Evidence-based nutrition, in plain English — every entry sourced from clinical research.

THE COLLECTION

Health Benefit: Heart Health

Every entry in this collection — sourced, checked and written to be read.

Monounsaturated Fat

Monounsaturated fat is the headline fat of the Mediterranean diet — the kind that dominates olive oil, avocados and most nuts. Where saturated fat tends to

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Dietary Fibre

Dietary fibre is the part of plant foods your body cannot digest — and that is exactly the point. It slows the release of sugar into

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EPA & DHA

EPA and DHA are the two long-chain omega-3 fats found in oily fish — the active forms the body uses most readily, unlike the plant omega-3

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HDL Cholesterol

The “good” cholesterol that clears cholesterol from arteries; raised by monounsaturated fat, oily fish and activity.

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EGCG

EGCG, or epigallocatechin gallate, is the signature catechin of green tea and the most studied of all the tea polyphenols. It is the compound behind much

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Chlorogenic Acid

Chlorogenic acid is one of the most abundant polyphenols in the Western diet, and coffee is overwhelmingly its leading source. It is the antioxidant largely responsible

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green tea

Green Tea

Green tea is one of the most studied drinks in the world, and almost none of its value comes from calories — a brewed cup is essentially flavoured

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Black coffee

Coffee

Coffee is the most popular source of antioxidants in many people’s diets, which surprises those who think of it only as a caffeine delivery system — a black

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Pectin

Pectin is a soluble fibre found in the cell walls of fruit and vegetables, the very substance that sets a jar of homemade jam. In the

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Flavan-3-ols

Flavan-3-ols are a family of flavonoids, the catechins and epicatechins that give cocoa, tea and many fruits their gentle astringency. They have become some of the

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