We groan inwardly when someone arrives at our office for her first appointment, twitching visibly and munching a lolly, to announce that she has quit smoking last week and is finding it difficult. Plenty of people do just quit and tough it out and we applaud them. Plenty of other people try to go cold turkey with no preparation and fail, which does no good for their self efficacy or future attempts to quit. Our strong... 

Fats consist of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, like carbohydrates do, but they Contain more carbon and hydrogen, both of which are excellent fuels. This is why fats are such high-energy sources. One gram of carbohydrate or protein gives about 17 kilojoules. But one gram of fat gives about 38kilojoules, more Than twice as much. This explains why fats cane a problem in trying to keep a Healthy body weight. The problem is... 

A man is what he eats’ runs an old adage, but the scientific truth should have been ‘a man will be what he eats’. Food can affect one’s attitude towards life in addition to sustaining it. Consequently, there are so many food fads and myths that need to be set right. Most of our present knowledge on food comes from our ancestors and traditional sources and the science of clinical nutrition is comparatively... 

Cholesterol is the essence of life. It forms the hydrophobic cell wall of every single cell in the body of which there are billions. Every day millions of cells are destroyed and new one stake their place. All the new cells need cholesterol for their cell walls. Nearly 90 per cent of the total body cholesterol is synthesis din the liver and only 10 per cent (a rather small portion) is obtained from food intake. In spite...