We’re used to having white bread around – our children demand it, in restaurants (and schools) it’s often it’s the only option and many of us just can’t seem to resist the appeal of a freshly baked baguette. We know it’s not exactly a health food, but maybe it’s time to consider giving it up […]
The first figs appear in late summer and are still in season in October, but are hard to find at the grocery store. They spoil quickly, so the best idea is to look for them at the local fruit and vegetable market and eat within a day or two. Enjoy them while they are still […]
Many of us are living in a constant state of stress, which keeps us marinating in destructive hormones around the clock. Understanding how stress works can help you figure out ways to combat it and reduce its negative impacts on your health. Stages of Stress Our body reacts to stress in 3 stages – known […]
Haven’t been feeling hungry? Eat fresh ginger just before lunch to stoke a dull appetite and fire up the digestive juices. Ginger improves the absorption and assimilation of essential nutrients in the body. Ginger clears the ‘microcirculatory channels’ of the body, including the pesky sinuses that tend to flare up from time to time. Feeling […]
“About one in five people in the UK have a low blood level of vitamin D,” according to Professor Hilary Powers of the UK government’s scientific advisory committee on nutrition (SACN) into vitamin D. So, the UK government has finally caught up to what health experts have been saying for years and are now recommending that we […]
There’s more to basil than pesto We all know that basil is the main ingredient in pesto (and what mozzarella and tomato “caprese” salad would be complete without a few fragrant leaves), but basil can be used to provide delicious seasoning to many other recipes – from strawberries smoothies to potato salad. There’s lots of it […]
Your body and times of change. Our bodies need to respond and adapt to changes in the environment – whether that’s the weather, periods of stress or changes in the geo-political landscape! Environmental toxins are found not only in the food we eat, the air we breath and the water we drink – but also in […]
Sometime the mere sight and smell of our favourite dish can be enough to jolt us out of the doldrums and renew our enthusiasm for life. Take a second to consider what you have, or haven’t been eating. Are you stressed, irritable or just plain low? It’s obvious that food affects our mood. Sometime the mere […]
Summer’s here again and it’s time to get serious about protecting our skin – and our children’s. Sun protection is serious (and pricey!) business these days, not only because of the role excess sun exposure plays in premature ageing of the skin, but because skin cancer is dramatically on the rise in Europe as well as […]
Luckily for us, foods that nourish your body also tend to taste delicious together. Eating specific foods combinations maximizes their health effects by increasing your body’s ability to absorb nutrients. Tomatoes are rich in lycopene, an antioxidant known as carotenoid, which gives tomatoes its colour. Adding a healthy fat such as avocado makes the carotenoid […]
Tomatoes are omnipresent in our diet today – strange to think they were once considered poisonous and used only for decorative purposes. Super antioxidant Tomatoes have become a hot health topic because of their high content of lycopene – the important antioxidant that gives tomatoes their red colour and helps mop-up damaging free radicals. Not […]
It’s not easy to persuade someone who’s used to drinking cow’s milk to change his or her habits. As a Nutritionist I’ve long been aware of milk’s negative associations, but I admit it still took me a while to stop automatically adding a couple of bottles to the family shopping cart – well at least […]