Food is more than just nutrition, an important concept to think about in eating disorder recovery and for everyone.
Iron rich foods for your little one
Iron is a key nutrient for your babies growth and development. Priya, dietitian gives you top tips on how to include more iron rich foods into your little ones diet.
Sugar, Satisfaction and Fullness
Sometimes eating sweeter foods satisfies that taste craving but doesn’t keep you full up and leaves you wanting more. Think about eating chocolate chip cookies compared to a slice of toast with peanut butter. Take a read about how to eat sweet foods in a balanced way.
Has COVID-19 changed our relationship with food?
How has Covid-19 changed the way we eat? 4 in 10 people have experienced a change in diet quality and more people have suffered from eating disorders, yet others have been more active and learnt to cook from scratch more often.
The Binge-Restrict Cycle
The longer you try to hold off from eating certain foods, the harder it is to resist, like a swinging pendulum you move from a binge to restricting.
Types of Eating Disorders
There are a number of types of eating disorders and vital that we all know the key signs. Here is a post written for Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2021
Obesity and Health, where are we?
Obesity and Health, where are we? Thankyou to Naomi Leppitt for her help with this post. You may have heard about links between having a higher weight and increased risk of worse outcomes from Covid-19, such as being more likely to be admitted to hospital or require ICU care. These recent findings have reminded us […]
Are you on a sugar reduction journey?
Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post written for Beneo. Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates. They come in a variety of forms and they are in everything from your morning toast to your vegetable smoothie, and there’s no way of getting away from having some sugar in your day. Most people enjoy […]
How do I know if my little one is ready for weaning?
How do I know if my little one is ready for weaning? This post was written in my role as dietitian for “For Aisha”. You can see their website here. Babyhood is full of constant learning and change for parents and their little ones. Just as you have settled into the groove with milk feeding, […]
Cosy Comfort Meals
Often when we think about comfort food it can be in a negative light, those foods that are high in fat and calories that make us feel good but should we be eating them to help our mood and sense of wellbeing? Whilst we don’t want to become dependant on food as our only way […]