Healthy Eating

One of the biggest challenges when starting a healthy eating plan is spending hours in the kitchen. I shared my experience and methods in a previous HTHayat article. Spending two…

I often get questions like these: Do you never eat out? Don't you eat pasta or pizza? Don't you crave junk food? Of course I eat it, but I'm very selective, and when I do eat such…

Yesterday, I attended a workshop on fermenting vegetables using the lacto-fermentation method, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Before sharing this wonderful method with you, let's…

In my previous post, I shared quick meal preparation tips for working women who don't have much time. That post received a lot of interest and met the needs of many people. I was…

It's the same old story every summer. Until May, I'm perfectly fit and in good shape. But then, in May, it all starts. Every May-June, I gain weight. No matter how healthy my diet…

We continue to browse and explore the "healthy" shelves in supermarkets. After the "gluten-free" labels, we turn our attention to the "sugar-free" labels. Unfortunately, this side…

We continue with the topic of "What is NOT a gluten-free diet?". The bread you see in the image below is from a trip abroad where there was a gluten-free bread option on the menu.…

I've prepared a guide for you, my friends. I hope it will be a guide for everyone who has switched to a gluten-free diet, heard about it, wants to try it, or is curious about it.…

Dear Friends, It seems like a new sugar alternative enters our world every day. Monk Fruit isn't actually new, but since it started appearing on fancy accounts under the guise of…

In my post from two weeks ago, I talked about keeping greens fresh. I also wrote about how raw vegetables can cause gas and how to prevent it. Today, we're talking about jarred…

Hello everyone, and welcome to a wonderful autumn day... In my previous post, I shared some portable meal recipes. They were very popular. It turns out there was a great need for…

There's actually no secret formula for healthy eating. As I've always said, it requires a bit of cooking and carrying food with you. This is almost a necessity, especially for…

I might change my name to Mrs. Avocado soon. That's how much I love them. Oatmeal and this. They're my absolute must-haves... and not for nothing, there's a reason. They're…

For a while now, I've been thinking about transferring the articles I've been writing for my column on HTHayat here as well. We're growing every day, and newcomers are missing the…

What does a gluten-free diet NOT mean? As you can see in the image I've shared below, it doesn't mean consuming products with such a long paragraph of content. What a Gluten-Free…

A healthy body needs a healthy gut. A good way to tell if your gut is healthy is to look at your stool. While many things can change the appearance, color, and texture of your…

Our topic is the relationship between the digestive and nervous systems. Up until now, I've always explained digestion as follows: "If you eat well, if you nourish and satisfy the…

This is something I hear very often from you: “So-and-so is recommending this APPETITE SUPPRESSANT powder on their account. What do you think?” This “so-and-so” is sometimes a…

I'm sitting in a restaurant right now, and the table next to me ordered "Cola Zero." While wondering if anyone still drinks it, I suddenly felt the need to write this. My dear…

The word detox is generally used in two senses: 1- To stop using substances like addictive drugs or alcohol. 2- To redefine the body's physiological processes with less harmful…

The nervous system is essentially our engine room, and everything goes through it, from emotions to digestion. Why do we experience changes in our stomach or intestines when we're…

Recently, I asked people on Instagram to ask me 10 questions. Eight of the questions were about "I have this illness, how should I eat?" Honestly, I was quite surprised. This is…

I'm becoming more flexible. As my body becomes more flexible, my behavior, my black-and-white lines, also become more flexible. Maybe it's due to age, maybe to life experiences…

Everyone has this "What should I eat before and after exercise?" dilemma. I know people who don't exercise, or even walk, because they can't stick to pre- and post-exercise eating…

Today I want to talk about dietary diversification. Nutrition is both complex and very simple. My must-haves for healthy eating are as follows. Everything else that's labeled…

In an Instagram post, I mentioned that I eat two meals a day. So many people were surprised, and I realized from the questions I received that there's a lot of confusion about…

"Where did this gluten-free diet article come from again?" If you ask, it's been on my mind for a long time. I've been getting and seeing a lot of hesitant, anxious, and confused…

Vegetables and legumes have a reputation for causing gas. Come, I have some things to tell you. :) Everyone who sees cabbage, yogurt, and chickpeas together says, "If I eat this,…

Today's topic is diets, which are always in vogue. As you may have noticed, many diets come to the forefront from time to time. The main idea of ​​most of them is generally to…

As I've always said, I'm a bit hesitant about applying strict, rigid dietary rules with defined boundaries. We can adhere to the strict rules of Diet A or Diet B for a while, but…

In my article last week, while discussing "Healthy Eating Step by Step," I mentioned kitchen reform. What is this kitchen reform? When I was first diagnosed with diabetes, the…

In my article last week, while discussing "Healthy Eating Step by Step," I mentioned kitchen reform. What is this kitchen reform? When I was first diagnosed with diabetes, the…

I don't like to offend anyone, but I've mercilessly crushed insulin resistance... Anyone want to join me? Ah, insulin resistance! It affects more than half of the Turkish…

