I am loving my slow cooker. If you don’t have one get one immediately! I use the Crock Pot as quite a lot of the other ones are just plain ugly but the crock pot goes very nicely from the cooking unit to the table.
If anyone doesn’t know what a slow cooker is, it is [...]
Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending the day at a top bank in the city delivering a corporate wellness day (Corporate Nutrition day) for a group of 9 ladies from their special events team.
In our preliminary talks the lady who was organising the day made it clear that she thought that her team were [...]
Last week a report published in the Journal of Food Science indicated that extracts of both the leaves and shoots of asparagus could help protect the liver against toxicity. The study looked at the effects of alcohol and hydrogen peroxide on liver cells and found that toxicity was significantly alleviated by the asparagus extracts. Specific [...]
Endometriosis is one of the most common gynaecological problems, and something that women frequently come to the clinic to seek dietary advice on. As well as excruciating and heavy periods, I often see women who desperately want to address the accompanying bloating and back pain that they experience with every cycle. The great news is [...]
At the beginning of the month the European Commission abolished 20-year old rules that prevented imperfect fruit and vegetables from being sold on supermarket shelves. This is fantastic news, especially for organic growers. With organic fruit and vegetables the focus is on the inner quality of the food, rather than the outer appearance, and fresh, [...]
The Nutrition Coach is featured in an article in Cosmpolitan magazine focusing on pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) symptoms.
Kate Cook, founder of The Nutrition Coach, says that you can drastically reduce period pain by changing what you eat.
“Vitamin E, found in avocado and spinach, will help combat water retention and breast tenderness, while soya products, [...]
