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Set Yourself up for Holiday Success

A little holiday gift for you!! I'm giving away my Ultimate Holiday Eating Strategy - a guide to helping you to have your best holiday and stay on track with your health goals.

Recipe: Mason-Jar Salads

You might have seen mason jar salads on social media. They’re great – and not just because they look cool in a photo. It’s easy to make a couple of day’s-worth in one go, saving you time in the kitchen.

Ways to Restore Body Confidence

How often do you look in the mirror and criticise the image reflecting back at you? Or look at a recent photo and inwardly cringe at your arms / legs / bum / tummy? It Doesn't have to be that way.

Recipe: Butternut Spicy Stew

This is a great recipe for energy balance as it includes wonderful slow-release energy from the butternut squash and chickpeas. Coupled with the anti-inflammatory spices and zesty lemon, this is a fab Summer dish.

My top tips for happy mealtimes

Top tips to make mealtimes go well. And these aren't just for kids!

Ever wondered how your relationship with food developed? (And how to fix what you don’t like)

Food is for nourishment. If you use it for any other purpose, remember the relationship you have with food developed over time and many things will impact it. But when you want to make practical changes, it can be useful to explore your formative years.

Recipe: Salmon Fishcakes

This is a super easy recipe and is suitable for all ages. And it’s a great way to use up extra mash!

Food and Mood

The link between physical health and what you eat is well understood, but did you know that what you eat has a huge impact on your mood and how you feel?

Recipe: Chicken (or Tofu) Tandoori

It’s the end of the week and you fancy some spicy food. What better than this fabulous chicken tandoori recipe? Even better, the herbs and spices in this dish lend it anti-inflammatory properties. And for vegetarians, tofu would work perfectly!

Spotlight on Asthma

Looking at what's behind asthma, and my top tips for natural solutions to symptoms

Spotlight on Long COVID

Long COVID can also present with a completely new set and a broader range of symptoms, such as fatigue, poor quality of life, joint pain, muscle pain, skin rashes, palpitations, mental health problems, and more.

Plan for the life you want to create

How often have you started following a healthy eating plan only to be forced to make unhealthy choices because you didn’t have the right foods in the fridge, you didn’t have time to eat a ‘proper’ breakfast or make the lunch you wanted to take to work?

My Top 5 Nutrition Tips for Healthy Hormone Balance

Here are a few simple rules that you can start to bring into your life right now to help balance your hormones - whichever stage of life you're in

Recipe: Tuna and Soya Bean Salad

This is a quick and easy lunch recipe that is packed with nutrients to support hormone health. Soya or edamame beans are a fantastic source of phytoestrogens, which research shows may help symptoms when our oestrogen levels are bouncing up and down! Plus, this is an excellent blood sugar balancing meal that will keep you fuller for longer.

Happy, Healthy Hormones

When you think about mental health, you’re probably thinking about your brain and how that works. The picture is often much more complex. Hormones play a big part because these chemical messengers are the background to everything that happens in your body. How you feel, therefore, is not just psychological, it’s biological.

How do you reward yourself?

How do you reward yourself? How do you comfort yourself when you are stressed? Think about that for a moment. Rewarding yourself for your successes, both large and small, is a key part of staying motivated.

Spotlight on IBS

Bloating, gassy, cramps, heavy, uncomfortable? One minute you can’t go to the loo and the next minute you can’t get off it?

My top tips for a health Veganuary

It’s the perfect opportunity to try out something different. And over the last few years, one of the most popular January dietary changes has been Veganuary, where people try out an exclusively plant-based diet for the month.

Recipe: Roast Broccoli and Tahini Hummus Bowl

This is a really quick and versatile lunch that is portable for work, or quick for a busy day.

Recipe: Raw Chocolate and Hazelnut Cheesecake

Delicious Christmas recipe - and it's gluten and dairy free, not that you'd notice!

My Six Tips for Mindful Eating this Christmas

Recipe: Winter warming celeriac and fennel soup

One of the things I love most about winter is that it is soup season, and soup is the easiest lunch or appetiser offering ever. This one is packed with delicious wintery flavours of celeriac with just a touch of nutmeg and coriander.

