Category: food & nutrition
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How to make homemade Tofu
This post is practical guide to making homemade tofu from scratch, exploring how different coagulants like vinegar, Nigari, and GDL affect flavour and texture. It shares lessons learned, tips for achieving smooth results, and the joy of creating tofu that tastes far better than store-bought.
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Understanding Blood Tests: “Normal” isn’t Optimal
This post explains why standard blood tests often fail to detect early nutritional deficiencies or disease risks and argues for aiming for optimal rather than “normal” lab values. It highlights the importance of preventive, more detailed testing, shares personal insights from advanced blood work, and introduces a practical spreadsheet to help people understand and interpret their own…
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How convenience foods are silently stealing our vitality and years
Convenience has a soft voice. It tells us “just grab this, it’s faster.” It wraps itself in shiny packaging and misleading slogans such as “healthy” or “100% natural”, while quietly stealing our vitality, focus, and years. And because it doesn’t hurt right away, we don’t notice. Not until the tiredness becomes constant, the illnesses creep…
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From Control to Freedom: My Healing Journey with Food
This blog post is a deeply personal reflection on my healing journey with food. From emotional eating and orthorexia to finding balance and food freedom. It explores how childhood influences, relationships, and self-discovery shaped my relationship with eating, and how compassion and knowledge helped me make peace with my body.
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How skipping breakfast affects your hormones, mood, and metabolism
Explanation how skipping breakfast increases cortisol levels, causing chronic stress, mood swings, cravings, brain fog, and belly fat storage over time.
Minimalist Traveller 