I just read a blog piece which I found really interesting. It's 8 people describing the reasons why they stopped being vegan. In my opinion any diet or way of eating needs to work for you. It needs to make you feel well and nourished. It needs to support your body and mind. So I find it very …
Why do I do what I do
The short answer to this is because I know what it’s like to be so tired and exhausted that all you want to do is sleep and stay in bed. I understand when people tell me their symptoms of digestive problems, skin problems, weight gain and frustration that they simply do not feel good. I love seeing …
How to survive Christmas
So Christmas is nearly here - are you super excited, organised and ready to throw open your doors to welcome all the relatives or are you slightly dreading the holidays and how you're going to survive the never ending rich food and drink deluge. To help you navigate your way, I've put together a …
What is Nutritional Therapy good for?
I do think that many people don’t fully understand what I do as a nutritional therapist. Most seem to think that I just do meal plans and tell people what to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It really is a bit more than that. So I thought I'd try to explain. Healthcare system The best …
Probiotics for anxiety; home floor plan and overeating; nutrition for social kids; B12 and dementia and other research snippets….
New nutrition research is published daily and so I thought I'd do a very simple round-up of some of the papers that came to my attention in September. I used to do this every month for a magazine in England that I wrote for. Research from America has suggested our modern love of open plan eating …
The Beauty of Turmeric
Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a gorgeous bright yellow spice belonging to the ginger family. As you can see from the photo, it is the root (the rhizome) of the plant that is used whereby generally it is cured (boiled, cleaned and sun-dried), polished and ground into a fine powder. It has …