Three easy vegan breakfast ideas in minutes: banana tahini toast, a carrot-cake buckwheat bowl and a berry seed bowl with fibre and plant protein.
Tasty breakfasts to start the day right!
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Juan Rendon
Founder and lead facilitator, Life Synergy Retreat · Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Juan Rendon is the founder and lead facilitator of Life Synergy Retreat in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, where he has organized small-group wellness retreats since 2013. He studied physical therapy and holds an Associate of Science degree. He has also completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training, a 500-hour diploma in bodywork, massage and holistic therapies, and a minor in event management at the European School of Economics. He is the author of the nutrition guide The Do’s and Donuts.
The Famous Antioxidants
What antioxidants actually do, why oxidation is normal body chemistry, and why colourful whole foods beat supplement labels every time.
Timing your meals can be a game changer
Time-restricted eating explained: what it is, who it may help with regular eating patterns, and what a large trial found about weight loss.
The Omega Power
Omega-3 and omega-6 are essential fats the body cannot make. Where to find them in whole foods like fish, flaxseed, chia and nuts, and why that beats pills.
What is AGE?
What advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are, how the Maillard reaction forms them in food, what research shows, and gentler cooking ideas.
The inhabitants of your guts
What the gut microbiome is, how its bacteria, fungi and viruses interact with digestion and immunity, and the everyday habit that supports it most.
The body’s building blocks
What protein does in the body: supplying amino acids to build and repair tissue, make enzymes and hormones, and support muscle and immune function.
How much of the food you eat can your body actually use?
Nutrient bioavailability explained: why there is no single percentage, and how food type, preparation, pairings and individual factors change it.
Don’t worry, be healthy!
Breath in and breath out! And you are already calmer! Stress became a normal thing in most people’s life and it is not beneficial for the health.
Have you eaten anything fermented? It is time then!
Fermented foods like kefir, kimchi, miso and tempeh explained: how fermentation works, why not all are probiotic, and how to start with small servings.