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Gentle nutrition is that 10th principle in intuitive eating and recognises the role that food plays in our health - in the context of all the other determinants of health. Gentle nutrition teaches how to incorporate messaging about healthy eating into our lives in a way that's enjoyable, life-enhancing and, importantly, not restrictive. Read on to learn more about this flexible, balanced approach to nutrition.
Read More >>In part 2 of this series on pregnancy and nutrition I'll take you through what my own experiences have been like as a 5 month pregnant intuitive eater. I've learnt a lot about my own eating habits and style because of the changes in my body and am so convinced that intuitive eating can help improve the experience of pregnancy, and reduce stress around what and how much to eat at this crazy time!
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Pregnancy is quite the whirlwind of changes to your body, advice from pretty much everyone on what you should and shouldn't be doing and also a time of excitement and anxiety. This blog will go through the current recommendations for eating during pregnancy and how we can implement these without bringing an extra layer of stress around what we should be eating.
Read More >>In this second post of my 2-part series taking a deep dive into body image I explore some practical ways you can start to welcome more positive body image into your life. If you've spent a lot of time having a tricky relationship with your body it can take some work to improve it, but we can all make steps towards a place of peace and respect with our bodies.
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Body image is a toughie. And having bad feelings about our bodies is something that touches most of us, at one time or another. But there's a lot of misconceptions around body image, especially what positive body image is. In this first post of a 2-part series I'll bust some common myths around body image and get into what it actually means.
Read More >>Vitamin D is getting a lot of attention right now. And quite rightly, it's does a lot of good for us! However, more specifically it's consistently being linked with COVID-19 and potentially reducing risk of infection or of serious illness. Read on for the low-down on vitamin D and how it can benefit us...
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You might have heard this term mentioned more and more when it comes to eating. As soon as I heard the definition it was like a light bulb went off in my head - I knew I was a disordered eater! There's often some confusion around what it is though and what we can do about it, so hopefully this blog clears things up a bit!
Read More >>If you're curious about intuitive eating or have been thinking about diving into the world of non-diet nutrition but don't want to commit to full on one-to-one sessions then my brand new online group short course is for you. Click read more to find out what you'll discover.
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Lots of us might have meal planned (or ‘prepped’) in the past as part of diets but it is possible to do it as an intuitive eater. Making sure you're not obsessing over it and allowing planning to be flexible and flow with life is key. This blog will provide ideas for how to bring some gentle meal planning into your busy life; which will help reduce stress around food, but make sure that no rules or restrictions come with it.
Read More >>Mindful eating, intuitive eating, conscious eating... there's so many different terms to describe different approaches to food and eating. Goddamn it can be confusing! I've written extensively on intuitive eating but mindful eating plays a role too. This blog will take a deeper dive into what mindful eating is and how it differs from intuitive eating.
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I recently recorded an online Q&A with my lovely sister Zoe, founder of an aesthetic skin clinic in England. We had a great discussion about several common skin conditions and how what we eat influences the health of our skin. It was a great discussion and I thought I’d lend some extra insight into the relationship between our skin health and diet, of course through the lens of the non-diet approach.
Read More >>Someone asked me recently if it’s possible to follow a plant-based diet and also be an intuitive eater. The answer though isn’t exactly straightforward. So this blog takes a closer look at plant-based diets and will hopefully shed some light for all you intuitive eating plant-based hopefuls!
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The immune system is getting a lot of attention right now, with articles, guides and ‘how tos’ preaching how we can ‘boost’ ours to give us extra protection in the coronavirus outbreak we currently find ourselves in. There’s a lot of misinformation out there which I’m hoping to put straight in this blog.
Read More >>Hunger is not something to be afraid of or to ignore. So often though people deny that they’re hungry or eat a tiny amount just to take the edge of their hunger but then it comes back with a vengeance half an hour later! Hunger is normal and is extremely useful. In this blog I’ll hopefully be able to persuade you that hunger is our friend and not the enemy!
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It seems to now be widely accepted and appropriate to use the sentence “avoid processed foods” in health recommendations. I subscribe to a publication for nutrition professionals and in nearly every article I read there's some mention of the ‘danger’ of consuming processed foods. So what’s the deal? I'll be exploring just that in this blog and then talk a bit about the controversial side of things, i.e. no you don’t need to avoid processed foods!
Read More >>What better time to rid yourself of the most terrifying of all diet tools than January, the ‘International Month of Dieting’. Read on for why you should consider smashing up your scales and stepping away from using your weight to measure health and worth. If you can do without it this month, you can do without it for good.
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It’s that time of year again and the Christmas season can mean a lot of fun, festive cheer and love. BUT, it can also mean a whole lot of stress and worry about what food you’ll eat and then inevitable guilt when you eat fun foods at parties or in the office. So how can you start to break the cycle of overeating>guilt>restriction>overeating? Read on for some concrete tips you can start to implement now!
