by Diane Stride | Jun 18, 2023 | Articles, Health, 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...
by Diane Stride | May 31, 2023 | Abdomen & Stomach Pain, Courses, Health, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Stress, Stress Series, Weight Management
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...
by Diane Stride | May 21, 2023 | Abdomen & Stomach Pain, Children & Adolescents, Food Intolerance & Allergies, Health, Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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....
by Diane Stride | Dec 19, 2022 | Abdomen & Stomach Pain, Food Intolerance & Allergies, Health, Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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...
by Diane Stride | Jul 8, 2021 | Abdomen & Stomach Pain, Food Intolerance & Allergies, Health, Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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...
by Diane Stride | Apr 8, 2021 | Eating Disorders, Health, Weight Management
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...
