I am always surprised with the level of understanding of nutrition in many people and I don’t think anyone should be blamed, (although I can think of a few breakfast cereal companies who have done a good job in convincing parents that coco pops for breakfast and after school is a good idea.) If food [...]
Believe it or not it is nearly October – where did the summer go? October can be a time when we feel a bit blue – summer has officially ended and the days are getting shorter. But while some of us may just feel a bit down in the dumps from time to time, for [...]
In clinic I often hear of the misery that women with fibroids suffer every month, with heavy bleeding, pain and abdominal swelling or bloating, and this was true of last week. As with many gynaecological problems, fibroids are an oestrogen sensitive condition, which means that they worsen and grow when there is excess oestrogen in [...]
Swine Flu Hygiene Reminder
Though not so heavily in the headlines Swine Flu prevention measures should remain in our consciousness, particularly as all our children are about to be back in the classroom coughing and sneezing all over each other!
Here is the advice from the World Health Organisation:
Hygiene Recommendations
In areas with confirmed human cases of novel [...]
It is estimated that two thirds of men and over half of women in the UK are either obese or overweight. It is therefore not surprising that many clients coming to our London nutrition clinics are desperately looking to drop the extra pounds. Most have tried numerous diets, but achieved no sustainable weight loss, and [...]
The McCartney family are backing leading climate scientists by calling on people to go meat-free one day a week. The focus of their Meat Free Monday campaign is to encourage people to go veggie for a day to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from livestock, which is among the most serious contributors of global warming. According [...]
