Healthy eating

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By Rachel Branson · 7 Dec 2018

The Soil Association is encouraging shoppers to make Christmas matter by discovering why organic is food as it should be and making simple organic food…

By Rachel Branson · 10 Nov 2018

As with any diet, food choices and variety are important. There are plenty of unhealthy vegan foods (e.g. foods high in sugar etc) and some people eat a…

By Rachel Branson · 9 Oct 2018

Our Resident Nutrition Consultant, Kate Arnold gets to grips with food allergies and exposes the issues surrounding food intolerances and how they are…

By Rachel Branson · 31 Jul 2018

What are the Macronutrients? Macronutrients – protein, fat and carbohydrate are our main dietary sources of energy. The three main macros make up the bulk…

By Rachel Branson · 8 May 2018

Have you ever been on a diet? Were you successful or do you belong to the 95% of people for which diets fail in the long term. Yes, of course initially you…

By Rachel Branson · 25 Apr 2018

As a child, the phrase "Eat your greens" sounded as though I was doing some kind of penance for being naughty. My "greens" which were hardly green in…

By Rachel Branson · 24 Apr 2018

Turmeric has a deep, golden-orange colour and looks similar to ginger. It is widely used as a spice in cooking. Turmeric is usually boiled, sun-dried and…

By Rachel Branson · 4 Apr 2018

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What’s the Connection Between Your Breathing and Your Diet? Many people, including myself, would not have believed there was any significant connection…

By Rachel Branson · 2 Apr 2018

When I was very small, I remember my mother making me sit for hours until I had finished my bowl of All Bran. In those days, I certainly was not allowed up…

By Rachel Branson · 15 Jan 2018

A new study by scientists at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, has shown that drinking just two nitrate-rich 7cl concentrated beetroot…

By Rachel Branson · 4 Jan 2018

Professor James Elander, Head of Centre for Psychological Research at the University of Derby, talks about caffeine addiction and the effects it has on the…

By Rachel Branson · 12 Nov 2017

We spoke to nutritionist Libby Limon, and sleep expert Dr Neil Stanley, about the nutrients and minerals our bodies need to get a good night’s rest: 1.…

By Rachel Branson · 4 Sept 2017

Over the years, I’ve hopefully gone someway to debunk the tirade of nutrition nonsense that has spread like Japanese knotweed into the nooks and crannies of…

By Rachel Branson · 4 Sept 2017

As most of you who follow my articles and social media pages know, over the last ten years I’ve been to the little known island of Hydra in Greece an hour…

By Rachel Branson · 1 Jul 2017

A new tea brand, with its roots in the mindful Danish concept of Hygge, has been launched by Danish tea enthusiast, Tina Gloggengieser. Hoogly tea is a…

By Rachel Branson · 7 May 2017

Bread, or more commonly wheat and gluten are the most common ingredients that patients talk about, and not necessarily in a good way! These seemingly…

By Rachel Branson · 7 May 2017

‘That chocolate bar is calling my name!’ How many times have you reached for it, even though you were not hungry? Why is it so hard to resist sugar and…

By Rachel Branson · 11 Mar 2017