Your indispensable guide to Breastfeeding Nutrition (Part 1)
What’s so special about breastmilk anyway? Congratulations on your little one! You may already be convinced of the convenience and closeness of breastfeeding. As a nutritional therapist – one of my favourite health benefits of breastfeeding your baby has to be the superior, bespoke composition of nutrients which change with each feed, and correspond to the baby’s life stage, and the …
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6 Nutrition Tips for a Healthy Menopause
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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What’s IN my water and how can I drink the healthiest water?
OK so you’ve made your new nutrition habit to drink more water. So what’s IN it…? Well sadly, despite decades of investment by water companies in replacing old Victorian pipes, our water can collect contaminants en route to our kitchen sink. Substances like heavy metals, chlorine, hormones, antibiotics, plastics, pesticides and bacteria can be present – whilst present at reportedly …
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Which ‘nutrient’ can reduce fatigue, headache duration, assist constipation and aid mood?
…water…?! Yep. Its underrated isn’t it. I estimate that one in three of my nutritional therapy clients aren’t drinking enough water. I know this because its part of my standard set of questions in the consultation… This just highlights an opportunity to build a new healthy habit into their day, alongside their food changes. Our bodies utilise water in too …
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What does a nutritional therapist eat?
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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Dodd’s nutritious anti-inflammatory kale butter
Anti-inflammatory kale butter on rye with boiled eggs… Ok, so this kale butter started off as multi-tasking lunch and dinner… I was making some kale filling for stuffed peppers for dinner at the same time as making myself boiled eggs on rye for lunch… and ended up in the not-at-all famous but definitely delicious Dodd’s Kale Butter … Recipe: Makes …
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Healthy eating tips – switching from white rice to brown rice
OK, if you want to start eating better – here is 1 easy way to do it: switch from white to brown rice Why is brown rice healthier than white rice? Brown rice has a nuttier more complex taste, and contains more fibre and manganese, iron and zinc than plain white rice, which has been stripped of these nutritional bonuses in order to …
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