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…
September is World Alzheimer’s month with Tuesday 21st being World Alzheimer’s awareness day. The UK Alzheimer’s Society promotes the awareness month because they want people to come together to demonstrate how we can overcome these issues. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. More…
New Month. New Topic. Fermented Foods. Future proofing your brain through what and how you eat is fundamental to my Food for Thought programme with fermented food being one of the topics we cover. The current group on my Premier Live programme had an animated discussion about…
When is a salad un-healthy? This week in my “pimping” series I thought I would cover salads. But salads are always “healthy” aren’t they? Yes. And no! Let me explain… For a meal to be healthy it needs to give your body and brain what…
This week we are continuing the pimping theme and turning our attention to pasta. In my 20s I ate far too much of it. It was a simple and cheap way to fuel up. Did I really enjoy it? Or did it just fill the gap?…
Can Easter exist without chocolate? And how on earth do I find a healthy angle about the heaps of chocolate laden Easter goodies? A few years ago, I organised an Easter Egg hunt for children at the polo club where I kept my horses. I…
One thing my Celebrating Ageing Series taught me is how energising and inspiring a reframe can be. I’ll be honest, all of last year I was kind of dreading turning 50, but, when I started to ask questions and looking at age from all angles, I uncovered…
It is now only a week until I turn 50 and my celebrating ageing series seems to have struck a chord with you all! Last week I shared my top 5 foods to redefine ageing and this week I want to talk about diversity in the…
What if some of those changes to your skin, your cognitive function were actually just signs of wear and tear caused by subtle nutritional deficiencies? Dr Bruce Ames is a world-renowned Biochemist with a long list of awards and one of the most cited scientists…
