What to Eat After a Workout: The Recovery Window, and 16 Foods With the Protein Sums

Eat carbohydrate and protein within one to two hours of finishing, and drink to replace sweat: the window is wider than the 30-minute rule. A 23-study meta-analysis found total daily protein, not t...

Menopause Symptoms: What's Common, How Long They Last, and What Changes Nutritionally After 50

Menopause symptoms come from the swings and then the fall in oestrogen and progesterone around your final period. The most common are hot flushes and night sweats, experienced by around 3 in 4 wome...

Breakfast Smoothie: Five 30g-Protein Recipes, With Every Sum Shown

A breakfast smoothie counts as breakfast when the glass carries protein, dietary fibre and a slow carbohydrate such as oats. A HLTH+ sachet supplies 30g of protein and 7g of dietary fibre, and five...

Lactose Intolerance Symptoms: Five Signs, How It Is Tested, and Keeping Protein In Without Dairy

Lactose intolerance is the small intestine making too little lactase, so undigested lactose reaches the large intestine and gut bacteria ferment it into gas. Healthdirect lists five symptoms: wind,...

Protein Before or After a Workout: What 23 Studies Found on Timing

Either side of a workout works. A meta-analysis of 23 studies of muscle size found no significant timing effect once covariates were controlled, and total protein intake was the strongest predictor...

Protein Ice Cream at Home: Three Ways, Two With a Sachet and One Without

Protein ice cream at home is a frozen dessert whose base carries the protein. Here a HLTH+ Chocolate or Mixed Berry sachet (30g protein per serve) carries two recipes and 150g of cottage cheese car...

Protein Pancakes: Five Recipes That Reach 30g, Dairy-Free Included

Protein pancakes reach 30g a serve when a protein-dense ingredient carries the batter, not flour. A plain homemade pancake has 7.4g of protein per 100g, so 30g would take 405g of it. A HLTH+ sachet...

How to Tighten Loose Skin After Weight Loss: Time, Training, Devices and Surgery, and What the Evidence Says

Surgery is the option that removes excess skin after major weight loss; the authors of a 2018 systematic review state these skin deformities cannot be resolved by lifestyle, diet and exercise (Toma...

Protein Shake for Breakfast: Does It Hold Up? What to Add

A protein shake can hold up as a breakfast if it carries more than protein. One 30g scoop of Bulk Nutrients' Chocolate whey isolate publishes 25.5g protein and no dietary fibre row; adding 30g of o...