I desperately wanted to be a good nutritionist, but one thing I was never prepared to give up was my chocolate fix. It wasn’t always the healthy kind back then. …
Is eating organic food better for you (or your hormones)?
With organic food sales going through the roof, is it actually better for you? If you Google it, it won’t help! There are so many conflicting reports, it’s impossible to …
Why controlling insulin is the key to weight loss
That spare tyre around your middle – it just won’t go, no matter what diet you try or how much exercise you do? Insulin is one of the hormones responsible. …
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5 hormone balancing foods that help you lose weight
Most people ask me what foods they need to eat (or not eat) to lose weight. Anyone can lose a few pounds on a diet, only to put it back …
How to tell if your thyroid is struggling and 13 tips to help it naturally
If you have a normally functioning thyroid, you may be a bit sceptical when you hear a woman with some extra weight blaming it on her thyroid. But thyroid conditions …
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How to control your food cravings
Food cravings…Are they real?  Or are we just all weak when it comes to choosing healthy food options? I’m not talking weird pregnancy cravings here (they have their own story), …
Your life in hormones
Seriously, what the hell happens to our hormones as we get older? I know we all hit ‘middle age’ at different times, but it hit me at around 41. I …
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To detox or not to detox…?
I get asked a lot about whether we should detox. Is it a con? Do we really need to detox? Doesn’t our body do it naturally anyway? The answer is …
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Beating the January blues
It’s the same for many after the Christmas and New Year excesses. Fatigue, exhaustion, bloating and general lethargy set in and you just want to hibernate under your duvet.  Welcome …
Hormone disrupting chemicals and how to avoid them
I’m not into scaremongering, but the number of chemicals we are exposed to is getting worrying. Our lives today are much more toxic than ever before. According to the US …