The Company Restaurant (what we used to call The Canteen) is a place where companies can squander money because they haven’t thought through what benefit this valuable resource can offer employees. Could a nutritionist affect your bottom line? Nutrition and food is the foundation for […]
Kate Cook
Health and Safety Day – Nutrition Foundation as a wake-up
I have been doing the Health and Safety day for one of the biggest construction companies in Britain for a number of years. Actually, I am often engaged to do the health and safety days for companies – I have also been engaged by […]
Consistent Food Labelling – a way forward?
Food labelling: Consistent system ‘to start next year’ By Nick Triggle A consistent system of front-of-pack food labelling will be introduced in the UK next year, the government says. A combination of guideline daily amounts, colour coding and “high, medium or low” wording will be […]
Making the most of Wellness – Have you booked your Wellness Day?
I am delighted that I have been engaged by several forward looking companies to provide some dynamic workshops to start the transformation in employee engagement with health and wellness. Have you booked your Wellness Day? Progressive companies look to provide Wellness Days as part of […]
Kate Cook appointed to the advisory board of Ingredients Insight Magazine
I am delighted to have been appointed to the advisory board of Ingredients Insight Magazine. The first issue will be out shortly – my first contribution is about how we have to be authentic to the consumer and make sure that we are as tranparent […]
VUCA world – Rene Carayol Speaks…
The most consistent and overriding theme, has been that of VUCA world – Volatile, Unpredictable, Complex and Ambiguous. As ever, the Americans have coined this phrase to describe the unsettled times we find ourselves in at the moment. I have yet to find a […]
Health Responsibility- Corporate or Individual?
It is interesting that in America Health and Wellness is such a huge topic. It is a huge topic because by and large HealthCare is met by private health care insurance. These health insurance company’s payouts escalate if there is no duty of care by […]
The Future of Food
The BBC magazine has an interesting take on the future of Food – check out http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18813075
Hospital Food – curse or cure?
We should be rightly proud of the advances we have made in modern medicine. Just look at the ultra technical generation of operating “robots” like the Da Vinci which is so precise it can peel the skin off a grape, let alone what […]
Nutritionist Develops the World’s First Healthy Pizza
A nutritionist, Mike Lean of Glasgow University and Donnie Maclean (a businessman) have developed the world’s first healthy Pizza (03 July 2012) Maclean has a range of toppings that incorporate nutrients such as magnesium, potassium, folates, vitamin C and A. The toppings include roasted cherry […]
