS SUPER The expression superfood has become very popular these days, especially when we talk about nutrition and health. Basically people say that superfood is some food that has positive effects on our body. Every day, whether it’s...

MEAT...IS IT GOOD? IS IT BAD? Very recently a press release published by OMS (the World Health Organisation) has become popular world wide in the space of a click. It spoke about the relation between eating red meat and provoking...

PINEAPPLE FAT-BURNING, REALITY OR MYTH? If we type the words pineapple + fat-burning on the Internet, we are overwhelmed by so many articles and news that say so many different things that at the end they contradict each other... At...

WHAT IF, I SKIP LUNCH TODAY?!! “I don’t have time to stop for lunch so I skip it” "I have to loose weight so I skip dinner today" These are very frequent situations and I think we have all been...

CARBOHYDRATES, FRIENDS OR ENEMIES? Carbohydrates, are they good? Are they bad? Do they make us get fat…? So many questions around them and because of them! One thing that is important to know is that not all carbohydrates are the...

MILLET, ONLY FOR BIRDS? Teeny tiny, golden (even if it can be also brown), millet is often considered food for birds…only! Actually it is good for us too, and even very good because it is packed with precious nutrients. In...