This is one of my true classics and one that once tasted, never forgotten. It lowers cholesterol due to the soluble fibre content of the lentils. This forms a gel like substance in the gut that binds to bile acids that have been released during digestion. 95% of these are usually reabsorbed, but sol...

Steel-cut oats are rich in β-glucans, a fermentable fibre strongly linked to increased butyrate production, the primary fuel for colon cells. Blackberries provide anthocyanins that selectively nourish beneficial bacteria and support the gut lining. Chia seeds add gel-forming soluble fibre that impro...

There are very few things that have been hotly debated in the nutrition world as aggressively and for as long as dietary fat and the influence that this has on the cardiovascular system. The traditional view posited that all fats, particularly saturated fats, were detrimental to heart health. Howeve...

Cholesterol is one of the number one targets that people look at to determine the state of our metabolic health, and in some ways this can be true. It is one of the most common markers that your doctor will test for once you go past the age of 30. There is a multibillion industry around drugs that l...