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Eating 5 a day is completely unrealistic…
Fruit and vegetables: Achieving 5 a day can be a challenge on a budget but for most people it is possible. Here are some tips on how to eat your 5 portions on a budget alongside quality proteins, dairy and starchy carbohydrate.
What can the out of home sector do to reduce salt in children’s meals?
Reducing salt in children’s meals
Food poverty – sadly not a thing of the past
Food poverty action required in Greater Manchester. Action plan launched.
Does healthy eating have to hurt the planet?
Image: Commons Wikimedia -https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CSIRO_ScienceImage_3224_Pulses_and_legumes.jpg This is a very complicated question because there are so many factors involved, but it has been the subject of much debate over the last few years. The latest headline comes from work by scientists at Harvard University in the USA. The proposed diet moves us all away from eatingContinue reading “Does healthy eating have to hurt the planet?”
Jacket potato with tuna and salad
The humble jacket potato gets a lot a bad press but potatoes are a good source of starchy carbohydrate and vitamins, we just need to be careful what we put on them. Jacket potatoes are also a relatively cheap meal. The focus should be on the vegetables. For a main meal, aim to have 2Continue reading “Jacket potato with tuna and salad”
Should we even be selling food which can cause harm?
This is a question to wrestle with. I am not going to give you the answer but share a few thoughts to start off your dinner time discussion! With the latest cancer prevention report suggesting processed meat should, if possible, be avoided and the government consulting (finally) on a total ban of the sale ofContinue reading “Should we even be selling food which can cause harm?”
Healthy Eating in Pregnancy
I recently had the opportunity to speak to midwives at the Northern Maternity and Midwifery Festival about nutrition in pregnancy. If you are a health professional who works with pregnant women, or those trying to become pregnant, here is a little CPD. If you are pregnant or trying to conceive, you may find the informationContinue reading “Healthy Eating in Pregnancy”
Eating to reduce your risk of cancer
Today sees the launch of the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research. The report takes all the studies on cancer and brings them together to see what the evidence base is. It takes all the individual studies you see in the newspapers and many more and brings them together. The report is 2000Continue reading “Eating to reduce your risk of cancer”
Eating healthily whilst pregnant and nauseous
Congratulations you are pregnant! Exciting times ahead and what a responsibility; you are the sole provider of nutrition for your unborn baby. And as if that wasn’t enough, you also have to deal with nausea, tiredness, aches… Who would be pregnant!? As someone who couldn’t open my mouth without being sick for a period ofContinue reading “Eating healthily whilst pregnant and nauseous”