If you’ve taken the food choices quiz, highlighted in my earlier post Liberate yourself from junk food, and found yourself reaching for a croissant over a bowl of nuts and berries, you’re not alone – and you’re not broken. Many of us struggle with food cravings that feel compulsive or hard to control. But recognising...
Struggling with food choices? You’re not alone. It’s easy to think junk food addiction is just about too many takeaways – but it goes deeper. Take a moment to consider what you’re eating throughout the day: breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, drinks, smoothies… it all adds up. Craving the croissant over the berries? That might be...
Have you ever thought of growing your own garlic? In the face of rising prices, the need to grow our own has never been greater. As many of us don’t have an allotment or large gardens though, garlic and vibrant herbs still seem easy to grow in pots outside or on sunny windowsills inside. This...
Whether you are a keen gardener or not, it is very easy to grow nutritious seedlings or herbs on a windowsill. Purchased from a local garden centre, I am currently growing coriander seeds as microgreens on my kitchen windowsill, together with a pot bought from the fruit and veg section in a local supermarket. Here...
Beetroot is a nutrient-rich, inexpensive food that offers a variety of health benefits. Here are some of the key nutritional benefits: Rich in nutrients Beetroot is packed with essential vitamins and minerals, including folate, manganese, copper, potassium, magnesium, vitamin C and vitamin B6. Low in calories and carbohydrates, this special vegetable is low in cals...
There are many free health apps including ‘dminder app’, sourced from app stores. Sufficient vitamin D level is one of the most important easy ways of staying healthy. Regular testing of D levels is a helpful part of that strategy eg via the doctor-led Medichecks laboratory, which offers some tests to private customers, see Vitamin...
Previous articles have outlined free resources offered by the doctor-led Public Health Collaboration to support healthy eating. As well as healthful food though, we all know that regular exercise may well augment benefits both physically and mentally. Running and/or walking offer simple, effective and accessible routes to promoting health, especially around our local part of...
Making positive changes to your diet can feel daunting, but it doesn’t have to be expensive or complicated. Luckily, there are a wealth of free resources available to help you create delicious, nutritious, and budget-friendly meals that benefit your health. Start Your Journey with the Public Health Collaboration (PHC), a non-profit organisation started by NHS...
Many of us often struggle to eat a healthy diet and with the high cost of living, this is becoming even more of a challenge. However, eating a nutritious diet can help to prevent many long-term conditions plus improve overall physical and mental health. Yet around 66% of the UK population aged over 16 are...
Previously we’ve highlighted polyphenols (colourful plant pigments), vitamin D, exercise and the vital roles they all play in promoting good health and preventing disease. Now we are going to explore vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid), another vital vitamin. What I find fascinating about this key nutrient is that research shows it to be...
