It has been a bit of a year. 2020 will go down in the history books for many reasons – not many of them good. So it is great to have some good news as we come to the end. To be shortlisted, for the second time, by the Caroline Walker Trust is a highlight…
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Lockdown Lunches
How are you all doing? Are you missing nipping out to a local café to grab a sandwich? Are feeling the pain of having lunches at home every day if you are working from home day after day? Last time we were confined, I heard a lot of people saying that they were struggling with…
Student life is about to start
Off to university!! So exciting!! Is someone in your family off to university in the next week or two. This is such an exciting time. Setting off into the big wide world to learn new things, meet new people and finally be making their own way without parents watching their every move. It does mean…
The Importance of Taste in Staying Healthy
Our sense of taste and smell can have a big impact on how healthy our diet is, and it is something that is often overlooked. Think to the last time you had a head cold and your sense of smell was dulled. Food becomes bland and boring. We lose our appetite as it is often…
Front of Pack Labelling and white bread?
Sitting round a BBQ when you are a nutritionist can spark some interesting conversations. We were eating burgers – what great BBQ food – and putting them into white burger buns, there was salad available to put in or to eat alongside. All good. The conversation turned to the burger buns or, more precisely, the…
22 June – Introducing Baby to Solids Virtual Workshop for Message Paris
After a successful workshop for managing fussy eating in toddlers and young children, I have been asked to give another virtual workshop on introducing solids to babies. I am really excited and have had fun putting together the slides. Cute videos of babies feature and less cute ones – the one showing the gag reflex…
How does diet affect the immune system?
Guest post: Supporting young up and coming nutritionists is an important part of being a RNutr. A big thanks to Tanya for this post on diet and the immune system. Tanya is a recently registered Associate Nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition (AfN). Her interests include osteoporosis, healthy ageing and all things food. Her blog…
How is Lockdown going for you?
From a food perspective that is. This life of trying to limit food shopping, no restaurants or cafes, limited takeaway or delivered food, with the family all at home all the time is a weird one. Slowly Europe is relaxing the restrictions but we still need to be staying home and limiting where we go…
Fussy Eaters – the webinar!
I gave my first webinar on fussy eating last week. I talked about how common a problem it is, how it is not a sign of bad parenting or particularly naughty children, and shared some of the understanding we have about why it happens and the range of strategies we can use to help our…
Lock Down – great time to get kids cooking!
Before I say anything more – I know lots of parents are currently buried. Trying to keep full time jobs going, home school, cook, clean etc. One more suggestion of what to do with this wonderful extra family time could get me a bit of a virtual slap in the face! But really, getting the…
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