What’s Eating you Nutrition Blog
Movement and Immunity
Movement plays a huge role in immunity, and there is research to show that moderate regular exercise promotes a strong immune system. Immune cells circulate through the body more quickly effectively killing bacteria and viruses, however sitting features so much in...
Is your immune system fighting fit?
Foods, supplements and lifestyle tips you need to know! Top Foods • Garlic • Onions • Mushrooms – especially exotic such as Shitake and Oyster • berries (frozen or fresh), kiwi and citrus Best Supplements • Vitamin D3 essential during the winter as it’s our sunshine...
GF DF Rice or Quinoa salad
Use a sachet of ready cooked rice or quinoa, or cook half cup of rice / quinoa with 1 cup of water and simmer for 12 minutes. Then turn off the heat and leave to absorb any liquid for 5 minutes Meanwhile chop colourful salad veg such as: - Radishes - Spring onions -...
4 Ingredient Sweet Potato Brownies
1 cup of mashed sweet potato (pre baked) 2 heaped dessertspoons of Meridian Almond Butter (or Whole Earth Peanut butter) 1 dessertspoon of maple syrup ¼ cup of cocoa powder Chopped walnuts (optional) Preheat oven to 180 Melt nut butter with maple syrup Add to sweet...
Turmeric Apple Ginger Shot
Ingredients • 1 apple • 1 lemon, only juice • 1 inch piece (30g) ginger • 1 tsp Manuka honey • 1 tsp turmeric powder or grated turmeric • 1 cup (240ml) water • Optional apple cider vinegar Instructions 1. Peel the apple, remove the core, and cut into quarters. Peel...
How To Improve Your Sleep
Here are my top tips for deep and restful sleep: Keep caffeinated drinks down to 2 per day in the morning only (ensure these aren't large coffees which can have 3 shots of caffeine) Avoid alcohol. It sedates you initially but interferes with deep sleep and blood...
Pea and Mint Soup
Make up 3/4 litre of vegetable stock but only use 200ml, plus 1 peeled and chopped large potato finally chopped, 200g of frozen peas, 1 onion or bunch of spring onions, 1 handful of fresh chopped mint and 1 handful of fresh parsley or 2 teaspoons of dried herbs, and...
How To Combat Stress
Here are a few of my favorite de-stressing tips to get you started. • Meditation – there are plenty of guided ones on YouTube or Headspace app. Just learning to sit quiet and breathe slowly for 10 minutes a day can help. • Cut down on technology. Have set times for...