So, anyone get a Kombucha kit for Christmas? Kefir grains? Fermented foods have been having a sexy moment for a little while now. It's something I get asked about a lot, so I wanted to take a look at the potential health benefits of eating...
Veganuary You must have seen it by now. Veganuary - the pledge to go vegan for the month of January. It’s grown exponentially in the last few years. [blockquote text="1,500 participants in 2014 to 52,000 in 2018." text_color="" width="" line_height="undefined" background_color="#f6faf2" border_color="" show_quote_icon="no" quote_icon_color=""] I want to start...
Following on from my introduction to Intuitive Eating post, I wanted to delve a bit deeper into why exactly diets don't work. Let's start at the beginning, what exactly do I mean when I say diet? [blockquote text=" Diet: any method of restricting food intake (kcals, carbs, fat...
Are you the type who’s done already? Have you not even started? A few last minute things left to buy? Read on for some last-minute ideas that'll be here before Christmas ...
You might have heard me talking a lot about this Intuitive Eating thing lately, so I figured that I’d better explain what it is...
More and more people are embracing the vegan way of life in a bid to boost their health, for animal welfare and ethical reasons and to save the planet - there are a few things worth looking out for if you do decide to go...
I went to a fab event for businesses in Brighton last week and met some lovely people - Brighton does business good. One thing that kept coming up though, as always, was about the thing that was hanging around my neck: No, not my T-Rex necklace...
Are carbs trying to kill you? Anyone who’s seen any nutrition headlines in the last week - or any headlines for that matter will have read about the PURE study. Here’s some of my favourites: [blockquote text=" Eating a low-fat diet 'increases your risk of dying young by 25% Low...
So, did anyone manage to get more veggies into their meals this week? My 10 a day for 7 days challenge on a ‘normal’ working week didn’t go quite a smoothly as expected - but that’s just real life; not shiny, perfect insta-food blogger life....
Hold up, isn’t it 5 a day? Something that I’m asked a lot about is what the recommended intake for fruit and veg per day is - especially with the growing trend towards more plant-based eating. There are all kinds of headlines out there about...