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​Nutrition: processed meat part 2

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

This week I thought that I would continue the theme of processed meat reported in the recent headlines and the research behind them.

Nutrition - Processed meat part 1

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

I am sure that you would agree that it has been difficult to ignore the headlines this week about processed meat and the potential risk of heart disease and cancer.

Nutrition and Easter

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

Hi everyone. Easter this week and of course the time for chocolate and chocolaty treats. Not an easy time if you are trying to eat well and keep blood sugar balanced is it?

Nutrition and chocolate

Date: Friday 04 May 2018

As I mentioned last week following the Chocolate Easter recipes that we could have a close look at chocolate and its relationship with our health and cancer.

Nutrition and sleep

Date: Thursday 03 May 2018

The importance of a good night’s sleep is often underrated but yet lack of sleep is a problem that seems to affect so many people.

Basic intro to healthy eating

Date: Thursday 03 May 2018

I designed this blog post to be a basic introduction for more detail to follow in future blogs.

​Recipes to freeze ahead

Date: Thursday 03 May 2018

Following on from the chicken broth recipe and preparing for Chemotherapy, in this blog I thought I would include other nourishing comforting recipes that could be frozen ahead of treatment.

Nutrition before cancer treatment begins

Date: Thursday 03 May 2018

People I see waiting to start chemotherapy are often concerned about how they can get themselves in the best possible shape so that they can hopefully cope with the treatment better and secondly what practical things can they do to prepare.

Simple tea recipes

Date: Thursday 03 May 2018

As I promised last week here are some very simple recipes for herb/fruit teas that have great benefits.

Nuts!

Date: Thursday 03 May 2018

I thought that this would be a very good topic for a blog simply because when I do cookery demonstrations or talk to people about diet the subject of nuts always comes up.

Back to Basics step 4: sugars continued

Date: Thursday 03 May 2018

I am sure that for those who are interested in food and nutrition that the subject of sugar and the amount used in processed foods is the hot topic of discussion at the moment.

​Back to Basics step 5: Whole grains in the diet

Date: Thursday 03 May 2018

Continuing with the theme that I have called ‘Back to Basics’, I want to look at step 5. The use of whole grains in the diet, also known as Complex Carbohydrates.

Gardening and health

Date: Tuesday 01 May 2018

After some rather over-enthusiastic gardening this weekend I feel rather achy today so I thought time to remind myself of the benefits of being out in the garden.