Good health begins as a thought

Achieving long-term health and energy is a balancing act. Quite simply, what you put into your mind may have as much of an impact as the food and supplements you feed your body.

Are you functioning on all cylinders?

If you often feel you’re dragging yourself through the day or you've been struggling to lose weight for a long while despite eating all the right things, it might be worth considering whether your thyroid is doing the job it should.

The lowdown on Vitamin D

Everyone knows that we need to get vitamin D... but why?

Recipe: Aubergine Hash

A great way to add gorgeous dark purple aubergines to your day!

Spotlight on PCOS

September is PCOS Awareness Month - here is a spotlight on a condition which affects over 100 million women worldwide

Recipe: Power Porridge

Delicious breakfast recipe that will keep you full until lunch!

5 Easy Steps to Combat Insulin Resistance

Symptoms such as fatigue, constant hunger, inability to lose weight, sugar cravings, fatigue after meals, central weight gain and tiredness after eating. Do any of these sound familiar to you? But what can we do to battle it? Here are my top tips

Recipe: Oven-Baked Ratatouille

A quick and easy recipe for batch cooking

What's the score with vitamin C?

If there’s one vitamin most people have heard of, it’s vitamin C. Whose mum didn’t urge them to eat fruit – preferably oranges – to keep up their vitamin C levels?

What does a Nutritionist do exactly?

What I want to share with you today is that the food you eat matters more than you can possibly imagine!

Get SMARTER about your goals

How often do you reach your own goals? If the answer is ‘not very often’, you may need to revisit your goal-setting strategy.

Recipe: Baked Cod with Asparagus and Fennel

Easy mid-week dinner using delicious British asparagus!

The Microbiome - Keeping us Happy and Healthy

Talking about the gut microbiome - the tiny ecosystem that lives in our colon and is responsible for many roles in keep us happy and healthy.

Recipe: Pan-Fried Cod with Spicy Lentils and Roasted Veg

Quick Mid-Week and Gut-Friendly Meal

IBS

Recipe: Blood Orange and Almond Cake

This is a delicious, moist cake, which works perfectly as a dessert or treat for guests.

Xenoestrogens – what are they and how do they affect us?

Xenoestrogens are environmental pollutants with chemical structures that can mimic oestrogen in the body.

Recipe: Instant kimchi

Fabulous condiment in an instant!

Spotlight on Endometriosis

A spotlight on endometriosis with some tips to help beat the symptoms

My Super Six Favourite Foods for Healthy Fats

Contrary to popular belief, many of us are not eating enough healthy fats in our diets. We should be aiming to see some fats with each meal that we have.

Recipe: Everyday Red Lentil Dhal

An easy recipe which can be made from store-cupboard items

The Mediterranean Diet – Why it Might be Good For Us?

he Mediterranean Diet has been lauded as ‘the’ healthy diet, but is it any good for us?

Expert Tips - Eat the Rainbow

Most people know that they should be trying to eat fruits and vegetables, but why is it so important, what do the colours even mean, and does it truly benefit your health?

Recipe: Rainbow Breakfast Smoothie

Favourite breakfast smoothie

Willpower vs Habits - Which Will Win in the Battle for Change?

It's January. Lots of us are thinking about things we'd like to improve in our diets, lifestyle, and the way we live. But what's going to make these changes stick?

Expert tips - Mindful Eating

How do you get started with mindful eating? Well, here are my six top tips for incorporating mindful eating into your daily life.

Recipe: Three Bean Veggie Chilli

Quick and easy mid-week meal - perfect for meat-free Mondays

Mindful Eating

Recipe: Baked Cod with Puy Lentils

Super-quick mid-week meal

Expert tips - Blood Sugar Balance

Recipe: Salmon traybake with miso and sesame dressing

This a wonderful quick and easy work-night meal.

Expert tips - Stress – how does it affect us and how can nutrition and exercise help?

How can diet help with dealing with chronic stress? Whilst it may be tempting to go for quick, comfort eats and throw out healthy habits, stressful times are when good nutrition can be at its most effective.

What is Nutritional Therapy?

Having spent five years knee-deep in textbooks studying for my BSc and Diploma in Nutritional Therapy, it is easy for me to forget that not everyone is familiar with the term. What does Nutritional Therapy actually entail? And how can it help you?

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