There are a lot of questions I get asked all the time about different foods but one that is asked more frequently that others is about sugar. How bad is it? Can you have just a bit? Is it the ‘poison’ that people say it is? The problem is that it tastes so nice and
January in particular is a fantastic time to make and start new plans, ideas and better habits. After Christmas, a focus for a lot of people is nutrition and starting the year as they mean to go on. But there are so many ‘diets’ out there…
Christmas time is upon us and though the magic of the Yuletide season grows, for many so does an accepted anxiety that Christmas time means inevitably putting on weight. But don’t surrender your waistline to an annual expansion just yet…
Recently the lovely Ify (our resident Nutrition Therapist) kicked off the first of the 2020 WIYWO Workshops. She concentrated on how to use diet to optimise your brain power: your wellbeing, memory and mood…
I have got to admit, before researching for this blog, I wouldn’t have thought to go out of my way to purchase a little packet of flaxseeds to add to my food and they have really only more recently been on the general public radar, but they are in a number of foods…
I have at least 2 eggs every single day. Whether that is scrambled for breakfast with ham or smoked salmon, or hard boiled in a salad at lunchtime, or as part of the mixture for some baking creation I am making, they feature quite heavily in my diet…
If you know me at all you will know that my major weakness, that I have to work very hard at controlling, is chocolate. I have been trying to swap a dairy milk square for a dark Chocologic square instead – with 90% less sugar and doesn’t actually taste dreadful…
I have been having a think about how to get more protein into my diet without it being more chicken and eggs and instead of buying a protein bar that tastes very ‘manufactured’. Also trying to satisfy that very sweet tooth of mine without diving for a chocolate bar!
Chia seeds actually come from the mint family and are native to Central & South America and the word chia is an ancient word meaning ‘strength’. This seed has really grown in popularity in recent years and, due to their long list of positive properties, I’m not that surprised…
My children’s favourite and if not careful can be eaten by the punnet! Blueberries were one of the first fruits to be coined a superfood and its easy to see why: Packed with vitamin C that helps with iron absorption…
When the weather is cold and miserable and all you want to do is snuggle up with some yummy food and a film in the warm. But when on a specific diet like Keto for example, what will hit the spot? A dilemma I had this weekend and wanted to find an answer for…
I find that my biggest problem when I am embarking on a new diet is lowering or losing the sugar all together – my biggest weakness! The Keto diet really does require you to be quite strict on this, due to the fat levels required to consume…
