On a sunny day, one of my favourite meals to dive into is a smoothie bowl. It could be breakfast, lunch or dessert! They’re delicious, super quick to make and there’s minimal clean up. What’s not to love!Of course, I’m not the only one who loves ...
Nutrition Tips
How to Eat to Support Your Immune System
Quite a few people have been asking me lately what they can do to improve their immunity (it's a particularly frosty winter over here in the UK!). Some feel they experience it more so than others, but I'm sure many of us go through phases where we ...
Take Up 5 Healthy Habits instead of a Detox
January is always a popular “detox” month; when we apparently need to rid ourselves of our Christmas excesses by embarking on a regime of juices/no carbs/raw food/etc. I’m not mad keen on this idea of “detoxing”. Yes, I ate more indulgent foods over ...
Tips for Eating Seasonally – with Ceri Jones
Something I have become increasingly interested in is eating seasonally. Rather than committing myself to a shopping basket filled with the same produce all year round, I’m trying to build an understanding of how I can alter my meal planning to fit ...
Tips for making a balanced healthy smoothie
How to make a balanced healthy smoothie If you're a busy person (especially in the mornings!) like me, whizzing together a big smoothie is an easy way to make a super speedy meal and get on with your day. Smoothies are also damn trendy these days, ...
Overcoming Orthorexia Part 1 – the beginning
I've been blogging about food and nutrition for a while now, and at times touched on my past experience with eating disorders. But as I embark on a new decade (having just recently turned 30!) I've decided it's time to open up a little and share with ...
Low FODMAP diet basics: eat well and feel well!
A nutritious diet is typically associated with improvements in physical health, vitality and energy. And when we decide to be more conscious about what we eat, we assume this will also help our digestive health. However, some of us can actually ...
Completing the I Quit Sugar 8 Week Program
On the 3rd April, I finished my very first round of the I Quit Sugar 8 Week Program (which, for the uninitiated, is a eating & lifestyle plan designed to help you kick the sweet stuff and get you eating real, low sugar food). Now that I can call ...
How to choose healthy & nutritious yoghurt
Yoghurt can be a nutritious food, though its potential is often exploited by companies who like to use yoghurt’s healthy halo as a marketing gimmick. There are so many options out there, when you look down the supermarket shelf you've actually ...
How to eat low sugar when you’re eating out
This week we are heading in to Week 5 of the I Quit Sugar 8 Week Program, and one of the focus points this week is trying to dine out and stick to low sugar/ sugar free eating. I absolutely love to go out and try new places, and while not all of them ...
I Quit Sugar: My approach to the IQS 8 Week Program
I Quit Sugar, which started as a little experiment by writer, presenter and entrepreneur Sarah Wilson - whose Sunday Life magazine columns I used to read every weekend, way before IQS - is now an international phenomenon, with the website, books and ...
Food Allergy vs. Food Intolerance – Pt 2: Intolerance
Last month on the blog I shared Part 1 in this duo of posts that cover some basics about food allergies and food intolerance. Part 1 of the post looked at food allergies, with a spotlight on coeliac disease (which is an autoimmune condition). Part 2 ...
