Macron announced last night that no-one is to leave their homes except to do essential things for at least 2 weeks. The borders closed at noon today and after that time you need to have a form explaining the reason why you are out and about! Luckily, we have the internet and lots of digital…
Category: Eating well
Eating well – see eating well page for my vision of eating well. Hopefully the tips and information here give ideas of how to make the way you eat better.
The Wonders of Store Cupboards
Europe is in lock down! If it hasn’t started for you yet then it will be coming your way soon. Let’s not get into the scary stockpiling of food which leaves some without anything because the supermarkets look like they have been raided. Instead let us look at the wonders of the store cupboard! It…
Gut health and fermented foods
Fermented foods are quite a thing at the moment. They have become very trendy and certainly on the shopping lists of those who are following the latest health trends. Fermented foods have been with us for thousands of years. Fermentation was a way of increasing the life of a food before the days of fridges,…
Fibre February – eat more!
Fibre has a reputation, it stops constipation and can give you wind. Lots of fibre rich foods are seen as not very appealing and eaten with a sense of worthiness rather than enjoyment. Let us dispel some myths! Fibre does way more than just keep those bowels working like clockwork. Yes, it certainly helps and…
Start the New Year with a bit of Menu Planning
Happy New Year everyone! I am guessing that there are many people out there with a new year’s resolution that is based around food? Or are you doing the whole veganuary thing this year? Or maybe it is dry January for some? For me it is all about meal planning. I am a bit of…
Italian food – a cooking class!
I was a participant for this class. It was amazing. I ate way too much but it was all so very delicious. It kept me fueled for my evening in the forest with cubs and scouts until late building shelters and geocaching. Two lovely ladies from Puglia ran the class. If you are not familiar…
Holidays will soon be over so let’s start thinking lunches
There are so many reasons to make a packed lunch but there are also lots of reasons why we don’t quite manage to do it. Does the plan to make lunch end with the kitchen work top looking a bit like the photo – everything dragged out the fridge and cupboard but with no real…
Procrastination
I loved this coffee shop in Edinburgh. What a great name! When I am procrastinating one of the first things I do is go make myself a cuppa! In fact, I think procrastination is one of the top reasons why people eat and drink when they are not hungry! I was talking to a friend…
Protein – the super nutrient? Discussions from a Twitter Chat
The @AfNutr Twitter Chat was talking all things protein last week. It was a thought provoking disucussion – protein has become a bit of a star over the last few years. It is added to lots of regular foods to add a bit of a health halo to them and protein snack bars and shakes…
Keto diets
There is a huge keto diet following on the internet and on instagram, there are lots of people promoting this as the holy grail of diets with lots of very appealing before and after photos. But is it really the best diet ever? A true Ketogenic diet is really, really hard. In reality many people…
Lynn Burns RNutr 
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