Healthier choice ingredient swaps
All too often healthy eating is associated with boring salads and plain grilled chicken, but life is far to short to compromise on the eating experience for the sake of a “healthy” meal. In this post I have written about the food swaps I make when cooking to allow me to indulge in the food, […]
Saturated Fats, Unsaturated Fats & the Truth about Coconut Oil
In the past decade, the fat debate has been very present in the media, and ink 2016 this was sparked further by the research findings of Dr David Unwin. A Diabetes doctor from the North of England, he was finding that putting his patients on low carbohydrate diets was proving beneficial in the fight against diabetes. In […]
Why are pulses so good for you?
What is a pulse? A pulse is an edible seed that grows in a pod,this includes beans, lentils and peas. Some examples: Lentils Kidney beans Chickpeas Garden peas Cannellini beans Pinto beans Butter beans Broad beans Baked Beans Why they’re so good? Weight loss With a protein content ranging between 17-30%, pulses make a brilliantly […]
What counts as 5-a-day?
Eating a balanced diet, full of a variety of fruits and vegetables ensures that we get the vitamins and minerals that our bodies need to stay fighting fit. The vitamins we get from fruits and veggies play an important role in every function of the body, from maintaining a healthy immune system and a strong heart, to […]
Foods to beat the winter blues
As anyone who knows me will tell you, I hate winter! The mix of cold winds, rain and central heating dries out you skin and hair, and the dark, dreary mornings making you want to stay curled up in bed eating comfort food instead of reaching for a salad and hitting the gym. To combat […]
Tackling Ramadhan in a Healthy Way
Written By: Sukaina Abdulhussein, Registered Nutritionist (AfN) Foreword from Hannah Baugh: I clearly remember a lecturer of mine once saying: you’ll best serve your clients by recognising your areas of weakness and learning from people who can do it better than you. This has stayed with me, and as I am super passionate about nutrition […]
3 Fitness Influencer “top tips” that I Disagree with
Sadly, it is a fact of the times we live in that trendy, controversial fads, and so called fitness influencers peddling skinny pills, protein powder and meal replacement shakes often gain more attention than the real facts. Often the facts come across as far less interesting, harder to achieve, and ultimately, more boring that what […]
