Is your child a fussy eater? Top 5 ways to improve your child’s diet
Fussy Eaters…. OK, so even children that are typically pretty good eaters have their ‘off days’ when they will only eat meals made entirely from bread sticks and eschew anything resembling protein or vegetables… whereas other children are just fussy with food, and particular textures, smells and flavours from the off. Encouraging your children to eat healthily is one of …
Read MoreEating breakfast… and diabetes
If your NY resolution was to eat breakfast… and you are struggling a bit now we’re into double figures of January, this study may provide some food for thought. An 18 year study of 50,000 subjects by the American Diabetes Association showed that those who ate breakfast were less likely to go on to develop type 2 diabetes; or go …
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Are you getting enough Vitamin D? (Updated)
As a nutritional therapist, lots of people ask me about Vitamin D (cholecalciferol). So what’s all the fuss about? Well, people are right to be concerned – especially at this time of year (Sept to March)… In the winter, we cannot synthesise Vitamin D (known as cholecalciferol) from sun exposure. This is because in the UK we don’t receive adequate sun, …
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