Useful Articles by Nutritionists
The benefits of adding flax to your diet
January 24th, 2012 by Deborah Walker
Whilst convincing one of my clients that drinking flax tea would help them to resolve a number of their health issues, they decided to go off and do their own research. I'm always happy when this happens because it means my clients are taking responsibility for their own health, and when they came back and said “is there anything that flax can't do for the body” I laughed, had a think and then they quickly responded “it hasn't yet created world peace”. I couldn't...
January Juice Boost
January 6th, 2012 by Maria Zaretti BSc Hons DipION
Before you read my first blog of the year I would like to wish you a happy and healthy New Year! Now that the food comas, sugar and alcohol hangovers, and holiday binges are over, lots of people are wanting to 'spring clean' and asking about juicing as a way detox for the New Year. I'll share with the pros (and cautions) of juicing to help you juice safety, effectively and tastily! Why juice?Anyone who has overindulged over Christmas or otherwise has a delicate level of health will benefit...
Vitamin D - the sunshine vitamin
November 19th, 2011 by Clare Hayes DipION FdSc MBANT CNHC Reg
It's that time of year again - winter is approaching and bringing with it its seasonal colds and flu.But did you know Vitamin D is an important nutrient for immune health? AND the main source of vitamin D is from UVB exposure from sunlight. Food sources include oily fish, eggs and dairy products. However, the UK Food Standards Agency states that the typical daily intake of vitamin D from food contributed less than UVB exposure and is inadequate.Deficiency is more common in obesity, the...
A healthy eating guide to avoiding winter colds and flu
November 11th, 2011 by Maria Zaretti BSc Hons DipION
Because episodes of colds and flu are more likely in the chilly winter months, prevention is key to staying infection free. Eating healthily will improve your immune system so that it can fight off infections more effectively. Eating plenty of fruits, vegetables and salads packed full of antioxidant vitamins and mineral protects and strengthens our immune systems making us better able to ward off colds and flu. Chose foods rich in vitamins A, C (and E), including carrots, broccoli, mustard...
Weight Loss Help: How to Stop Emotional Eating
October 25th, 2011 by Elizabeth Tapp MSc, RD, CLT
Weight Loss Help: How to Stop Emotional EatingEmotional eating is eating in the absence of hunger because of emotions. Use these descriptions to decide if your hunger is emotional or physical when hunger strikes. Physical Hunger Signs Hunger comes on gradually Do not crave specific foods but may prefer a certain food Feel like your hunger can wait You stop eating when you feel full Emotional Hunger Signs:Hunger comes on quickly Crave specific foods Feel like you must...
Top Weaning Tips
September 15th, 2011 by Charlotte Stirling-Reed BSc, MSc, RPHNutr
Top Tips to Weaning your baby......The Department of Health recommends that weaning should begin around at six months. Weaning can be a challenging time for mum and baby – both of whom are learning to put new skills into practice. It is however important to remember that babies are all very different and so it is not a good idea to compare the weaning progress of your baby with that of others. See below for my five top tips to help you get started: Have regular mealtimes... When first...
A Change a Day
July 15th, 2011 by Food Fairy Nutrition
Here is a list of small changes that together could turn your life around. Simply adopt one a day and focus on building up steadily. This is not a diet. This is a sequence of small fairy steps that equal one giant leap forward. Because nutritional therapy is best served in bite sized pieces... Eat breakfast. I am not a nutritionist who believes in a morning meal as soon as your head is elevated from pillow. Actually, eating straight away may lead to digestive complaints due to inadequate...
A Nutritionist’s Shopping List
July 5th, 2011 by Food Fairy Nutrition
Every girl loves shopping. The summer sales are in full swing and high-heeled objects of desire are almost within our reach. But of course, a nutritionist’s greatest passion is food shopping... A mundane trip to the super market is, to her, a weekly treat! But the great food shop can become a maze of temptation and a labyrinth of empty promises - it is so easy to end up in a fluster with a trolley full of junk. But with a little planning ahead and a few pocketed nutritional pearls, you...
Sunshine
May 17th, 2011
Without it we would not exist. Nothing would. All earth’s energy comes directly or indirectly from the sun and as the sun’s rays hit earth, it is harnessed in a myriad of different ways. The most apparent of these must be the storage of energy by plants – photosynthesis. Generally, plants deprived of sunshine will wither and die rapidly. We can only benefit from the plants if the plants have benefitted from the sun. It’s imperative. It’s life.We need the sun...
Stock the fridge with these fat-burning foods…
November 10th, 2010 by Lucy-Ann Prideaux MSc BSc RNutr
In one way or another, pretty much any food that is natural, highly nutritious and unprocessed could be deemed to be fat-burning! The reason for this is that natural wholefoods, collectively form a diet that contains optimal energy (calories) and an array of essential nutrients that feed, spin and rev a healthy metabolic rate. The metabolism is simply the process that metabolises (or burns) food to provide all the bodies cells with the energy they need. Here are some of my top food...
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