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3 ingredients to boost flavour and nutrition
I don’t love spending hours in the kitchen, but I do enjoy delicious food. This is the first one of a blog series on how you can achieve that too.Cumin The main places where cumin is grown are India and Iran. I don’t know about you, but when I think of India I have...
How Stress Affects your Gut and Weight
Do you struggle with digestive issues? Maybe you are fine most of the day and then seemingly out of the blue, your stomach starts playing up. Suddenly you’re bloated, which makes your clothes feel tight and uncomfortable. You’re scared to even wear your favourite...
Warm Winter Soup Recipe
I love homemade soups in the winter. I normally make them on a weekend, as the secret to this soup recipe is that you let it simmer for a few hours. It really does make a difference to the infusion of the flavours. The wonderful thing about this recipe is that you use...
The 3 kinds of stress – 3 simple ways to manage it
Does this sound like you? You have issues with your gut – maybe you don’t even know what is considered normal anymore. You are frustrated with your weight, your eating and maybe life is feeling a bit overwhelming at the moment. You’re not the only one - many clients...
FODMAP friendly Chocolate Oat Squares
This is a very quick and easy recipe to make, passed down to me through the generations and I have adapted it by adding a few flavours I like and made it FODMAP friendly. This recipe was given to me at my engagement celebration, called a kitchen tea in South Africa....
How to manage a FODMAP diet at Christmas
Christmas is a time of year that is often focused around celebrations. Being on any kind of restrictive diet can make this a challenging time, the FODMAP diet being no exception. FODMAPs are fermentable carbohydrates and sugar alcohols that cause symptoms for some...
Understanding Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis
This blog explores the differences between the two conditions, symptoms and what you can do about it. Both of these conditions occur in your large intestine, also known as your colon. It is basically a weakening of certain areas of the wall in your colon, which...
Your weight does not define who you are
Weight stigma and weight bias is real in this world. Weight bias relates to negative attitudes, assumptions and beliefs based on a person's body size. Weight stigma is what is experienced by the person of a higher weight. Unfortunately, we live in a society where...
Eating breakfast helps your body reach it’s natural weight
Do you often skip breakfast? Or maybe you see breakfast as a waste of calories because you are not hungry? You may have heard the saying, "breakfast is the most important meal of the day". If your weight and health are important to you, then this article explores some...
