I can’t quite believe I’ve got to my ripe old age and I’m still having to fight back tears when dealing with some typical ‘toxic personalities’ in my social network. Hence my New Year’s…
Year: 2016
Blog posts
An insider’s guide to detecting nutrition myths and ‘foodoo’ in a ‘post facts and post truths’ era
Nutrition myths are bad science! It’s been an ‘interesting’ year! A dawning realization of the powerful role social media is playing in sharing information and opinions. Sadly, this information is open to bias and…
How to manage stress and weight gain
A second post by the wonderful Angela Stathakis Porisse which looks at the effect of stress on our weight. We know stress has many negative effects on our physical and emotional health. And most…
Seven tips for reducing stress and improving your health and vitality!
This week we are looking at stress. What is stress? What causes stress and how can we manage it?! Thank you Angela Stathakis Porisse for this wonderful article! The stress hormones – cortisol and adrenaline…
Intuitive Eating to nourish your mind and body – Why diets don’t work part 2
There’s a new wave coming my friends, where we finally start to say ‘Enough is enough, and I love myself exactly the way I am‘. While it’s hard to get clear numbers, the success rates…
Why Diets Don’t Work
This is a guest post by Angela Stathakis Porisse and the first of a series of blogs on dieting and weight loss. Are you fed up with yo-yo dieting?! Do you rush to try…
Korean style peanut butter noodles with kale
I love Korean food and I love peanut butter. Kale also gets the thumbs up as long as it is cooked and not raw, stringy and tough (dramatic shudder!) This recipe is perfect for…
UK Childhood Obesity Plan – A plan of ‘inaction’ or a start?!
The UK Childhood Obesity Plan was released on August 18 2016 to address the concerns around increasing levels of childhood obesity as well as recognizing the heavy governmental cost of overweight and obesity related disease.…
The 100 (healthy salad!)
Tis the salad season and the opportunity to easily get our 5 portions of vegetables a day. This salad is colourful, fresh, delicious and fun. I hope you enjoy it! The 100 (healthy salad!)…
The 7 habits for effective and long term weight loss!
It’s the season of ‘regimes’ and the two month count down before hitting the beach and enjoying the sun but in the rush to lose weight, it’s easy to ignore the uncomfortable fact that…
Raw Fig Energy Bars
Why do we love figs? So many reasons ! They are surprisingly high in calcium and just a little sexy! These bars are really easy to make and a perfect mid-afternoon pick me up…
Welcome!
Summertime and the living is easy…..! Welcome to my blog. I blog on nutrition, health and food and would love to hear from you if you have any specific topics which interest you!…
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