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Exam Time Brain Food Hacks
Food and nutrition brain hacks to optimise your learning and memory and help you exam performance.
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May 30, 20232 min read
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Fruit & Veg - it’s not just about your 5 a day
🥕It’s not all about vitamins & minerals when you eat fruit & veg🥕 So there’s fibre too, which we all know helps to keep your bowels...
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Apr 16, 20231 min read
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Benefits of Dark Chocolate
🍫 Enjoy your chocolate this weekend 🍫 There is just one catch… to get any health benefits, it needs to be dark rather than milk...
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Apr 9, 20231 min read
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🍓A simple little strawberry delight🍓
Enjoy these delicious dairy free fruity ices in place of ice cream. They went down very well as an after school snack in our house today....
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Jun 20, 20221 min read
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Need a good night's sleep?
A 2011 research paper found that after 4 weeks of kiwi consumption, participants drifted off to sleep quicker and increased their sleep...
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Feb 3, 20221 min read
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Balancing Blood Glucose
Unless you are prediabetic or have a diagnosis of diabetes, you might not have given your blood sugar levels much thought before…...
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Feb 3, 20221 min read
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Fantastic Felafel
My holiday memories are always connected to food so when trying to figure out what to produce from a dried bag of chickpeas I’d found at...
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Jan 28, 20212 min read
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Christmas Nutrition Gift Vouchers Available
T Choose from a Dietary Review, Nutrition Consultation, Personalised Meal Plan, Super Nutrition package or simply specify the value of...
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Dec 2, 20201 min read
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Nettle and Camomile Tea - A natural antihistamine
This bright green nettle tea is a natural remedy you may like to try for the relief of hay fever symptoms. I add camomile @teapigs...
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Jun 5, 20201 min read
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Simple sushi
A quick and simple sushi recipe for making maki rolls with children
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Jun 5, 20202 min read
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Colourful Quinoa
This colourful salad makes use of quinoa, one of my top store cupboard ingredients. Quinoa is a pseudo grain which means it’s actually a...
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Jun 5, 20201 min read
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Lunchtime Inspiration
Mushrooms with mashed avocado on rye toast
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Jun 5, 20201 min read
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Sunshine and hummus
A sunshine inspired simple lunch today of home made hummus, pitta bread and the last of the olives. Humus is a great source of protein,...
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Jun 5, 20201 min read
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Healthy Flapjacks
I’m not going to fib, these oaty bars don’t give you the same sugary hit as a standard flapjack, but they are great for filling you up,...
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Jun 5, 20201 min read
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Berry Ice - phytoestrogens for menopause
You wouldn’t know it to look at them, but these delicious fruity ices, don’t just taste good. They have a functional purpose too, ticking...
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Jun 3, 20201 min read
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Mint lemon Tea
Lemon and mint tea is a great combination to get you going in the morning. The lemon supports liver and digestive health as well as...
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May 10, 20201 min read
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Gluten Free Curried Chickpea Cake
Try this gluten free savoury chickpea cake with a zingy fresh chilli salsa and dollop of mango chutney 🥭 🥭 🥭. It tastes great and is...
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May 10, 20201 min read
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Menopause Support - Red Clover
I came upon some red clover on my morning walk today. It’s one of the plants nutritional therapists cannily make use of to help clients...
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May 10, 20201 min read
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Get your kefir kick
Wondering what’s in the carafe?…well it’s not Diet Coke😉. I prepared water kefir, an amazing probiotic drink, a couple of days ago and...
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Mar 11, 20201 min read
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Vitality Boost
Article from Colchester's Elite Magazine In the winter it’s common to feel low on energy, the sun rarely shines and you are often stuck...
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Mar 9, 20202 min read
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