I was at a Nutritionists in Industry seminar on Thursday – the focus of the day was mainly diabetes. It was a fab day – thanks to the organisers. One group of the British population that are particularly at risk from diabetes is our South Asian community. Azmina Govindji, a renowned dietitian that has appeared…
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Eating Well 2 – Fruit and veg
It’s been a while since Eating Well 1. It’s about time I did the next installment. I think most people have heard the 5-a-day mantra yet many of us struggle to get 5 portions. What is so good about fruit and veg? How do they positively affect our health? In reality there is no one…
Muesli Cookies
I know, I know – I have been writing about eating less sugar and then I go and put a recipe on the blog for cookies!!! In fact I notice that my recipes are all sweet recipes. This comes from people tasting my baked goods at coffee mornings or cake sales and then asking for…
Some tips to eat less sugar.
In keeping with the sugar theme, I thought some practical information is called for. There is merit to reducing refined and added sugars. It isn’t just beneficial for your teeth but can reduce you overall calorie intake which in turn helps with weight management. The jury is still out on whether sugary foods and foods with…
Horizon Sugar Vs Fat
A brilliant programme that really tackled this fat sugar debate http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03t8r4h/Horizon_20132014_Sugar_v_Fat It was very interesting and important to show that sugar should not become the Demon. This programme confirmed my feeling that demonising one macronutrient completely is not the way to go. Dr Lustig is very convincing and his metabolic arguments are very good but…
Sugar – it’s big news.
I have just spent an hour and half watching this youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM It is all about how sugar and fructose has a lot to answer for in metabolic syndrome (high blood pressure, obesity and type II diabetes) and obesity in general. It was a very interesting watch – a real revision of biochemistry. I…
21st November 2012: Caroline Walker Trust Annual Lecture
If you are free and you can spare £20 for a ticket, come along to the Caroline Walker Trust Annual Lecture and Awards evening. The evening begins with a drinks reception at 6.30 with the lecture beginning at 7.30. Kath Dalmeny from Sustain is giving the lecture and she is, by all accounts, a very…
It’s winter – time for lots of comfort food…
What is comfort food? I think we all have different criteria. For me it is food that I can eat with a fork or spoon, that is warming and filling, is easy to make but may take a while to cook filling the house with wonderful aromas and it usually has a connection to some…
All went quiet for a while…
…time to catch up and get blogging with a vengeance. My youngest son is now at school full time and time to get a little more work and not be so neglectful of my blog. My brothers, for whom I started blogging, have complained of the lack of new posts so sorry to those that have…
The diet is helping my interstitial cystitis….
Really strict avoidance of coffee, alcohol, chocolate, tomato based sauces (and only small amounts of fresh tomato), citrus juices, fizzy drink and chilli and possibly some other spices really seems to help dampen my symptoms a lot. If you are a sufferer then do try cutting out some of those things. These are the most commonly reported aggravators in a…
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