by admin | Aug 31, 2023 | Diabetes, Happy Healthy Eating, Uncategorized
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...
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 | 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...