by admin | Aug 31, 2023 | Diabetes, Happy Healthy Eating, Uncategorized
I have a lot of people, with and without diabetes, asking me whether it is normal that their blood glucose levels rise steeply (spike) after a meal? So let me explain in case you were wondering too. The reason they know this is happening is because they’ve been using...
by admin | May 23, 2023 | Diabetes, Gestational Diabetes, Happy Healthy Eating
Why does my plain yoghurt claim to contain ‘Sugars’ on the nutritional information? Surely plain yoghurt is sugar-free! It doesn’t taste sweet. I have supported a number of clients with type 2 diabetes recently who are finding the nutritional information on food...
by admin | Feb 9, 2023 | Happy Healthy Eating, kidney disease
I get a lot of questions on this topic and I’m not surprised. A search on ‘potassium and kidney disease’ is likely to leave you feeling confused and convinced that every last jot of potassium needs to be removed from your diet. Many people who come to me are under the...
by admin | Jun 3, 2021 | Fatty liver disease, Gut Health, Uncategorized
I put a post out on social media at the end of last year asking if anyone had a topic they would like me to cover in a blog. I thought that this suggestion was an excellent one because non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is frequently diagnosed, often as the...
by admin | May 26, 2021 | Gut Health
Undoubtedly many people believe they are gluten intolerant and I am not here to tell them they don’t know their own bodies. However, in spite of it being much talked about in the media, I still encounter a lot of confusion around the topic. The fact is that foods that...
by admin | Dec 27, 2020 | Happy Healthy Eating
I thought I’d write something on our immune systems. Everyone’s doing it and I was feeling a bit left out! You may want to grab a cup of tea (and maybe a dark chocolate brownie). We’ve got a lot to talk about. Of course, most of us are rightly concerned at the...
