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Good fats, bad fats, low fat, essential fats, saturated fats In many of my consultations, I find myself explaining:

Why fat is important for our bodies. Providing information about different types of fat. Convincing clients that eating fat as part of a balanced diet will not make them fat!

So here is a short article to dispel any myths that still abound regarding dietary fat. What function does fat play in our bodies? 1. Energy Fat is a concentrated source of energy for our body...

Using words such as detox and cleansing may give a sense of you helping your body – especially after Christmas when most of us over-indulge. They are certainly very popular buzzwords, especially when it comes to advertising this multi-million pound industry. Some of the ways to ‘detox' or 'cleanse’ yourself are aimed at extreme lifestyle changes, such as 100% liquid diets, fruit only, or fruits and vegetables only – so cutting out whole food groups, and therefore a...

Over the past ten years, I have gathered many tips on food temptations, and how to avoid them. Here are my favourite tips that I would like to give to you, to help you when hunger strikes! Have a go. You have nothing to lose… except for a few pounds. Even if only some of them work for you, it will make a huge difference to your waistline! 1. Pandora's box. Please, please, the first thing you really must do when starting out on any get fit goals or simply trying to trim up for that...

The festive season is here, and there are fewer things we hate more than adding a few pounds over the festive season. We all know how December is all about celebrating with rich foods and what seems to be unlimited drinks, but do you really believe you have to indulge in every opportunity?!  Let me tell you a true story. Last year I only had one client wanting to start their weight loss journey in December? All my other enquiries wanted to wait for the new year to start looking...

Healthy snacks are an important part of daily life: they keep our blood sugar level constant between meals, they provide all important nutrients to fuel our brain and keep us satisfied and fulfilled until our next meal. But some snacks, the snacks we just can’t resist because we’re hungry, stressed or just tempted, get in the way of our healthy ideals around snacking.

From a snacking drawer to managing communal snacks, follow our guide to avoiding ‘snaccidents’ at work and achieve your...

Going meat-free, even just for a day, can be daunting. And, for the majority of us, defaulting to a meat-based meal has been ingrained in our choices from the get-go. But eating meat-free not only encourages creativity and in our kitchens, but it also has huge health benefits too.

A study carried out in 2010 by the Department of Health at Oxford University discovered that eating meat no more than three times a week could prevent 31,000 deaths from heart disease, 9,000 deaths from cancer...

Going from summer to autumn means shorter days, cooler weather and for some of us, an increase in appetite. Some researchers believe this is due to primitive impulses prompting us to seek out food and stockpile for winter.

For some people, this can lead to a desire to restrict what they’re eating or start another diet to keep their weight under control. Here we want to explore an intuitive eating principle in more depth, and how you can learn to use it during the seasonal shift....

In a recent poll of 2,000 Brits, more than half said they were ‘too busy’ to make healthy food choices. In fact, two-thirds admitted that they often eat ‘badly’ because they don’t have the time to prepare nutritious food.

We know the struggle. We all lead busy lives.

Maybe you work near eateries that sell fancy salads or fresh sushi. Or maybe you often run to the shop to grab a sandwich or meal deal when you’re busy with the kids. The trouble is, yes we can access delicious and often...

Vitamins that our body collects from daily food intake are essential to keep all aspects of our existence ticking over. But what happens when we’re lacking in one vitamin? And can we rectify this purely through diet?

Vitamin B-12 - contributing towards the production of red blood cells and keeping the nervous system healthy - is a vital part of your diet and daily health regime. Being water-soluble, the body doesn’t store this vitamin, so indulging in a varied diet should be sufficient...