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6 Nutrition Tips for a Healthy Menopause

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Nutrition and lifestyle can play an important role during menopause by supporting bone, heart and mental health, plus weight maintenance / loss and promoting overall health. Women today spend about one third of their lives in, around and after menopause. This transition can cause significant health issues and may affect her relationships and career. In order to support some of …

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Food and Mood: How can Vitamin B12 deficiency affect my mood?

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Deficiency of B vitamins has been proven to lead to depression and irritability, with B3, B6, folate (also known as folic acid) and particularly Vitamin B12. The food/mood link is strongest for vitamin B12 deficiency which at its worst may cause anything from depression, poor memory, panic attacks, fatigue, hallucinations, and even mania and psychosis. Amongst its many other roles, …

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What do clients say about Healthy Herts Nutritional Therapy?   I am fortunate to work with some very dedicated clients on improving their individual nutrition habits and who work extremely hard to reach their health and fitness goals. These are some words from them regards working with me as a Nutritional Therapist on everything from losing weight to special diets …

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Nutrition highlights – Souk Spiced Aubergine with Walnuts, Pomegranate and Tahini Yoghurt with Tandoori Chicken

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India Marshall-Roads from Bedfordshire’s Bottle Bazaar’s Wine Club has asked me to give some nutrition information on the meals that accompany her weekly wines. This week its the turn of Souk Spiced Aubergines with Walnuts, Pomegranate and Tahini yoghurt with Tandoori Chicken. This meal contains a nice set of immune and cardiovascular health supporting nutrients including plenty of fibre – if …

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Nutrition highlights – Steak, Wilted Spinach, Baked Garlic Mushroom & Sweet Potato Fries

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So as many of the Bottle Bazaar Wine Tasting Club members will know – wine expert India Marshall-Roads has asked me to give some nutrition information on the meals that are designed to be enjoyed with specific wines… This week’s meal is a fillet steak with wilted spinach, garlic mushrooms with thyme and sweet potato fries. What nutrients does this meal give …

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5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Diet – No Resolutions Necessary!

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Tired of impossible resolutions? Here are 5 easy ways to improve your diet – no resolutions necessary. Put these on your fridge and read them daily for a more nutritious diet. 1. Not all fats make you fat! Include healthy fats to keep you fuller for longer… and so naturally you’ll avoid the roller-coaster sugar crashes (and the ‘pick-me-up’ biscuits…) …

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What does a nutritional therapist eat?

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  So if you’ve ever been curious and wondered what a nutritional therapist actually eats and drinks – then now is your chance to find out what makes it into my shopping trolley … Food: cruciferous vegetables (of course!) One of my favourite examples: Bok Choi – I love this totally tasty, easy to use vegetable – I chop and …

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Are you getting enough Vitamin D? (Updated)

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As a nutritional therapist, lots of people ask me about Vitamin D.  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 get adequate sun.  And …

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Stress Tips

8 Tips to reduce reduce stress at work (or home)

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The reason I’m blogging about stress is because it has a bigger impact on our nutrition – i.e eating / drinking / food shopping / snacking habits than many would think… Moreover, it’s effect on our digestion and wellbeing is cyclical… and that means that we must do something about it if we want to feel better both physically and …

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My new favourite chef – moving on from bangers & mash

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Well after a spell of maternity leave, I’m back to seeing nutrition clients in Hitchin, and I’m very excited to see a new chef with some gorgeous recipes. If you haven’t seen Tom Kerridge on BBC 1 on Monday nights, tune in for some cooking inspiration. His programme is called Proper Pub Food… but its better than most pub food …

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