by admin | Mar 11, 2025 | Diabetes, Gut Health, Happy Healthy Eating, kidney disease
Are you avoiding beans, lentils and chickpeas because you’ve heard they’re high in potassium and phosphate. Firstly, please be reassured that you do not need to reduce your intake of foods high in potassium or phosphate, unless you are advised to do so by...
by admin | Aug 9, 2024 | Happy Healthy Eating, kidney disease, Uncategorized
Have you been told you have chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 2 or 3? My clients tell me how frightening those words are to hear and how powerless they feel. It needn’t be that way. Perhaps you’ve been prescribed various medications to help slow the progress...
by admin | Jul 17, 2024 | Happy Healthy Eating, Uncategorized, Workshops
Are you a supplement hoarder with a cupboard full of of half-used bottles which you have no recollection buying? Or perhaps you’re simply curious about whether they might be for you. Either way, this workshop will help you make informed decisions and maybe make...
by admin | May 2, 2024 | Happy Healthy Eating, kidney disease, Uncategorized
Did you know that, if your shadow is longer than you are tall, the sun is probably not high enough in the sky for your skin to produce vitamin D? Thankfully, those of us in the Northern Hemisphere are seeing our shadows shrink. If we choose to get outside, UVB light...
by admin | Apr 5, 2024 | kidney disease, Uncategorized
The answer, with very few exceptions, is a big YES. Unless you have been advised against exercise or need to rest for recuperation, then exercise is your friend. And that includes those on dialysis. What do we mean by exercise? Well, that depends where you are...
by admin | Mar 21, 2024 | Gut Health, Happy Healthy Eating, Sustainable eating, Uncategorized
Is there always some food or food group that you’re cutting out of your diet? How often do we hear announcements such as ‘I’m not eating carbs this week’. We are surrounded by a culture of food demonisation. What could be more anxiety inducing than a message in...