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Jake

• Oaty Vanilla Update

  1-minute read•March 19th, 2019

  The vanilla shakes have been slightly updated. To ensure that ...

• Introducing the new
  Vitaminbar Coffee Cacao

  We have a new flavour for you and it combines both coffee and cacao into one ...

• The Vitaminbar: Everything You Need to Know

  We love food that’s easy, healthy and sustainable. Every shake we make

• Give €20, earn €20

  For everyone using Jake: We’ve made it nicer to share your love for Jake with ...

• Talk: Jake’s forum

  We receive amazing stories in our inboxes every day. Stories that should be available for ...

• Subscriptions

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• Some things about eating Jake

  Jake is food that provides all the nutrients , ...

Nutrition

• Minerals

  5-minute read•March 20th, 2019

  If the word ‘mineral’ brings back memories of your sixth-grade ...

• Omega-3 fatty acids

  7-minute read•March 11th, 2019

  Before contact with Western civilization brought lifestyle changes and Greenpeace ...

• Sucralose

  3-minute read•March 11th, 2019

  It was the summer of 1975, in London. A young ...

• Lycopene

  4-minute read•February 27th, 2019

  Every year in August, thousands of people gather on the ...

• Choline

  4-minute read•February 7th, 2019

  It’s not often talked about and you won’t find it ...

• On Food and Your Blood Sugar

  9-minute read•January 28th, 2019

  Unless you’re diabetic, you probably aren’t paying close attention to ...

• Carbohydrates

  11-minute read•October 2nd, 2018

  Let’s get this straight: carbs are not the enemy. ...

• Fats

  14-minute read•November 8th, 2018

  Fats have long been nutritional scapegoats, taking the blame for ...

• Protein

  10-minute read•October 2nd, 2018

  Protein, protein, protein. You hear about it all the time. ...

• Fluoride

  6-minute read•September 4th, 2018

  At the beginning of the 20th century, the young dentist ...

• Calcium

  6-minute read•July 19th, 2018

  You probably know that milk contains calcium and you ...

• Chloride

  5-minute read•July 19th, 2018

  Chloride is one of the two components that make up ...

• Phosphorus

  5-minute read•July 19th, 2018

  Phosphorus certainly knows how to attract attention. It was ...

• Manganese

  6-minute read•July 17th, 2018

  Manganese, not to be mistaken with magnesium, is an element ...

• Sodium

  5-minute read•July 13th, 2018

  Sodium may not be well-known as such, but it’s very ...

• Vitamin B12: The Energy Vitamin

  6-minute read•July 11th, 2018

  Vitamin B12 is the best-known B-complex vitamin. Perhaps due ...

• Vitamin B9: The Pregnancy Vitamin

  6-minute read•July 11th, 2018

  What comes to mind when you hear ‘vitamin B9’? Probably ...

• Vitamin B7 (biotin): The Beauty Vitamin

  5-minute read•July 11th, 2018

  Vitamin B7, which is more commonly known as biotin, was ...

• Vitamin B6

  5-minute read•July 11th, 2018

  Sometimes we all need a helping hand to stay energetic ...

• Vitamin B5: The Vitamin That’s All Around

  4-minute read•July 11th, 2018

  Whether you’ve heard about vitamin B5 before or not, the ...

• Vitamin B3: The Complex Vitamin

  6-7 minute read•July 11th, 2018

  Part of the vitamin B complex and with three ...

• Vitamin B2: The Glowing Vitamin

  5-minute read•July 11th, 2018

  It can be difficult to think of the B-complex vitamins ...

• Vitamin B1: The Anti-Stress Vitamin

  5-minute read•July 11th, 2018

  It’s great to feel energised, isn’t it? You probably ...

• Vitamin D: The Sunshine Vitamin

  7-minute read•July 11th, 2018

  Calling it ‘the sunshine vitamin’ might sound like a joke. ...

• Vitamin E: The Protector

  6-minute read•July 11th, 2018

  How much vitamin E did you have so far today? ...

• Vitamin C: The Rockstar Vitamin

  8-minute read•July 11th, 2018

  If you’ve heard of one vitamin in your life, chances ...

• Vitamin K: The Forgotten Vitamin

  8-minute read•July 11th, 2018

  Nothing increases appeal like an air of mystery. And ...

• Potassium

  5-minute read•July 9th, 2018

  Potassium is a wizard of contrasts. As a pure element, ...

• Magnesium

  5-minute read•July 9th, 2018

  Magnesium is produced in aging stars. When stars become ...

• Zinc

  6-minute read•July 9th, 2018

  Zinc is the fourth most commonly used element in ...

Blog

• 7 Foods that will help you sleep like a baby

  8-minute read•July 1st, 2015

  Whenever I just couldn’t sleep, a glass of warm milk ...

• The Food, The Bad and The Future

  When I saw the Nokia 6230 for the first time I was convinced this was it. ...

• Food Waste:
  The Problem and the Solutions

  9-minute read•February 7th, 2019

  Right at this moment, cockroaches are doing more to save ...

• 3+2 Foods for Your Brain

  10-minute read•February 15th, 2019

  If you’re finding it hard to concentrate and your brain ...

• How to beat a food coma

  Note: This is the second part of a two-part post. To best understand this post, ...

• Let’s be done with detox

  7-minute read•January 24th, 2018

  You’d think that by now it would’ve faded into oblivion, ...

• Muscle Gain 101

  7-minute read•March 11th, 2019

  It’s the morning after a tough workout. You wake up ...

• Nature Isn’t Here to Save You

  6-minute read•March 7th, 2019

  If you’re like most people, reading this title sparks a ...

• A quick guide to Muscle Cramps

  Ever had a cramp? You can sometimes feel the weird tingling for minutes before it ...

• What is a Food Coma?

  Have you ever eaten so much you felt like you couldn’t stand up straight anymore? ...