WHAT DOES A NUTRITIONIST DO EXACTLY?

Most people get – on a conceptual level at least – that they should probably eat a bit better than they do, they should probably move more and take the time for more ‘me time’ to live a long and happy life. ‘Life’ seems to get in the way of achieving that. Many of us...

GL: What is it & why is it so good?

GL stands for Glycaemic Load. It is a measure of the quantity and quality of carbohydrate in any given food. It shows us the effect each type of food has on our blood sugar. Keeping your blood sugar stable is the secret to losing weight.Foods with a high GL rating...

Health Food Supplements Guide

Health food supplements are one of the hottest selling products in the market these days. Their total consumption values billions of dollars in the U.S. alone. Recent surveys show that more than half of the adults consume health food supplements in different forms,...

Willpower V Food Freedom

What does food freedom look like for you? If you’ve ever been on a restricted diet or deliberately avoided certain foods, you will know all about willpower. It’s great until it’s not. The trouble with willpower is that you have a certain amount of it, and that might...

Mindful eating

Can you remember what you ate yesterday, why, whether it tasted good, and how you felt afterwards? We eat for all kinds of reasons – and one of them is because we are actually hungry! Mostly, when we eat, we do so on autopilot. There are actually a lot of mechanics...