Nutrients

Queen of legumes Mung beans (Vigna radiata), also known as green gram or moong, are part of the recent surge in functional foods. But these beans aren’t a recent arrival; they have a long tradition as a traditional medicine. In [...]

The health reputation and popularity of the humble egg have fluctuated wildly over the last 70 years, moving from a golden breakfast staple to a public health villain, and finally to a rehabilitated "superfood". "Go to work on an egg" [...]

Copper: what's not on the label? Copper is an essential nutrient. Dogs need it for iron metabolism, connective tissue formation, pigmentation, antioxidant defence and several other biological functions. But for all its benefits, more is not necessarily better. When copper [...]

Essentially, this pairing has a very clean logic to it. It's bit of departure from the veg-veg duo building block, but the thinking behind trying a new type of bean-veg pairing was that celeriac would lighten both the texture and [...]

Broth, glorious broth People ask why I am so keen on broth and why I make so much of it for my dogs, from anything and everything I can get my hands on: chicken, fish, beef, even deer or goose [...]

Flour for function This is part of the eternal quest for the perfect functional training treat: a no-crumble, easy-to-eat-without-losing-concentration, super-palatable bite that doesn't cause energy spikes. Not all flours play the same role[1]. Commercial white flours (some with raising agents) [...]