Intuitive eating can help transform your relationship with food If you’re over stressing about food, jumping between dieting and binging, and just want to have a normal relationship with food, then intuitive eating can help. Dieting (which is any way of trying to lose weight by restricting food) messes with your mind and metabolism, leaving dieters,…
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Winter Vegetable Salad with Persimmon, Walnut and Feta
Warm winter salads make a delicious side dish and make the most of seasonal produce. This winter vegetable salad also makes the most of the beautiful fruit the persimmon. This beautiful deep orange fruit is sweet and crisp and provide a source of vitamin C, vitamin A and dietary fibre. Now is the time to…
Why is it so hard to maintain weight loss? The Set Point Weight Theory
If you’ve ever lost weight, you’ll probably know how hard it is to maintain that weight loss long term. I hear many people blaming themselves – they just have no willpower, they ‘love carbs’ too much, they are too lazy to go the gym… BUT the truth is it’s not your fault. And while…
Let’s talk about our mental health
With the recent death of both Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, I’ve been thinking a lot about mental health. While the stigma of mental illness has definitely reduced thanks to some great campaigns and advocates for mental wellbeing, it’s still something many of us struggle to talk about. If a physical health condition was affecting…
8 of the best tips to save money (and time) in the kitchen
I’m sure most of us would like to have a little more money in our pockets at the end of the week. Given the fact that groceries and power consumption in the kitchen make up a fairly decent chunk of money each week, making some changes can really help to reduce costs and free up…
The yummiest banana and coconut bread
One of my favourite things to bake is banana bread (also known as banana loaf) because it’s one of those recipes that you can adapt, and throw together and it pretty much turns out perfectly. This version is a banana and coconut bread that started with some sad looking banana halves sitting in the fridge…
