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 | 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...
by admin | Oct 14, 2020 | Happy Healthy Eating
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....
by admin | Aug 14, 2020 | Gut Health, Happy Healthy Eating, Uncategorized
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...
by admin | May 22, 2020 | Gut Health, Happy Healthy Eating, Uncategorized
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...
by admin | May 16, 2020 | Happy Healthy Eating, Uncategorized
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...
