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Nutrition – fatigue and food

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

This month I want to look at foods that have been shown to help boost energy because they are rich in the B group of vitamins and magnesium.

Nutrition – Broccoli

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

As you may know, I do not believe that there are such things as ‘super foods’. However, I may be being a bit naive here because I do think that some foods are very nutritious but rather than be given a superfood status, should be part of a good mixed diet

Nutrition – Polyphenols

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

The idea for this blog came about after I read a very good article from a recent newsletter that I received from a leading supplement company.

Nutrition - is butter best?

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

This blog was inspired by a newspaper article in the Times last week with the title, ‘Welcome Back Butter’.

Nutrition – a note on sugar

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

This month I thought that I would talk about the subject of sugar. I was spurred on by the recent programme by Jamie Oliver about the association of eating sugar and disease.

Nutrition: spices

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

This seems to be a very good topic for this time of the year as we are in the run up to Christmas and we associate a lot of the Christmas food with spices and warmth.

Nutrition: fermented foods

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

This month I want to update my nutritional advice about boosting the immune system.

Nutrition: PREbiotics

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

PREbiotics. Yes, I want to write about PRE-biotics as opposed to PRObiotics.

Nutrition: Pancakes

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

I was reminded that it will soon be Pancake Day so I thought that I would make this blog fit in with the tradition that many of us have enjoyed for years.

Nutrition - starting to make small changes

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

I was prompted to write this blog after reading Robyn’s blog that she posted recently. In her blog she writes about the small changes that she is trying to make to her diet to improve her health.

Nutrition Book review : The living well with cancer cookbook

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

This month I wanted to bring your attention to a new book. The book is called, ‘The Living Well With Cancer Cookbook’ by Fran Ward and Catherine Zabilowicz.

Nutrition: Essential Fats

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

This month I want to look at the subject of essential fats in the diet.

Nutrition: New food products

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

I have noticed that recently several new convenience food products have come onto the market that have a very healthy profile so I thought that this month I would introduce you to these. (Maybe some of you are already familiar with them).

Nutrition: eating during chemo

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

This month I want to look at eating once chemotherapy has started.

Nutrition: how much carbohydrate

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

It seems common knowledge that it is advisable to cut down or eliminate sugar and sugary food from the diet for many reasons but there is a lot of confusion over carbohydrates in general.

Nutrition - A new year CUP, Global evidence on cancer and lifestyle.

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

A New Year. Time when most of us reflect on what has happened as well as look forward to what the future might bring.

Nutrition - prostate cancer 2

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

This month I want to concentrate on prostate cancer (PC) and nutrition.

Nutrition - Clean eating?

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

This month I want to write about a Horizon television programme that was on BBC2 on the 19th of January, 2017. It was called ‘Clean eating- The Dirty truth’.

Nutrition: acrylamide, burnt toast, and cancer

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

I first wrote a blog on acrylamide in April 2014. So, to many of you who read my blogs, the recent news about acrylamide will in fact be old news.

Nutrition: 8 - 10 portions fruit and veg part 1

Date: Tuesday 08 May 2018

Experts are now promoting that we should be eating 8-10 portions of fruits and vegetables a day. As you know I have been blogging about this for a long time, in fact years, that this is what we should be trying to do.