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Dora Walsh, a London-based Nutritionist Resource member, has shared her top tips on which foods can help you avoid the condition as part of National Eczema Week, running until Friday.

Atopic eczema, is the most common form of the condition and it causes skin to become painfully itchy, red, dry and cracked.

The condition is usually chronic and is usually treated by steroid creams.

Dora believes the right diet is crucial to alleviating eczema, and says it is time to ditch the mittens and that creams may not necessarily be the answer to the ‘ordeal of eczema.’

Foods which can reduce eczema include fish, potatoes, berries and apples.

She said: “Mainstream medicine can control eczema by suppressing the symptoms. But nutritional therapy addresses the underlying causes.

“The anti eczema diet focuses on pure natural foods to repair skin, total rehydration and...

Following the government’s recent release of their heavily criticised Childhood Obesity Plan, we were keen to find out more about the nation’s lunchboxes.

To do this we surveyed over 1,000 parents and discovered some shocking statistics:

– 76% feel schools do not provide enough nutrition information.

– 43% cite ‘fussy eating’ as their biggest challenge.

– The most popular bread option included in lunchboxes is ‘white’ (least popular, ‘seeded’).

– 57% of parents do not know the RI’s (Reference Intakes) for their child.

– 41% of parents do not include vegetables in their child’s lunchbox.

On a mission to promote health and happiness at an early age, we have created Loveable Lunchboxes – an initiative to inspire and support parents through the often confusing would of child nutrition. Collaborating with our dedicated members (all of whom are nutrition...

We are committed to generating more enquiries for our members and helping them grow their business. To accomplish this, we offer a personal profile, expert marketing tips, a dedicated member’s area and an award winning Membership Services Team with over 10 years of experience marketing our members.

“I have cancelled my own website as all my clients have been referred through Nutritionist Resource website. It is excellent value for money.” (Nutritionist Resource member, August 2016)

We would love to see you there, so please stop by at stand 1504 and say hello!

After a successful spread in the Dietetics Today March 2015 issue, Nutritionist Resource is back in the latest edition of the official BDA magazine looking into the fat recommendations of the 1980s.

We enlisted the support of registered dietitian Maria Dow to give an overall picture of the the dietary fat guidelines that for more than 30 years we have all considered to be the benchmark for fat consumption.

In early 2015, these guidelines made headlines when a study revealed they were issued without being subjected to good quality, randomised controlled trials (RCTs).

Currently the recommendations suggest we should limit our fat intake to 30% of total energy consumption, and...