Sunday = an excellent time to be meal planning and making snacks for the week – try out these gems.
SHOULD I GO LOW FODMAP?
Currently, many people are being sent straight to the low FODMAP diet and it is being suggested they start on this diet by themselves. This diet has a big health halo about it and is being seen as a miracle cure. Now whilst this is an evidenced based approach and totally can work for many […]
Courgette Recipes
If you have a glut of courgette recipes like me, then here are some top ways to be using them. Love to hear your courgette recipes too! Courgette Cake This is a delicious recipe but beware it doesn’t keep for long. Best eaten in 2 days, which is no hardship in our house! It also […]
Ways to keep youR gut happy
Huge thanks to student dietitian, Kristi Brown for this guest post. “Gut health” is a term that you will have heard if you are remotely interested in nutrition, health and/or science. But what does it mean and why is everyone talking about it? The gut microbiome refers to the trillions of bacteria that reside in […]
CAFFEINATED VS DECAF
Many thanks to Naomi Leppitt, dietitian, for this blog post. You can find her blog here. ☕️ What is caffeine and what does it do? Caffeine is a natural stimulant, meaning it temporarily activates your brain and central nervous system. The effects of caffeine depend on how much you have, how sensitive you are, what […]
What recovery looks like – Part 2: food and exercise
Huge thanks to Sophie Richmond (find her on instagram @balancing_bambi) for this amazing series of posts on Recovery from an Eating Disorder. Sophie is not currently a nutritional professsional or therapist but is going to be studying an MSc in Clinical Nutrition and Eating Disorders at UCL from September. I am sharing these posts as inspiration […]
Carrot Cake Energy Balls
I’m on a personal mission to reduce my biscuit intake. Now there is totally nothing wrong with a biscuit or 2, but these carrot cake energy balls add in variety and nutrition. I find they really hit the spot by giving me something to munch quickly when I’m running from job to job and they […]
Dietitian Approved – everyday family meals charity recipe book.
25 dietitians, 1 charity recipe book! All proceeds going to the Trussel Trust.
WHAT RECOVERY LOOKS LIKE… PART 1
Huge thanks to Sophie Richmond (find her on instagram @balancing_bambi) for this amazing series of posts on Recovery from an Eating Disorder. Sophie is not currently a nutritional professsional or therapist but is going to be studying an MSc in Clinical Nutrition and Eating Disorders at UCL from September. I am sharing these posts as […]
Irritable bowel syndrome…what, why and treatments.
Big thanks to Georgia Berry for her help with blog post. Georgia is a nutrition student and can be found on instagram as @berry_nutrition Did you know it is estimated that 17% of the UK suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome? What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome? IBS is a condition affecting the digestive system (NHS). The […]