Everybody likes a treat, whether it’s the ‘Sunday-cake-treat’, the ‘after-work-wine-treat’ or the ‘Friday-I’v- been-good-all-week-treat’. Usually these treats are far from being nutritious – chock full of sugar, salt, nasty fats, and lots of E-numbers. I think it’s time to stop tricking yourself and treat yourself to the taste of Halloween by adding some pumpkin to [...]
Following on from last week’s blog looking at eye hunger, this week the focus is on nose hunger – the second of the seven types of hunger.
Smells play a huge part in hunger and eating. Our ancestors would have had to depend upon their sense of smell to locate food and distinguish which foods were [...]
There’s no denying anymore: It’s officially autumn. The mornings are cold, the evenings are dark, and London is playing up to its reputation on the weather front.
Top this with the daily stressors of City life, public transport and an inadequate diet, and you’ll soon experience the discomfort of a ‘cold’. The great news is that [...]
In my blog last week I promised to reveal the seven different types of hunger, so as promised here is number one. It’s eye hunger.
The basic principle with eye hunger is that our eyes like food, and particularly food that looks good. As a result our eyes really can be bigger than our stomach, and [...]
Choose foods close to their natural state, source and season
Water: Spring water is best!
Select foods that are free of additives and pollutants
Whenever possible, use organically grown fruits and vegetables
Plan meals around freshly cooked and, if tolerated, raw foods
Minimize your use of packaged, boxed and canned products
Water: Is water bottled in plastic the best? Probably not [...]
I’m always excited to discover nourishing new foods, and this weekend it was the velvety baobab. Baobab is a fruit grown in Africa, with a velvety green shell that protects the seeds inside. The seeds are coated with an edible pale powder that can be added to food and drinks and has a pleasant citrus-tang.
Research [...]
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