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Balanced you nutrition
- Dec 15, 2020
- 2 min
Vegetable Kugel - Happy Hanukka
This winning Vegetable Kugel made with eggs and broccoli is a tasty and nutritious recipe for the whole family. 🥦 🥚 🥦 It’s quick to rustle up so perfect for a mid-week meal too. I made it today after hearing that it’s Hanukka, the Jewish Festival of lights and thought I’d experiment with one of the traditional dishes. It’ll be a regular on the menu in our house from now on for 5 good reasons: 1️⃣The five eggs it contains are like nature’s own little multivitamins – packed
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Balanced you nutrition
- Oct 29, 2020
- 3 min
Prevention is the greatest cure
It’s common knowledge that we shouldn’t smoke, overeat or drink too much, but have you heard the phrase prevention is the greatest cure? Optimising your health for the long term shouldn’t just be about cutting out the bad habits, which can feel like a punishment and come with associated feelings of guilt, when you overdo the chocolate or wine. There are many ways in which you can take ownership of your health to feel strong and healthy and the most effective method is to grad
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Balanced you nutrition
- Jun 3, 2020
- 1 min
Green Tea for Brain and Mental Health
If you haven’t already discovered green tea, consider swapping one of your caffeine hits for a cup today. Green tea being less processed than black tea contains more antioxidants and has the advantage over black tea in terms of health benefits. Amongst the claims, there is strong research to support the following brain and mental health perks: 🍵 Improved memory and attention thanks to the antioxidant epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) 🍵 A calming affect on anxiety and a reduct
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Balanced you nutrition
- Jun 3, 2020
- 1 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 three of the nutrition boxes for menopause health: ✔️ Good source of phytoestrogens from the linseeds and soy yoghurt ✔️ Rich in antioxidants ✔️ An excellent source of omega 3 - all down to the linseeds again. These are a great example of how simple and delicious recipes can be adapted to meet your health goals, whilst keeping the rest of y
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Balanced you nutrition
- May 10, 2020
- 1 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 providing vitamin C for your immune system and skin. The mint helps with indigestion and contains vitamin A. Just boil the kettle and pour the water over the lemon and mint for a refreshing brew. #mint #herbs #digestivehealth #nutritionist #colchester
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Balanced you nutrition
- May 10, 2020
- 1 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 quick to make. With chickpeas as the main ingredient this dish is a good source of magnesium for boosting vitality, packs in plenty of fibre for digestive health and also provides protein for growth and repair and balancing blood sugars. The antioxidant rich salsa adds some crunch and a dollop of mango salsa finishes this off nicely. Enjoy.
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Balanced you nutrition
- May 10, 2020
- 1 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 with menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes, night sweats and mood changes. Containing isoflavones, red clover is a good source of phytoestrogen or naturally occurring oestrogen and can be taken as a standardised supplement, tea, tincture or added to food just as it is (watch out for bloating if you choose the latter option). Oestrogen is a
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Balanced you nutrition
- Mar 11, 2020
- 1 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 left it to ferment until this afternoon when I finally got to taste it and I wasn’t disappointed. 🙌
As well as being filled to the brim with beneficial bacteria (more than 30 strains) it’s also deliciously delicate, fizzy and very cheap to make and will save you spending money on buying supermarket kefir or probiotics.
It tastes similar to
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Balanced you nutrition
- Mar 9, 2020
- 2 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 indoors for much of the day. Good job that spring is on the way. Low energy is one of the most common problems that nutritional therapists are asked for help with, from chronic fatigue at one extreme to managing the notorious mid-morning and afternoon energy slumps. The good news is that you don’t have to wait for the sun to come out to get t
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Balanced you nutrition
- Mar 9, 2020
- 1 min
Nature's multivitamin
Preparing nourishing food can be as simple as boiling an egg. Complicated recipes aren’t a prerequisite nor are expensive ingredients. In fact the humble egg is nature’s version of a multivitamin and mineral. Don’t be put off by scare stories about high cholesterol, instead consider what you are serving eggs with. For example a traditional fry up is high in saturated fat. See eggs as an easy nutritious win packed with an amazing array of nutrients including: ⭐️ All the esse
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Balanced you nutrition
- Mar 1, 2020
- 1 min
Feasting on mezze
Feasting on mezze is a deliciously easy way of getting in your 5 a day (and more). It’s also a classic example of eating the rainbow in one easy go. Tonight’s rustic menu included: Red: tomato paste in kebab marinade Green: cucumber in Greek salad Yellow: roasted pepper Purple: aubergine in baba gahnoush Dishes included:
Baked feta cheese
Oregano and paprika turkey
Greek salad
Tzaziki
Baba ghanoush
Potato and caper salad
Rye sourdough and pita bread Here’s a recipe for homema
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Balanced you nutrition
- Feb 29, 2020
- 1 min
Practical food solutions
Find solutions through nutrition. Night shifts throw your body out of balance and disrupt sleep, appetite and cause weight gain. It only took a few simple changes to help Laura to feel so much better on her busy nursing night shift.
#nurselife #nurse #nursepractitioner #nurses #nutrition #nutritionist #colchester #essex #nightshift #nightshiftnurse #nightshiftproblems
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Balanced you nutrition
- Feb 24, 2020
- 1 min
Gluten free sunny socca flatbread
I love this gluten free mediterranean socca flatbread, it’s both delicious and quick to make, so a real winner. I’m enjoying mine with manchego cheese, sauerkraut and salad for lunch today.
You can make it advance. Just keep it in the fridge and pop it in the toaster for a quick lunch or snack. I like a kick of chili to mine, but you can remove the spices if they aren't to your liking.
Ingredients
1 cup of gram flour
1 cup of water
2 tsp virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp nigella
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Balanced you nutrition
- Feb 20, 2020
- 1 min
Perfect Polenta
I don’t know about you, but on a rainy day like today, I’m in the mood for comfort food and polenta seemed like the perfect choice to base dinner around this evening.
Polenta is a delicious and cheap ingredient that only takes 10 minutes to prepare. It’s made of cornmeal and as a complex carbohydrate will help to keep blood sugars stable. It a source of fibre and protein and also boosts the diversity of plant foods I’ve eaten today to help my good gut bacteria.
Although
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Balanced you nutrition
- Feb 19, 2020
- 2 min
Why eat more fruit and vegetables?
Those of you living in Colchester can look our for my monthly article in the Elite Magazine. This time I'm writing about the benefits of fruit and vegetables. Here it is: Why should you eat more fruit and vegetables? The NHS advise we eat 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day, but did you know this number was chosen on the basis that it would be achievable for most of us? The British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT) actually recommend we work towar
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Balanced you nutrition
- Feb 9, 2020
- 1 min
Graduation Day
Graduation Day Yesterday with my CNM friends. A proud day for all of us after three years of clinics, exams and all the rest..... Balanced you nutrition has been up and running since the autumn and it’s been a great experience . I love my role and all it involves from listening and getting to know my clients, the detective work and research that follows, to the sharing of knowledge to help and empower my lovely clients to feel better and achieve their goals. #nutritionalthera
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Balanced you nutrition
- Jan 19, 2020
- 2 min
Cabbage the wonder vegetable 🥬
As well as being as cheap as chips cabbage is a little wonder ball full of nutrients. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Great for your gut health due to high levels of glutamine and fibre, it’s also a top source of vitamin K for bone health and vitamin C for immunity. Today, I’m about to transform 2 cabbages🥬🥬 into sauerkraut - a fermented food full of beneficial bacteria for your gut - essentially a cheap probiotic and I'll post a picture in a week when it's ready. It’s fairly simple to make using
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