Our lunch inspo today is Khloe Kardashian’s avocado salad with lettuce and grated carrots topped with sliced almonds and pecans, cranberries and drizzled with vinaigrette.
Category: The basics of nutrition
Health tip of the day
Crudité spread with my lunch today. If you do nothing else today then just eat a bunch of veg with your lunch or your next meal. You’ll feel so good afterwards. Especially knowing that:You need fibre to digest food properly and for good gut health and (vegetables are the best source for this) they reduce […]
Weightloss – let’s make it simple
For all the emails asking to break it down and for those who feel stagnant: Now for those with eating disorders some of these weight-loss strategies may not work with your mindset or where you are in your journey. I will do a separate post for those with a difficult relationship with food. I see […]
The truth about Juice
Juice refreshing, full of vitamins and a child favourite.But there’s actually so much more to juice. Firstly, juice is pressed fruit or vegetables of course. But some people avoid juice at it is supposedly “empty calories”. This is because it is essentially vitamin liquid without the benefits of the fibre which aids in digestion and […]
Protein bars? The font of health? Or just a fad?
Protein bars: Obviously a high source of protein buuuut, be mindful if you’re gravitating towards one for a meal replacement that they aren’t laced in sugar or are full of too many ingredients that you don’t know the names of. They’ve been associated with fitness and as an accessory for those living that #healthylife for […]
February, the come back month.
I have been very busy recently with work and working on my degree. But I’m excited to come back and put useful science backed nutrition content up here and more interesting content regarding food finds, recipes, healthy snacks and even some other non related Nutrition content like my travel recommendations, photography, inspiration in all facets […]
Celery juice
Celery juice, the magical elixir that’s taking the world by storm. But is it really the miracle it’s been built-up to be? The simple answer is, No Whilst there is no harm in drinking vegetable juice and adding to your five a day but apart from the benefits of celery such as Vitamin A, Vitamin […]
Fruit
Fruit, mother nature’s answer to cake enough said. In fact even cake does not do this natural wonder justice. It’s sweet, healthy and does not require preheating an oven, what more could you ask for? Yet it astounds me to see every so often an article or a headline painting all types of sugar as […]
The basics of nutrition – part 3
Hello everyone and welcome back! I hope you’re enjoying this series on my blog. My first series in a feature many, about nutrition and health and how to become healthier in a simple, fail safe way. Now, continuing on from my previous post we will begin by talking about BMI (or body mass index). BMI […]
The basics of nutrition – Part 1
Macronutrients I made a post about this on my instagram so I thought I would post it here I want to talk about the basics about nutrition in a simple easy way so you can live a healthier, happier life and continue to do so and hopefully change your perspective and the perspective of others […]
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