Key nutrients for a healthy vegan diet
A vegan diet includes only plant foods. In other words, no meat, fish, eggs, dairy or honey. A healthy vegan diet is made up of plenty...
Kefir – the ‘feel good’ drink
What is it? Kefir is a fermented milk drink that seems to be gaining popularity in the UK due to its high probiotic content and...
Food labels and food waste - Do you know your ‘Use by’ from your ‘Best before’ dates?
At household level, it’s estimated that up to a third of food waste is linked to date labelling on food products. A European survey...
Diet and nutrition to help combat stress
Stress accounted for almost 1 in 4 work-related ill health cases (37%) in 2015/16 (HSE, 2016). With 11.7 million working days lost (HSE,...
Healthy hydration – Are you drinking enough?
Water is hugely important considering an adult’s body is made up of around 60% water! Every single cell in your body needs water to...
10 reasons to take a 10 microgram supplement of vitamin D
1. Around 1 in 5 adults (aged 19-64 years) in the UK have low vitamin D levels.
2. Vitamin D is actually not a vitamin but a pro-hormone. T
Edible insects on the menu – what’s the nutritional content?
As the world population increases the growth of the livestock sector is increasing at an unsustainable rate. Therefore, alternative...
Burns Supper - How healthy is haggis?
One of the main ingredients of haggis is liver, which is high in vitamin A, vitamin B12 and folate. Heart and lungs will provide some iron,
Make ‘Nutritionist’ a legally protected title
Anyone can call themselves a ‘Nutritionist’. This is probably why people are often confused about what food and nutrition messages are...
Food and nutrition trends for 2017
Happy New Year!! So what's going to be popular this year in terms of food and nutrition? Here’s my suggestions on what may be trending...