Zoë's Food Blog

I found this article in the vegetarian society magazine that looked interesting, it's about the connection of dietary acid and diabetes. The article begins with explaining that different foods contain varying amounts of acid; in particular, animals products such as meat, fish and dairy are highly acidic whereas fruit and veg are low. Therefore most of us following the typically western diet will be consuming foods that are highly acidic and this as you can imagine is bad because a lot of acid will be harmful to the body. It specifically mentions a condition called Chronic Metabolic Acidosis, which is something anyone who has a high acidity diet can develop; thus leading to further problems such as kidney stones, high blood pressure (hypertension), loss of bone density and diabetes. There was a study carried out involving over 65000 women investigating this link between acidity and diabetes. The health checks and questionnaires the women completed showed evidence that women wh...

So I'm not really sure where to start so I thought I'd look into something than I have a personal experience with and that's shin splints. I know I got mine from excessive netball which is a particularly high-risk sport for developing shin splints due to the constant impact from landing. Therefore other high impact sports such as running, where there is constant pressure on joints will also include a high risk of developing shin splints. To be more scientific shin splints occurs at the tibia, which runs down the inner part of your shin:  The NHS state that one of the most common causes of shin splints is Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome (MTSS), which occurs when the connective tissue covering the shin bone becomes inflamed from a result of excessive strain or pressure; basically MTSS is the fancy name for shin splints. This process can be further enhanced if the athlete trains too hard too quickly and doesn't gradually increase the intensity of what t...