Health & Nutrition Blogs

LDL elevation is rarely caused by one single factor. It usually reflects a combination of dietary fat quality, liver cholesterol handling, bile acid metabolism, genetics, thyroid and insulin signalling, kidney or liver function, medications, and inherited differences in lipid transport proteins.

Cholesterol is essential for hormone, cell membrane and vitamin D production, but raised LDL and non-HDL cholesterol can increase cardiovascular risk.

Body weight tends to increase when energy intake consistently exceeds energy expenditure. That does not mean fat and carbohydrate are metabolically identical, but it does mean neither nutrient has a magical ability to bypass energy balance.

Up to 70% of women experience premenstrual food cravings, especially for carbs and sweets. This is not just a lack of willpower – it’s rooted in real physiological shifts during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle.

Starch is one of the most common carbohydrates in the human diet, yet it is often treated as a single nutritional category. In reality, starch is a family of molecules whose structure — not just quantity — determines how it is digested and how it influences blood sugar, insulin response and gut health.

Starch is one of the most common carbohydrates in the human diet, yet it is often treated as a single nutritional category. In reality, starch is a family of molecules whose structure — not just quantity — determines how it is digested and how it influences blood sugar, insulin response and gut health.

Diet plays a pivotal role in managing blood lipids – including LDL (“bad”) cholesterol, HDL (“good”) cholesterol, triglycerides, and apolipoprotein B (apoB).

Insulin is a master anabolic hormone that drives fat cell growth and lipid storage. It acts on adipocytes (fat cells) to stimulate glucose uptake, fatty acid uptake, and triglyceride synthesis (lipogenesis), while simultaneously inhibiting fat breakdown (lipolysis)