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Have you made New Year’s resolutions this year? According to The Telegraph, if you are part of the 66 million people in the UK, your most common New Year’s resolutions are most likely to be (in order of priority):

to exercise more to lose weight to eat more healthily to take a more active approach to health

Being a nutritional therapist, I am so proud of these resolutions. People are willing to improve their health and understand this is not just about exercise or...

Creating ‘new year - new you’ healthy habits is definitely at the heart of health improvement, and this is a perfect time of year to overhaul your health and routines. For many people following my top six tips to better health can be the start of your new and improved future health! 1 - Hydrate Anecdotally we...

If you are suffering from unwanted symptoms such as gas, bloating, discomfort, acid reflux, skin issues, brittle nails and hair, low moods, a lack of energy or focus, or poor sleep; the low performance of your digestive system could be the reason! Water and digestive health Our bodies are made up of around 70% water and this water is used for any number of important functions in our body: from regulating our temperature to lubricating joints; from flushing out waste or cognitive functions....

Coaching is not something bizarre where someone messes with your brain, telling you what you need to say or do! Coaching is actually about helping you to get from where you are now to where you want to be, much quicker and more effectively than if you were working alone. Coaching works for any area of our lives, but it’s particularly effective when it comes to nutrition and weight-loss. Us nutritional coaches would all be rich if we gained a pound for every time a client came to us...

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...

Disordered eating can take many forms. It can involve food restriction, bingeing, night time eating, purging and compulsive or emotional eating. It is not uncommon to see a number of these types of eating over the course of time; the habitual dieter who restricts food intake for weeks only to return to compulsive eating or bingeing. Swinging between control and lack of control. It might seem like two separate issues but they are rooted in the same cause and exist on the same...

We all know that, in conjunction with weight gain and obesity, type 2 diabetes is on the increase. The question of what to do about that has puzzled health officials for many years now. Medicine can deal with the immediate symptoms through drugs but cannot address the lifestyle issues that cause it. Not only do we see more cases of diabetes, but many more cases of amputations, neuropathy and blindness arising as long-term side-effects. This is devastating for those involved; their families and...

As recent research has shown, there’s significant evidence to demonstrate a link between good gut health and a healthy, happy mind. Essentially, what we are feeding our bodies not only contributes to physical health and appearance, but also has a huge influence on brain functionality, brain health and mood. Serotonin, a chemical nerve cell also known as ‘the feel-good hormone’ helps to regulate moods, enhance social behaviour and is essential for transmitting ‘happy signals’ throughout the...