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Adding In is the new Cutting Out.
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 our...
Chronic Kidney Disease? How to get the most out of your appointment with me.
Have you been told that you have chronic kidney disease (CKD) and have no idea where to start looking for help? Perhaps you’ve spent weeks with your head down internet rabbit holes. I would love to extract you from those holes and place you back into the light and on...
Help! My blood glucose spikes after a meal.
I have a lot of people, who don't have diabetes, asking me whether it is normal that their blood glucose levels rise (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 a wearable...
What has potassium got to do with chronic 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...
Silybin – Not so silly if you have Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
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...
Are you sure it’s gluten intolerance?
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...