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The Food Standard’s Agency (FSA) has recently been making noises about making the food labeling scheme it is running on a voluntary basis compulsory.  This seems to be the back up plan, should the voluntary labeling not be taken up by enough retailers and caterers.
The whole idea of labeling may feel a bit daunting from [...]

The Nutrition Coach is featured in an article in Zest magazine focusing on The Nutrition Coach’s Dump The Diet programme.
Alex, 32, from London, was fed up with trying endless diets that didn’t work. She desperately wanted to reach a happy size 12 – without going on a diet – and stay that way. She had [...]

Gluten intolerance seems to be a common problem amongst my clients. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, spelt, barley and rye.
Symptoms of gluten intolerance include bloating, diarrhoea, and constipation. However these often clear up once gluten is removed from the diet and gut health is improved. Gluten can then usually be slowly re-introduced into [...]

Are we becoming a nation of hypochondriacs, or are allergies and food intolerances really on the up?
There is a huge variety of different allergy and intolerance tests available, with equally varying methodology and costs.  You can get your intolerances check with muscle testing, electronic impulses and blood tests to name a few.  It seems to [...]

I’m now in my 24th week of pregnancy and feeling great! But this wasn’t the case during the first trimester of my pregnancy when I had morning sickness and felt very tired. Being a nutritional therapist I thought I would get off lightly with any pregnancy symptoms but this wasn’t the case!
I admit I found [...]

Last week I did an accidental detox, which started with a trip to one of my favourite London restaurants, Saf.  Saf’s botanical menus offer food in its purest, freshest form with most dishes being cooked below 48 degrees celsius and therefore technically classified as raw.
The secret with raw food, which makes it so perfect for detoxing, [...]