Jan 9, 2025 | Health, The Lupin Co
Lupins have been consumed by humans for thousands of years, particularly in Southern Mediterranean countries and in the Andes. Did you know that the Roman Legions marched on their long journeys with soaked Lupin beans in a leather pouch hanging from their belt? What a...
Jan 9, 2025 | Diet, Food, Health, The Lupin Co
High Blood Pressure Every time your heart beats, blood is pumped into your blood vessels (arteries), carrying it from the heart to all parts of your body. As this happens, the force of blood being pushed against the walls of the arteries creates what we know as “blood...
Jan 9, 2025 | Food, Health, The Lupin Co
Maintaining a healthy weight is a challenge for many of us in the western world. Over the last couple of decades obesity has become a problem in many developing countries as the populations increase their wealth and adopt a Western style diet. A typical western diet...
Jan 9, 2025 | Diet, Food, Health, The Lupin Co
What is Gluten and Coeliac Disease? Most of us are familiar with ‘gluten’ and ‘gluten free diets’, and some may have even heard of coeliac disease, but what actually IS gluten, what does it do to people who are coeliac, and how can dietary requirements be catered to...
Jan 9, 2025 | Health, The Lupin Co
Up until the latter 1970s, dietary fibres where classified as carbohydrate only because of the methods of analysis used, but since then the distinction has been made and the importance of Dietary Fibre appreciated. The definition The Lupin Co uses for Dietary Fibre...
Jan 9, 2025 | Health, The Lupin Co
What does it mean to be sustainable? Sustainability means different things to different people. To The Lupin Co, sustainability means leaving the earth in a better condition than we found it. It means that we work hard to find ways to improve our business without...
