Do you worry about whether you are eating the “right” foods or if you are being “healthy enough”? Something I often notice when I talk to people about health and nutrition is the language we use and how we categorize food as “good” or “bad”….
There are a few new kids on the block in the -biotics field, except, they aren’t really new. We just have a clearer understanding and appreciation of what they have always been doing. First a quick revision of the old favourites Probiotics: the “friendly” bacteria…
Fats are next up in my series on the core foundations to diet, the macronutrients. There was a time when fats were demonised “eating fat makes you fat” which has now been debunked. In recent years fats have been glorified and celebrated with the interest…
My brand-new podcast, Pioneers of Ageing, is LIVE! It is the podcast that celebrates a generation that is reinventing what it means to age. I co-host the podcast with a very dear friend Rebecca Rhodes who I´ve known since we were teenagers. The first episode is…
Can you be healthy during the festive period? Is it possible? Does staying healthy mean I have to compromise on the indulgence and miss out on all the fun of the festive season? Yes, it’s possible. In my eyes, you can have your cake and eat…
I often talk about the three Cs : confusion, contradict and compromise and to just through the confusion means taking it back to basics. So, I’m going to do a short series on the core foundations of what we find in food ie the macronutrients. There are three…
Why are avocados so good for us? Avocados contain a lot of fibre and are a great source of vitamin C, vitamin K, folate and the phytonutrient lutein which is great for eye health. They are quite high in fat which is unusual for a…
1st November is world vegan day so I wanted to address some of the common questions that get raised about vegan diets or being more plant-based. As some of you might know, I advise Meatless Farm, the leading UK plant-based meat company on nutrition and health. So,…
