Portion Sizes can be tricky to get right and yet they are key to maintaining a healthy, balanced diet. Here is a little video I did with BBC Food a few months ago, shot in the most gorgeous kitchen (it’s not mine!). Using your hand as a general guide can be a great way of […]
You can still eat a jacket potato, here’s how.
So the news on the street is a jacket potato contains 19 sugar cubes. More than a can of coke. Now whilst this may be true on the one level there is a lot more going on here than just the sugar and it is not to say you cannot eat a baked spud. […]
Priya gives top nutrition tips on Rachel’s podcast
So a complete pleasure to take part in this podcast with Rachel Holmes. Take a listen for super nutrition tips, it’s an action packed podcast, no chitter-chatter but just full on content and at just over 30 minutes it’s a great length too. Totally love to hear your thoughts! We cover: Is there a best […]
How do we know when we are hungry/full?
In a completely perfect world we would eat when hungry, stop when full and eat the foods our body tells us to eat. However few of us are that tuned into our bodies signals. We are bombarded with outside signals for example the media, advertising, other people, shops, restaurants – food is all around us. […]
The non-diet approach for children.
In a time when there is a focus on reducing sugar, countering obesity and improving the long term health of the nation, it can be hard to know how to approach these topics with your family. On the one hand we want children to be aware of what is in food but we don’t want […]
The least sexy but vitally important nutrient
Facebook likes too ask “what’s on my mind” well actually right now it is fibre. An overlooked and neglected nutrient, maybe because bowel health just isn’t sexy. However to my mind, neither is constipation or piles. When the recommendations for fibre increased to 30g per day there were lots of posts out there about […]
Constant thoughts of food? It could be linked to your diet.
One statement I hear regularly in my eating disorder clinics is “I feel like I’m going mad, all I think about is food”. Now whilst an eating disorder is a mental health illness it is not a sign of madness. However you can feel so consumed by your thoughts of food that it feel that […]
Why Weight Watchers for Teenagers is not a good plan.
On the surface this may seem like a good idea. We know the UK population is getting larger and we need multiple ways to help teach people about how to eat for their health… is a diet really the best way? Almost everything in me shouted out “NO” when I read about WW opening it’s […]
Teaching intuitive eating in family life
It seems a lot of you out there are interested in teaching your children about intuitive eating. Which is absolutely amazing! I’m over the moon. Absolutely loving the little experiments people are doing at home too. After a few comments and questions about the last blog post I thought I’d do a post on how […]
Food trends 2018 I’d be pleased to see.
January always brings the weird, the wonderful and the wahey of food. I’ve highlighted a few trends that I predict are on the rise for 2018 and ones that I would be happy to see more of. You can check out my 2017 trends post here and see how I did! Plant Power I think […]