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Balanced you nutrition
Apr 16, 20231 min
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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Balanced you nutrition
Apr 9, 20231 min
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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Balanced you nutrition
Jun 20, 20221 min
🍓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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Balanced you nutrition
Feb 3, 20221 min
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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Balanced you nutrition
Feb 3, 20221 min
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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Balanced you nutrition
Jan 28, 20212 min
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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Balanced you nutrition
Dec 2, 20201 min
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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Balanced you nutrition
Jun 5, 20201 min
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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Balanced you nutrition
Jun 5, 20202 min
Simple sushi
A quick and simple sushi recipe for making maki rolls with children
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Balanced you nutrition
Jun 5, 20201 min
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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Balanced you nutrition
Jun 5, 20201 min
Lunchtime Inspiration
Mushrooms with mashed avocado on rye toast
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Balanced you nutrition
Jun 5, 20201 min
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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Balanced you nutrition
Jun 5, 20201 min
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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Balanced you nutrition
Jun 3, 20201 min
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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Balanced you nutrition
May 10, 20201 min
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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Balanced you nutrition
May 10, 20201 min
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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Balanced you nutrition
May 10, 20201 min
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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Balanced you nutrition
Mar 11, 20201 min
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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Balanced you nutrition
Mar 9, 20202 min
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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