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Giving snacking a make-over
SNACKING: Can be vital, must be satisfying, never ‘wrong’ I asked a friend what topic I should cover in my blog and she suggested snacking because, right now, our emotions and eating patterns may be out of kilter and we might be doing a bit more snacking than usual....
If you don’t use it, you lose it. And that goes for our gut microbes too!
Studies on elite athletes and their gut bacteria have recently caught my eye, not because I’m a sports specialist or have deluded aspirations of Olympic success but because it is yet more evidence for the all-encompassing role which our gut plays in our health and...
Iodine in pregnancy
Pregnant or planning to be? Is Iodine on your radar? It really should be! Given iodine's glaring lack of PR, you would be forgiven for thinking that it's sole purpose is for making a yellowy black, highly staining liquid for putting on grazed knees. The reality is...
Back to Beautiful Basics on a Budget
We’re all having to tighten our belts right now but that doesn’t mean our meals can’t be delicious and nutritious. And, even if they’re made on a budget, they still deserve to be served up with love and an eye for detail – that way we feed our stomachs, eyes and...
Quarantine-Induced Constipation. Are you suffering?
Is being locked-down getting you blocked up? Let’s talk about poo! Not my best chat up line, I know, but my husband is used to it. It comes with marrying a dietitian. But seriously, most of us have recently experienced a very sudden upheaval in our day to day life and...
There is nothing right with the Body Mass Index (BMI). A sinister story.
This post is fuelled by my ever-increasing frustration with the use of the BMI as a measure of someone’s ability to maintain their weight within a tiny range and, by so doing, be deemed ‘healthy’. I can’t imagine there is a person reading this who hasn’t had their BMI...