Nutrition » health

Weekly meal planning can make life really easy and it’s a great form of self care. The meals in this guide will support you in feeling satisfied, nourished, and full of energy. All of the meals are designed to be easy to prepare, budget-friendly, and are ideal whether you live alone or cook for your entire family. These meals are designed to inspire ideas...

If you’ve ever been to a proper wine tasting you know there’s more to it than simply swilling it back. That

I can vividly remember being a young girl on Weight Watchers happily munching on lollies to my heart’s content because they were fat-free. Times have certainly changed, and while I don’t believe that sugar needs to be our next scapegoat, it’s important that we realise that fat is back, and is super important for healthy bodies. Personally, I think a lot of the fat...

There’s a lot of debate in the ‘nutrition’ world when it comes to carbs. Everywhere you look carbs are branded as

As part of our Gentle Nutrition series, we’ve been introduced to the ‘crowding-in’ theory and crowded-in all sorts of different foods necessary to make us happy and healthy. We’ve crowded-in veggies, protein, healthy fats and fibre and today, I want to crowd in all those amazing microorganisms that populate and feed our gut. When I say THE GUT I’m essentially referring to the whole of our digestive system. It starts in the mouth and...

Breakfast truly is an important meal. For many, it wakes up your metabolism and can set you up for the day

The foundation of “Gentle Nutrition” is understanding that our bodies need certain nutrients to function optimally but is also about being able to balance foods that may not be so nutrient dense without guilt, shame or anxiety. We’ve looked at how to crowd in our essential macronutrients; protein and fat. We’ve bulked up on fibre and slow burning carbs and kept our bellies happy with probiotics. But what about the other...

The next instalment in our series of Gentle Nutrition and foods to crowd-in for health might surprise you, but I believe it is essential. By soul foods, I mean those foods that may not necessarily be health approved but that make your soul sing. These are the chocolate cakes on your child’s birthdays, the fish and chips with your family on the beach or a decadent...