Category: Rogers News

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Why Do We Need Fibre?

Fibre is an essential part of a healthy diet and plays a crucial role in better gut health, protection against heart disease, reduces blood pressure, reduces diabetes risk, normalizes bowel movements, and helps maintain weight. Fibre includes nonstarch polysaccharides, such as cellulose, dextrins, inulin, lignin, chitins, pectins, beta-glucans, waxes, and oligosaccharides. There are two types...

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IS BREAKFAST REALLY IMPORTANT?

 BREAKFAST….. means “to break the fast.” It is the first meal of the day after a stretch of not eating overnight. I don’t know about you, but I am not a morning breakfast person. For me, eating breakfast feels more like a chore or a burden. I do love breakfast. A warm bowl of oatmeal...

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Oats as Part of a Healthy Diet

Diabetes, Heart Disease and Cancer.  What positive role can consuming oats play in keeping you healthy? by Tammy-Lynn McNabb, Holistic Nutritionist, Rogers Foods We often think of oatmeal as an old-fashioned breakfast our grandparents used to eat. Something cooking on the stovetop served on a hot winter’s day. Oats continue to be a food source...