Read More >>Spend a bit of time reading about intuitive eating online and you might get a bit confused. Some people claim you can lose huge amounts of weight and keep it off using intuitive eating, whereas others protest that there can be no promises of weight loss... But what's the truth? Keep reading to find out!
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What does a nutritionist do? Well, the study of nutrition incorporates food (duh), physiology, psychology, microbiology, public health and SO much more. With nutrition the possibilities really are kinda endless. For me? My career path so far has been kinda weird so I thought I'd share a bit more about the world of nutrition professionals and how I've ended up doing what I do here in gorgeous Scotland!
Read More >>If you look online you’ll find literally thousands of articles helping you to ‘look for warning signs of emotional eating and STOP IT’. But, you wouldn’t stop a mum from feeding her kid something comforting when they’re sick or down? So why do we feel as adults we can’t do the same? This blog will look at why we eat for emotional reasons and whether it’s such a bad thing or not.
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This is part #2 of my blog series on the guiding principles of intuitive eating. In this blog are the final 5 steps you can take as you become an intuitive eater. Read on to see what awaits on this enlightening journey!
Read More >>Intuitive eating is a process, it’s not something that you can just decide to do and then 'ta-da!' you're an intuitive eater. It takes determination, hard work, practice and a whole lot of patience. To guide the process the creators of intuitive eating (Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch) devised a series of principles (n.b. these are not rules) which help you take baby steps towards ditching diet culture and re-learning how to eat in accordance with your body’s internal signals.
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What images does the word exercise conjure up for you? Sweat? Pain? Dread? For some these might be what’s stirred up, after years of associating exercise with hard work, boredom or loathing. But, does it have to be this way? Intuitive movement might just be the alternative that can help kick some consistency into your active-life. Read on for the lowdown…
Read More >>You might have been led to believe by recent Cancer Research UK (CRUK) campaigns and from other equally reputable (and some probably less so) sources that we now have concrete evidence that being obese is a cause of cancer; the way that we’re sure smoking is. This though, is not a fact. Cancer is such an emotive topic and the causes, treatment and life-changing effects it can have are vastly complicated. But to link obesity and smoking together as equal causes of cancer is just wrong. Read more for why and what CRUK could have done better.
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In part #2 on set-point weight I'll be getting into a common question I have from my clients... how on earth will I know when I'm at my set-point weight?! It's a great question with no easy answer. I don't have a magic answer for you but in this post I'll explore some things you can work towards so that you'll be reassured you're at the weight that's right for you, right now.
Read More >>Set-point weight. It's not a sexy thing and it's really not talked about much (especially not by the diet industry, you'll see why when you get into the blog). BUT, it's super important to realise what it means on your journey to body acceptance and a healthier relationship with food. So get stuck into post #1 all about what the f*** set-point weight is!
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"I can't open that chocolate, I'm addicted!" is something you hear quite a lot. I used to brush it off as just 'something we say' to describe liking a food a lot. BUT is describing love for certain foods in the same way we describe life-destroying addictions to say alcohol or drugs damaging? Read on for more on what the evidence says about food addiction.
Read More >>Intuitive eating can be a confusing concept... is it a diet? Will it help me lose weight? Is it easy? The answer to all three is NO, but intuitive eating can help you to achieve so much. Learn what intuitive eating is and is not in this blog.
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Why do you eat? Simple question with a not so simple answer… there are SO many reasons why we eat and these can vary day to day and will change throughout our lives. When we were babies we mostly ate purely when we were hungry – babies tend to be very good at letting it be known they’re hungry. But as we grow older we move away from using our hunger to guide our eating and rely on a whole host of triggers to tell us when and what to eat. This is where external eating comes in.
Read More >>Ever heard someone describe themselves as a pear, apple, spoon or diamond? These terms are commonly thrown about to describe our body shape and are often done so with a roll of our eyes at the inevitable misfortune that we don’t have the longed for female hourglass shape or male inverted pyramid. There's a lot of talk about how diet and exercise can help to sculpt our body into the perfect shape which many of us fall for as we wage perpetual war on our bodies. We don’t try to fight our shoe size, our height, or our eye colour. So why do we fight so hard against our body shape and weight?
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If you look up the word ‘diet’ in the Oxford English dictionary you get different definitions: Noun: “the kinds of food that a person, or animal, habitually eat” Verb: “to restrict oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food, in order to lose weight.”
Read More >>Perfect hair. Perfect body. Perfect grades. Perfect job. Perfect partner. Perfect life. These are all things we’ve probably heard and most likely used at some point when discussing our aspirations and desires or maybe when moaning about the people in our life who seem to over-achieve at just about everything. But have you ever stopped to think about what the word perfect actually means, what it does to our outlook on life and our emotional state?
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