Expert articles by nutritionists

Inflammation is the result of a process by which the body's white blood cells and substances they produce try and protect us from infection by foreign organisms, such as bacteria and viruses. It is the body’s defence system and is known as the immune system. Sometimes inflammation can become chronic, especially if obesity is present and a poor diet is being consumed. Pollution may also lead to chronic inflammation. Many major diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis,...

With summer fast approaching, now is an ideal time to adopt a healthy eating programme and to lose weight without starving yourself, especially, as the warmer weather lends itself to eating foods helpful for weight loss, such as berries and salads. The reasons why most diets fail is because you become hungry, obsessed with portion size or calorie counting and/or don’t want to fast or skip meals and then end up binging and eating more than you might otherwise have done. Another reason, is...

A few months ago, I was at a seminar where one of the speakers was discussing his own genetics and how he has overcome his “faulty” genes to recover his previously poor health. He pointed out that there aren’t really good or bad genes – we all have adaptations that made sense perhaps in a different context but with a modern lifestyle, maybe not so much. One of these is the MC4R variation (also known as the “death by buffet” gene) which has been associated...

Our guts have a big impact on our health & wellbeing and just the slightest change to our diet or lifestyle can lead to unpredictable symptoms such as irregular bowel movements, painful bloating, constipation and more. Symptoms may be linked to specific triggers such as lactose (found in dairy) or artificial sweeteners and therefore easily managed. However, they may also be a result of non-dietary factors such as stress, with many people citing practises such as yoga and meditation to have...

How many times have you heard people say that they don't understand why they're not loosing weight? They're following a strict diet and they're exercising religiously yet the pounds aren't shifting?  Quite often in these situations one of the the most overlooked barriers to weight loss is stress. Here are some reasons why stress could be influencing the size of your waistline: Stress causes the release of cortisol, a hormone that stimulates fat storage (especially the storage of fat...