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Guest post by Paul Fairbairn, BSc (hons) in Sport and Exercise Science & Nutrition MSc studentToday’s post is a bit of a different one, from Paul Fairbairn who has written for me before. With today’s messages

I’ve written about finger foods for your baby many times but have felt recently, since weaning my own son, that I owe my readers another blog on this topic. For years I recommended certain finger

An old myth that people often still refer to is the idea that women need to be eating for two during pregnancy. We now know that during pregnancy a woman’s body becomes much more efficient

With people on average, living to a greater age, healthy nutrition for the older generation is being talked about more and more. Eating the right foods and adhering to a perfectly balanced diet can be

If you’re trying for a baby, typing the words ‘fertility foods’ into a search engine can immediately pull up a mammoth list of lotions, potions and foods that are all supposed to help support conception.

Around 75 per cent of us start a new diet regime after Christmas.  But do you really need to detox in January and is it the best way to achieve the health kick we’re looking

Public Health England have recently been in the news for talking about children’s snacks and limiting them to 100 kcals per snack. However, the main message from Public Health England seems to have got a

Having a baby can be a rather overwhelming experience and above all else you want to make the right decisions that will allow healthy growth from bump to baby. Eating healthily and understanding nutrition during

Written by A.Creasey, PhD.

A common problem that many of my clients face is shift work. Shift work can pose a negative impact on the health and wellbeing of individuals for a number of reasons. Shift patterns often change

A few facts to share about my early breastfeeding experiences I wanted to share with you a few facts about breastfeeding. Most of these, I have experienced firsthand, due to me becoming a mum for

Breakfast: The most important meal of the day? Most of us have heard the phrase “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” but whether this is really the case has recently been brought

With one in three children in year 6 being overweight or obese, festive times like Halloween and Christmas certainly aren’t going to be any help towards bringing levels of childhood obesity down! So I have

Immunity can be compromised during pregnancy as both mother and baby have an increased need for many macronutrients. When pregnant it’s always important to eat a wide variety of foods to ensure that you can

I’ve been working on flapjack recipes for a long while now, and I never seem to get them right. Trying to make them too “healthy” doesn’t work. In all honesty the oats need the sugar