Posts Tagged nutrition

Recipe Recap: Freekeh, Quinoa and Millet

Back with another recipe recap and I’ve decided that today’s theme is all about healthy grains! Our 3 contenders are freekeh, quinoa and millet, all of which are amazing additions to your menu. So which recipes have made the cut? Here are my 3 top picks of

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Living with IBS: My story and a few other bits and bobs

Ah the talk of bowel movement. Being a dietitian with a passion for gastroenterology, conversations behind closed doors don’t usually entail talk of green smoothies, your 5 a day and how to rid your thighs of cellulite. We try to figure out what causes the uncontrollable flatulence,

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In the Baker's Den: The ultimate banana loaf and some cheeky amaranth balls

Nothing calms me down better than being in the kitchen and getting all experimental! Much of the recipes I post here are trial and errors, despite how basic they are! HOWEVER, given that I am not much of the professional baker, I am loving the end products.

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Recipe Recap: Got Fish?

With my series of recipe recaps, I tend to hunt down the top recipes around and share them with each and everyone of you to give a go! Today’s theme goes to the almighty fish so on that note, let’s get into the first great find! 

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Skin Essentials: Kicking off the year with a glow!

Finally! My first post of 2015 and we’re kicking off the year with how to get great-Looking skin. A number of readers and my past patients would always ask me about the secret to glowing skin. Frankly, there is no magical concoction. It entails a whole list

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Nibbles for Thought: Waging a war against dietitians

Dietitians, near and far, have experienced a bad wrap in recent times and I believe that bad press is to thank for that. According to social media and other so called, nutrition experts and “investigative journalists” dietitians have become the source of bad science, misleading the public.

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Recipe Recap: All Things Veggie Kinda Post…

So recapping my top recipe finds over the past few weeks, as it has been a while! The internet is absolutely inundated with recipes from all over, but one of my favourite databases that I’ve recently used is Healthyaperture.com. This platform was created by registered dietitians exposing

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Eating for Energy Not Emotion – Part 2 by guest expert Susie Garcia RDN

Dearest readers, Award-winning dietitian Susie Garcia is back with her second guest post about ways to deal with emotional eating and understanding the  3 areas that trigger emotional eating issues in people: Time, Tasks and Guilt. If you’ve missed her last article on Time , then click here.

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Can an Elite Athlete Survive on a Vegetarian Diet? By guest expert Gloria Cabrera APD

Vegetarians, vegans and everyone else near and far! The final segment of our 4-part series is finally here and Gloria will walk us through the “how to’s” of becoming a healthy vegetarian athlete and reassures us that being a healthy athlete doesn’t always require meat! Planning your

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Paleo vs Mediterranean: The Diet Face-Off by Associate Professor Antigone Kouris PhD APD AN

Happy Monday to all!  The nutri-gossip on both the paleo and Mediterranean diets continue to make headlines, and I am absolutely delighted that my next guest expert will shed the light on both, talking about the science behind the two. A/Prof Antigone will walk you through the evidence

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