Do Gluten-Free Diets Help with Weight Loss? Lately, I've been seeing a lot of hope placed in gluten-free diets, a recent dietary trend (which I believe isn't a trend, but a…

I sometimes have liquid meals and I especially make a lot of vegetable juice. Sometimes it's vegetable juice, sometimes it's smoothies. I get so many questions every time I share…

Someone wrote exactly this... "The trips and fun are over, now I can go back to my boring healthy eating life." Reading this actually saddened me quite a bit. If healthy eating…

What do we do about the societal pressure that piles up on us when we try to eat healthily? How do we cope with those who say, "Oh, you're so thin, you're fine," the aunts who…

Generally, your questions influence how I write my weekly articles. I mentioned that I usually only have salad and soup for dinner, and I received many comments like, "I can't…

Do you really need all those fancy ingredients like this nibs, that flour, or that powder to eat healthily? I want to start eating healthily, but I'm so confused about what to buy…

One of my main food sources is vegetables. All kinds, colorful, diverse vegetables. All the different dietary trends in the world advocate different things. Some advocate high…

Two years ago, starting at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition opened up a new direction and perspective in my life. The concept of Integrative Nutrition, or Holistic…

I've been getting the same question repeatedly lately, both from you and my own clients. This question formed the subject of my writing. There are some accounts on social media…

I've written about this before, but I receive so many comments and questions every day that I want to explain it again. We all want to eat healthily, but some of the information…

I sometimes ask on my Instagram account, "What topic would you like me to write about?" and I choose a topic based on the suitability of the general questions or prioritize the…

Hello everyone, from the last days before the holidays :) As you know, the holiday season is starting. The holiday is in two days. Since summer usually begins with Ramadan, we've…

I completely stopped eating meat for a while. I was vegetarian for about two years. This was a choice I made purely for ethical reasons. I've been eating red meat occasionally for…

I wrote this post in 2018 :) It's now December 2020, and I saw it was getting a lot of reads, so I decided to update it a bit :) It was a post describing my preparations for the…

"Did she dream this on Sunday morning?" you might say. Yes, as someone who follows a 95% gluten-free diet and ate flatbread at a kebab shop last night, I might have dreamt I was…

Unfortunately, many of us now suffer from metabolic and autoimmune diseases. This is a very sad situation, but it is caused by the proliferation of packaged and processed foods in…

Everyone has a different opinion. Everyone is talking about the harm of something. There are plenty of people saying "this is harmful" about everything we eat or do, thank…

We constantly talk and write about weight loss, but there's also the concept of healthy weight gain. Unfortunately, many people struggle with this. Especially in young girls,…

When a person eats healthily and cleanly for a long time, they always start researching what else is available. I think this topic of healthy eating is a bottomless pit. The more…

On Mother's Day, I deviated slightly from my usual diet, and then things went wrong. The indigestion and gassy feeling I'd forgotten returned, revealing that my gluten sensitivity…

Last week I gave an introduction to intermittent fasting. (See: What they call intermittent fasting) This week I'll go into more detail. I liked this eating pattern... As the sun…

The human body is incredibly strange. It's so open to change and development that the extent of its capabilities sometimes leaves me amazed. You may have heard of it, or perhaps…

We're at war with refined sugar; but how healthy are the alternative sugars we're using, which are said to be "healthy"? It's important to know that too much of anything, even…

This title reveals my age. If anyone remembers this cartoon, we're from the same era. The power is mine now! How? With my vegetable juices... About 4-5 years ago, when vegetable…

Lactose, simply put, is the sugar in milk. Unfortunately, this sugar is difficult for some people to digest. If you experience the following symptoms 30 minutes to 2 hours after…

One of the most frequent questions I get is whether I take nutritional supplements. I've never needed them because I believe that when we eat a sufficient and complete diet, we…

Eating the same things all the time can sometimes be really boring. The key to making healthy eating a lifestyle, as I always say, is a bit about creativity. I know people who…

Here, I wanted to tell you about 10 essential items for your kitchen that will reduce your workload and time spent in the kitchen, while adding to your health. Yes, these are…

Now I'm taking my cooking to the next level: sprouting all the legumes in my kitchen, fermenting vegetables, making kefir and yogurt. All of this means life. I'm not alone in my…

Buying coconuts is so much fun. Grab one and shake it. The people at the market might give you a strange look, but just have fun! :) The one with the most liquid inside is the…

Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye, and some people cannot digest it. Bloating, gas, and diarrhea are the most common symptoms of this sensitivity. Rarely, it can…

Oh, if only it were that easy! Eating uncontrollably because you're exercising, and then getting upset because nothing changes, is generally one of the biggest mistakes people…

Exactly 10 years ago, at the age of 28, I was diagnosed with advanced type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance. Although the changes in my body and the discomfort I was experiencing…

For those who want to lie down between these two clouds and take a deep breath, I've opened my arms and turned to you, with a picture of my name. We're going through tough times.…