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Happy World Health Day! Food Safety – Eat Local!
We are lucky enough in the UK to have a brilliant record for food safety – occasionally there is a horrible outbreak of E-coli and we suddenly realise that we are very vulnerable to the ill effects of our food. At least we have the […]
Progress for Women?
Despite huge progress in less than 100 years (we only got the vote in 1928 for those women over 21 which doesn’t seem possible but is!). Apparently us women can still by and large expect to be paid less than their male colleague for the […]
5 Steps To A Healthy Heart
According to the NHS, someone in the UK has a heart attack every two minutes and one in three of those people die within 24 hours of the attack. But it doesn’t have to be that way – the majority of heart attacks in people […]
Mindfulness and Mindful Eating
Sometimes we are so out of touch with what we are eating that we are able just to stuff handfuls of food in our mouth without even savouring or tasting any of the flavours, which is definitely not mindful eating. Digestions starts with chewing, and […]
You are what you absorb – NOT what you eat!
To a certain degree you are what you eat, of course that is true. Obviously if you are eating a lot of junk food, coffee and chips, that is going to be the only resource that you can make use of in your body – […]
Cottage cheese and zucchini fritters
This very simple recipe for fritters fits in well with my theme of eating yourself young this month, with the added bonus that they taste delicious cold. So make a batch and bring them to work as a healthy lunch in a tupperware box the […]
Eat yourself young!
Can we really change our health outcomes through what we eat? Although genetics play a part in our health, a surprisingly large percentage is left free for us to change our destiny through what we eat, and how we live our lives, especially if you […]
Juicing for vibrant energy
I think that we’d all like to feel more vibrant at work and have more energy in general and getting the right nutrition is essential to help us maintain that throughout our busy working days. And our days off as well. A great way to […]
Lentil Salad with Red Onion and Garlic
This lentil salad is low in fat and high in fibre and vegetarian protein, this delicious garlicky Moroccan dish will help you to eat properly. The sulphur compounds found in garlic and onions are powerful liver detoxifiers and natural antibiotics, turmeric contains curcumin which is […]
10 tips to improve your posture at work
Some of these posture tips are actually to do at home – obviously anything to do with sleeping positions and should you really be at your desk looking at your phone on your lap? It is simple to make sure your computer and chair are […]
Pay Day for Weight Loss
I am sure that many of you will have seen the recent debate about a scheme that suggests that companies pay an extra bonus to encourage overweight staff to shed the pounds. Have you thought about weight loss? Obesity and all the related issues connected […]
Chickpea & Feta Salad : A super quick, healthy lunch recipe
Chickpea and feta salad is one of the easiest and quickest meal salads and it’s very tasty too. The cauliflower will give the salad some crunch and the creaminess of the feta some richness. Chickpeas are a source of phytoestrogens, and most vegetables also contain these […]
