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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 5, 2020
- 1 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 renowned for its soothing and calming qualities and a squeezed lemon to the infusion too. The lemon provides extra vitamin C to help lower histamine levels in the body and dramatically enhances the taste. In fact, nettle and lemon team up surprisingly well as a flavour combination. Ingredients
5 big handfuls of nettles (hard to measure when they s
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Balanced you nutrition
- Jun 5, 2020
- 1 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 seed. If your children like cous cous like mine do, then they’ll probably love quinoa. On its own it has a bland slightly nutty taste, but you can easily pimp it up with some colourful additions. Quinoa is a good source of protein containing twice the amount rice does, which means it will keep you fuller for longer and help with blood sugar
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Balanced you nutrition
- Jun 5, 2020
- 1 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, calcium, magnesium, fibre and vitamin C. It’s really quick to make, there’s no cooking involved and it tastes really good - a great lunchtime choice. Recipe
380g tinned chickpeas
1 large clove garlic
1 lemon squeezed
3 tbsp tahini
3 tbsp virgin olive oil
1 tbsp water
1 tsp honey
Salt and pepper to taste Method
Blend all ingredients together a
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Balanced you nutrition
- Jun 5, 2020
- 1 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, packing in a load of fibre, B vitamins and protein. If you run out of cereal you could even start your day with a couple of these and some fruit or have them as a snack mid afternoon to boost your energy levels. This is an easy recipe for the children to follow too. Recipe Ingredients
2 mashed bananas
15 dates stoned and chopped
2 dessert spo
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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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Balanced you nutrition
- Jan 3, 2020
- 1 min
Top Tip for 2020 - don't diet
Be kind to yourself and don’t set yourself up to fail in 2020 by embarking on a diet. Aim for health this year not weight loss and start the new year with achievable goals. Start by adding some of the good foods in, its’s really simple to do. Here are my 5 top tips to choose from: 1 Eat one extra vegetable a day - try and choose a different colour each time
2 Drink water with a squeeze of lemon at breakfast
3 Cook with virgin olive oil
4 Eat a whole grain food once a day
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Balanced you nutrition
- Dec 27, 2019
- 2 min
Simple steps to improve nutrition in the elderly
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/23/number-of-older-people-diagnosed-with-malnutrition-trebles-in-a-decade It’s so sad, but also frustrating to read about the massive problem of malnutrition amongst the elderly. It’s great news that there are programmes starting up to tackle the problem, but these are only operating in selected regions at the present time. As we grow and move into different life stages the balance of nutrients we require in order to thrive changes
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Balanced you nutrition
- Dec 17, 2019
- 1 min
Ranitidine recall - have you been affected?
Have you been affected by the worldwide recall of ranitidine due to the risk of contamination with a potential carcinogen? Ranitidine is a medication commonly prescribed by GP’s to ease and prevent heartburn, otherwise referred to as GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). Since it’s recall, GP’s have been recommending antacids and often prescribing proton pump inhibitors (PPI’s) such as omeprazole as a replacement for ranitidine. Unfortunately, PPI’s have their own set of s
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