People often ask for ideas of healthy snacks or simple food swaps they can make in their day to reduce calorie, sugar and fat intake whilst ensuring they stay topped up with nutrients and don’t
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People often ask for ideas of healthy snacks or simple food swaps they can make in their day to reduce calorie, sugar and fat intake whilst ensuring they stay topped up with nutrients and don’t
A great video explaining WHY dieting doesn’t work.
A big question in the nutrition world is around genetics vs the environment. Many clients I see will swear that their weight issue is simply a family trait passed down by the genes of their
A new term that many of us would not have seen before is starting to hit the headlines. “Orthorexia” Not yet considered an official ‘eating disorder’, Orthorexia is characterised by an unhealthy obsession with healthy
With the ‘sugar crisis’ well and truly in the public eye, research is uncovering a new, less well known, problem. A new problem with FAT. Article Summary: Omega 3 and Omega 6 Fatty acids are
The question on everybody’s lips… However, it’s important that we remember that there is no single solution to the obesity epidemic, or to good health for that matter. Eating well and being healthy is about
We now have a national campaign opposing the very thing that I have been fighting against since the start of my career; Action on Sugar There has been a wealth of articles in the press
A recent article in the Guardian entitled “Fat profits: how the food industry cashed in on obesity” and a television programme entitled: “The Men who made us Thin” provided an expose of the way in
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 these levels of childhood obesity down. Halloween is
There is always controversy in the food and nutrition world. One of the most disputed and complicated area of nutrition is the question of responsibility. Ultimately, what we want to know is: ‘Whose responsibility is
Q1. Should schools have a say which foods the children should bring to the school? Why? Yes. With one in three children in year 6 now overweight or obese we need to start seeing combined
I came across this interesting video looking at how butter is made which inspired me to share it and discuss the age old argument of Butter Vs Margarine. The question of whether butter or margarine
A new study undertaken in the UK has found that babies eating diets higher in real, fresh and homemade food were less likely to develop food allergies than babies who were fed predominantly on processed or packaged
Recently SR Nutrition was asked to appear on BBC Radio Two for a quick chat about Children’s Lunch Boxes! Unfortunately because we’re so busy of late, we couldn’t make it, so thought we would write
Reports on the negative effects of sugar have recently been storming the press, and if you haven’t read any of the coverage it’s time to get up to date now. Professor Lustig has been a