Tag: health
DAILY MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES
“THE STRUGGLE YOU ARE IN TODAY, IS DEVELOPING THE STRENGTH YOU NEED FOR TOMORROW“. Easier said than done but if you try to keep this at the back of your mind it can make the struggle more bearable and worth the pain and heartache. My current struggle is career driven and my relationship with a […]
How to live a happy and fulfilled life
Think deeply what is your Purpose?/vision? It will act as a Magnet, footing to hold you accountable Take care of yourself. Surround yourself with positivity and positive uplifting and motivating things and people. It could be as easy as living next to a gym which forces you to go to it daily or making sure […]
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So in colloboration with a couple of friends we now have a YouTube channel. We mostly want our videos be funny and entertaining but we will also hopefully post some recipes and health science videos too. So feel free to subscribe. Our YouTube channel is called Noor T. We will leave links to some videos […]
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 […]
Breakfast inspiration
A great way to incorporate a healthier diet into your lifestyle is to make small steps everyday towards this. Whether it be swapping out one of your regular meals for a healthy one or to snack less or pick a piece of fruit or some raw nuts instead of a chocolate bar or a piece […]
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 […]
Daily motivational quotes
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Free french lessons – menu food guide vocab list
This vocab list is to help you order and understand french menus. This list is strictly words beginning with the letter A. Abricot – apricots à emporter – to take away Agneau – lamb Aiguillette de boeuf – slices of rump steaks Ali – garlic Ailoli – garlic mayonnaise à la broche – spit roast […]
Feeing anxious about the future
As I am coming to the end of my university career the constant anxiety of “What am I gonna do with my life?!” Keeps popping into my head and clouding my thoughts. I have lots of ideas, I’m just worried how well I will be able to execute them and whether people will take me […]
Thought of the day
What would you do if you had a film crew (bear with me) filming the documentary or the biopic of your life and how you reached your success. What would you be doing right now? What would you do today? How would you spend every hour of your day. I encourage you today and on […]
What three things are you thankful for today?
List them, right now. Grab your phone, a piece of paper or a notebook and jot them down. And maybe think deeply about why they do so and what more can you do today to bring more gratitude and happiness into it. For me, I’m grateful for my amazing mother and that I will hopefully […]
Daily motivational quotes
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How to be a better human – BE AN ALLY
I wish people would understand that Feminism is JUST and I repeat JUST the belief that men and women are EQUAL, not superior, not that they should be pitted against eachother, just equal. It’s the social, economical and political equality of the sexes. If you think your mum, your sister, your grandma, partner or child […]
Free french lessons – Hotel room Vocabulary
With a pandemic so rife it probably isn’t that useful right now to learn travel vocabulary, unless your planning on risking it…but for when we can finally leave our hobbit holes here is some useful hotel vocabulary. You can describe your room to the hotels staff, what you need for example. If there’s an issue […]
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 […]
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The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.
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 […]
Different types of yoga
Different types of Yoga Hatha Yoga This is the term referred to when most people say they practice yoga in western society. Contrary to popular belief, it is not an actual style, but simply means to ‘do yoga’, although some people have used this name for loosely based yoga classes that don’t follow the usual […]
Best Carrot cake recipe I have ever tried! (And I’ve tried a lot)
I posted this recipe on my personal social media and so many friends and family reached out for the recipe and even people I haven’t met. So the easiest option for me was to just post the recipe. The cake was honestly, probably the nicest carrot cake I have ever tasted, truly and so I […]
Daily motivational quote 28/08/19
No one has ever made himself great by showing how small someone else is.
Food review- the raw chocolate co.
Tried this vegan chocolate that I found in tkmax. The silly coconut 9/10 (saving ten for my favourite). The Vanoffe a 5/10 wasn’t so keen on the flavour a bit too coffee like. I don’t mind a good coconut milk coffee but this one was a bit too intense. The smooth coconut was also (as […]
Food review- the raw chocolate co.
Tried this vegan chocolate that I found in tkmax. The silly coconut 9/10 (saving ten for my favourite). The Vanoffe a 5/10 wasn’t so keen on the flavour a bit too coffee like. I don’t mind a good coconut milk coffee but this one was a bit too intense. The smooth coconut was also (as […]
Food review- the raw chocolate co.
Tried this vegan chocolate that I found in tkmax. The silly coconut 9/10 (saving ten for my favourite). The Vanoffe a 5/10 wasn’t so keen on the flavour a bit too coffee like. I don’t mind a good coconut milk coffee but this one was a bit too intense. The smooth coconut was also (as […]
Food review- the raw chocolate co.
Tried this vegan chocolate that I found in tkmax. The silly coconut 9/10 (saving ten for my favourite). The Vanoffe a 5/10 wasn’t so keen on the flavour a bit too coffee like. I don’t mind a good coconut milk coffee but this one was a bit too intense. The smooth coconut was also (as […]
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 […]
Healthy vegan recipe – Mutabbal
Mutabal a tasty, vegan lebanese dip based on aubergines and tahini. I made this dip a week ago for a gathering I had with friends and it went down a treat, so here you go. Ingredients 1 Green chilli 1 tablespoon of Tahini One Lemon 2 cloves of garlic Olive oil 1 large red onion […]
Best pasta recipe – vegan and allergen free
My friends came over the other day and for late lunch I made an array of things as you can see from the spread below. On this particular case, me being plant based and one of my friends having severe allergies to dairy, eggs and nuts ( all of which are hidden ingredients even in […]
The basics of nutrition- Part 2
So to avoid this we need to know what good forms of each of the three macronutrients, carbohydrates protein and fat that we should eat and ones which we can reduce the consumption of. Carbohydratesthere are refined and unrefinedcarbohydrates in fruit but these are fructose not sucrose which are metabolised differently by the body and […]
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