The Food Mood Connection: are you missing out on some powerful mental health tools?
The numbers of people in the UK with anxiety and depression are increasing – and figures also show that British diets are lacking in crucial mood health nutrients. This presents a useful opportunity to consider the mood impact of what we’re consuming. Research demonstrates there are many specific mechanisms where food affects mood, including sugar intake, common nutrient deficiencies, suboptimal …
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Nutrition highlights – Roast Chicken, Mango and Ginger Salad
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 wine choice. This week its the turn of Nigel Slater’s Roast Chicken, Mango and Ginger Salad. This delicious recipe is really summery, the mango gives lots of colour and offers an array of health benefits. Mango Firstly, it has to …
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Nutrition highlights – Souk Spiced Aubergine with Walnuts, Pomegranate and Tahini Yoghurt with Tandoori Chicken
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 – Lemon Tarragon Salmon over Asparagus
So as many of the Bottle Bazaar Wine Tasting Club members will know – India Marshall-Roads has asked me to give some nutrition information on the food that accompanies the wine…and this is an alternative meal I suggested to accompany this week’s white wine choice – the Gruner Veltliner wine. I chose to add to this a portion of buttery …
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Nutrition highlights – Grapefruit, Avocado & Cucumber salad, Pork Schnitzel and Potato Salad…
So as many of the Bottle Bazaar Wine Tasting Club members will know – India Marshall-Roads has asked me to give some nutrition information on the food that accompanies the wine… So this delicious looking meal (which accompanies the Gruner Veltliner wine) is pork schnitzel, potato salad and grapefruit, avocado and cucumber salad… The nutritional highlights then, starting particularly with …
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What is Kefir?
Kefir is fermented milk which gives a yoghurt-drink type consistency and is a probiotic food. It’s usually made from cow’s, goats or sheep’s milk and typically contains Vitamin B12 (from the exposure to bacteria during processing), plus calcium, magnesium, vitamin K2, biotin, folate – and probiotics. It contains over 50 species of lactic acid bacteria and yeast. What are the benefits of …
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This nutritional therapist’s favourite recipes
As a nutritional therapist who is passionate about food and cooking I am often asked for my favourite nutritious and not-so-nutritious recipes. Well here are a few I couldn’t live without…! They each offer a lot in the way of nutrition as well as taste and most of them are do-able in under 30 minutes … Lunch / Dinner …
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