Nutrition basics

Nutrition basics

The Problem with Ultra-Processed Foods (UPFs)

We are increasingly seeing evidence linking high consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) to adverse health outcomes. These negative effects often fall …

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How to Make Healthy Habits Stick

Charles Duhigg’s book The Power of Habit is a highly illuminating read and one I frequently recommend to clients. It offers fascinating insights into why h…

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Top Tips to Balance your Blood Sugar

Ensuring our blood sugar (technically, glucose) remains balanced throughout the day is a fundamental principle for health and wellbeing. Carbs 101 When we …

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What Nutritional Therapy is not…

People have many misconceptions about what Nutritional Therapy is, what it does and who it can help. Following on from my previous post about what Nutritio…

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What is nutritional therapy?

What is nutritional therapy – or what does a nutritional therapist do – are the most common questions I am asked in social situations. Friends, acquaintanc…

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How to help acne naturally

You CAN get clear skin again – and you can help acne naturally. But first you need to understand what is going on under the surface… What processes are tak…

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7 Ways to Your 7 (or 10!)-a-day

Fruit and vegetables are the cornerstone of a healthy, balanced diet. You simply can’t eat well, and ensure your body gets all the micronutrients it needs,…

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The Lowdown on Low Fodmap

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is, as sufferers – myself included – know only too well, a painful and sometimes quite debilitating, chronic functional gut …

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ProBiotics vs PreBiotics: Same-same, but different…?

Probiotics Are the live microorganisms or “good” bacteria naturally found in our guts, which constitute what we often hear referred to as our gut “flora” o…

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Can WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE get you through BLUE MONDAY?

Monday 17 January – officially known as “blue Monday”. January can be a bleak month at the best of times. Thrown in some serious pandemic-fatigue and, for …

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Gut issues? Look at HOW you’re eating…

We know what we eat matters – but less talked about is HOW we eat. More of us than ever feel we are intolerant to certain foods, but what if it’s more abou…

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What nutrient are 60% of us not getting enough of?

Why do we need magnesium? Mg is involved in 600+ chemical processes in the body! How do I know Im getting enough? Unless you’re supplementing AND eating a …

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Fruit- angel or devil?

In the UK we are recommended to eat 5 portions or fruit and vegetables a day but guidelines do not differentiate between the two. A portion is 80g fresh/fr…

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Creamy daal with roast mushrooms & coriander-ginger salsa

Lentils are a highly nutritious protein source. Studies suggest that eating them regularly could help reduce our risk of chronic diseases including obesity…

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Why Eat Fish & Omega-3 fatty acids?

Fish and seafood are hands down the best sources of essential omega-3 fats around (grass fed meat is another). They’re the ONLY sources of two of these ome…

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Should I fast?

Who else has listened to the latest wonderful interview of Dr Jamnadas (world leading cardiologist) by the amazing Dr Chatterjee on his #FBLM podcast? Fast…

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What Does A Nutritionist Eat For Breakfast?

What a NUTRITIONIST-in-training eats for BREAKFAST. Answer: it varies, but whatever I have, I focus on BALANCING BLOOD SUGAR for the morning. If I start th…

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Am I Getting Enough Iron?

Iron deficiency anaemia Iron deficiency anaemia is the most common nutritional deficiency worldwide – including in the West. As well as infants, vegetarian…

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Is all Meat Unhealthy?

The science is unanimous: Following a whole foods, plant-based diet is the best way of taking care of our own health – and the health of the planet. But is…

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Grass-fed steak with Middle Eastern spiced roots, fennel & tahini ? recipe

This it what will be cooking up at our house tonight, once the kiddos are down (please, God ???‍♀️) probably with a much-needed glass of red! ? Give it a w…

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What are phytonutrients and where to find them

I am often asked, what are phytonutrients and where to find them. Simply put, phytonutrients are chemicals made by plants. Most have anti-oxidant effects a…

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Why Is Progesterone So Great?

What is PROGESTERONE & why is it so great?! Progesterone is a steroid hormone our bodies make from cholesterol. The undisputed “star” of the second half of…

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Is My Vitamin D Low?

Do you have no idea?! Either way, you’re in (not-so-good) company…. ☀️ Much as we’re loving the glimpses of sun lately it’s just never quite enough here in…

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Can food help PMS?

PMS. That time of the month – anything up to 2 weeks – before a woman’s period when she may feel her hormones are COMPLETELY out of whack. This is the lute…

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Are supplements really useless?

Ah, the million dollar question. If only I had a pound for every time I get asked that question. The answer? *Drum roll please* is…..MAYBE. It depends. Sor…

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Are prebiotics and probiotics the same?

Let’s cut to the chase – no. But it’s easy to see where the confusion comes in as they sound similar and are, completely wrongly, often used interchangeabl…

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My 10 tips to eat more fibre

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Why should I eat more fibre?

It feeds out gut microbes (GM) You can (and should) think of fibre as FOOD or FERTILISER for your GM. Unlike other carbohydrates (yes, FIBRE IS A CARB – wh…

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5 drug-free ways to ease PMS

1. Prioritise sleep Never, until I became a mum, would I have believed just how much it’s possible to obsess over, crave & fantasise about sleep. And that’…

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Beat the bloat with these top tips

Everyone’s been bloated at some time or other; be it a “food baby” following a big meal, when we’re stressed or pre-period. We’re talking that pressure in …

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Why am I always tired?

Almost all of ask will have asked “why am I always tired”? at some point and the reasons can be many and complex. Often, it’s little more than a hectic sch…

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Boost your immune system this autumn

Any immunologist will tell you they HATE the term “boost your immune system”. Forgive me; pure clickbait! You see, we don’t want to simply “boost” our immu…

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Allergy or Intolerance? Same same, but different

Allergies are on the rise The rate of allergies has more than doubled in 50 years – from 3% in 1960 to 7% in 2018 – in parallel to other immune-mediated di…