COVID19 or coronavirus is a worrying development and until there is a vaccine, we are all forced to fall back on our own natural resistance to fight it. This blog tells you how good nutrition for fever and resilience can help fight coronavirus COVID19. HOW GOOD NUTRITION FOR RESILIENCE CAN HELP FIGHT CORONAVIRUS HOW DOES …
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There is so much to say about real, organic, creamy, grass fed milk, so many myths to be busted and so many nutritional benefits to be described, that my draft articles for this blog could wallpaper the room. I’m particularly perplexed as to why a freely available, sustainable, humanely harvested and super healthy drink has …
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A new section: I’ve already had an interesting response to this post, which at the time of writing has been up for about 24 hours. Comments are still open so do go ahead. I’m often tempted to do some number crunching, but always a bit worried in case I get something wrong. So this month …
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Salter Glass Analyser, Tanita BC-401, Tanita RD-545 Since body composition analysers hit the domestic market about ten years ago their accuracy and sophistication has improved and the prices have plummeted. But are all those extra features necessary and more importantly are they accurate? At a glance: The pros and cons of different machines CHEAPEST Salter …
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Women’s diets need to change to take account of different needs as we age. In particular we need to re-balance after the metabolic onslaught of menopause. But it is important to see healthy eating as a means to an end and not an end in itself. A healthy diet will give us more energy, it …
The Good Life Part 06: Eating with friends. Does a celebration have to mean excess? PROGRAMME How to survive celebrations and parties ‘Tis the season to be jolly. So now you’ve read through the four basics of healthy eating – breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks – it is time to think about how these basics …
The Good Life Part 05: What is a snack, why do we snack, should we snack? PROGRAMME Elegant sufficiency Public Health England’s recent advertising Change4Life might imply that snacking is a dangerous thing to do [i]. But those campaigns are aimed at children. Despite what many pundits will tell you, there is nothing wrong with …
What is the difference between dinner and lunch? Not much really. A healthy woman should see both dinner and lunch as equivalent. I don’t think it really matters whether you have dinner at lunch time, supper at night or are inviting friends to a formal dinner party. In every case the evening meal should contain …
The Good Life Part 03: Advice on healthy eating for women at home, in cafes and restaurants and how to pack a lunch-box. PROGRAMME Ladies who lunch The body responds well to a rest at lunchtime, as well as some food to power the afternoon ahead. But unless we’re at home and have time to …
Part 2 of the series The Good Life Find Part 1, What is a Balanced Diet? and the Go Dotty! food counter here>> Many nutritionists recommend that we should aim to divide out daily calorie allowance into three meals of roughly equal scale and five snacks. So, for an average woman aiming to consume about …
