So Christmas Day is over and the leftovers are almost finished, chocolate mountains are being diligently worked through and the drinks are going down. We might be feeling uncomfortable, sluggish, and even a bit guilty for our overindulgence, after all, shouldn’t we know better by now? It is just way too easy to get caught up in it, to reach for another sausage roll, another chocolate out of the box, or another Baileys on ice. After all, New Year is just around the corner so we can start afresh...

“Sugar is the sociopath of foods, it acts sweet, but it is really poison.”  Karen Salmanshan #No-SugarNovember is this month's challenge and if you are not in the position to grow a moustache for #Movember then you should definitely try to cut out sugar instead! Sugar is understood to light up our brains like a pinball machine, much the same as if we were taking drugs. Addictive triggers are activated and the craving for more of the same begins. This is particularly relevant where sugar laden ultra-processed foods are concerned. In...

This is a very long overdue post, but I have been busy writing a book for you! It's been over two years in the making, but I believe it will do more for you than a series of blog posts ever could. My baby Feeding Good Habits is now on sale on Amazon, and when you get your copy, it will take you on a gentle 12-week journey to rewire your mind, reset your habits and renew your relationship with food. It is not like any other health book. It does...

Do you suffer with any of the following? Fatigue? Joint and muscle pain? Food cravings? Gas and bloating? Regular headaches? Brain fog/ moodiness? Weight loss resistance? Acne, Rosacea, Eczema or Psoriasis? If you go to your doctor or pharmacist and mention any of the above complaints you will no doubt be offered some sort of medication to combat the symptoms you have complained about. This may seem all well and good to you, many people feel cheated if they aren’t given medication, but is treating the symptom really what we should be doing? What about the cause?...

Would you like to live to 100+ if you had your health? I know I would! I came across a great news story the other day about 27 cities in America who are trying to change the habits of the masses to make a marked difference on the longevity of their residents, and I don’t just mean living longer, I mean thriving into their old age and beyond, something I have always believed is completely possible. It is so refreshing to hear a story like this, whole communities of people...

Educating Eaters Whilst waiting for the weather forecast last week, (I got a bit obsessed with the snow as I love it!) I heard a troubling piece of health news saying that obesity is now the most likely cause of cancer in the UK and has even taken over smoking. I was not necessarily shocked by that bit, smoking has become so taboo of late and is definitely no longer cool, thank God. However eating has clearly taken over as the vice of choice for the masses, it is...

It is so difficult doing my job, not the writing of my blog posts, posting delicious images on Instagram or even creating new recipes, it is trying to convince people that getting healthy and losing weight is not all about iron willpower or deprivation, counting calories or working out what syns you are allowed each day, it is about falling in love with healthy, colourful food, finding wholesome alternatives to your favourite things and most of all it’s about taking it slowly so you can replace those bad...

Don’t worry Halloween has not come early, I have just been thinking a lot about treats and what really makes us classify certain foods as ‘treats’ when in theory they are not ‘treating’ us one bit! I know people say to their kids, ‘Lets go to McDonalds, KFC, Burger King as a treat’ or something similar, but if you really think about it, is filling yours and your kids bodies with sugar, refined carbs or low grade meat with barely a hint of fruit and veg actually a treat,...

I was chatting to my youngest son the other day (he’s 11) about breakfast. Pretty much every morning, without fail for a few months now we have both sat down to eat a bowl of cinnamon porridge, fully loaded with banana, blueberries, walnuts, raisins and a drizzle of date syrup. So our discussion was about the many health benefits we get from eating that one simple bowl of scrumptious porridge every day. Even I was shocked when we got going, the conversation went something like this….. Oats* contain B vitamins...

Hi there, I hope you are all well and sticking to those new years resolutions like glue? The Google search stats certainly make it clear that health is right up there with holidays and making money at this time of year! I know for sure that better health is the big topic on everyone’s lips and most people would like to be starting the new year a bit healthier than they finished last year but I think we are complicating things much more than we should and maybe it’s...

February is ‘National Heart Month’ which I’m sure by no accident falls in nicely with Valentines Day. Last week was National ‘Wear Red Day,’ which specifically raises awareness of, heart disease amongst women. And on Saturday it was World Cancer Day. So just as everyone’s healthy resolutions are flailing, and lets face it most of our resolutions are healthy ones, we are bombarded with national health awareness days, On top of that it’s February, the most depressing month of the year apparently. So why are we still seeing increases...