Category archives: Health & Nutrition

What’s better for you – sugar or artificial sweeteners?

In this blog, we will highlight the discussion around artificial sweeteners such as aspartame which, due to emerging research, is extremely popular at the moment. What are artificial sweeteners? Artificial sweeteners are synthetic sugar substitutes that provide sweetness without the added calories of traditional sugar. They are intensely sweet (over 200 times sweeter than sugar), […]

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5 Top Tips for Making Grill-iant Choices This BBQ Season

Barbecues are synonymous with summertime, offering the perfect opportunity to gather with friends and family, enjoy the outdoors, and have some delicious food! While BBQs present us with a variety of mouthwatering food options, they don’t have to derail our health goals.  With a few simple adjustments and mindful choices, you can savour the flavour […]

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Ozempic: Are Weight Loss Injections Safe?

What are Weight Loss Injections? In recent weeks, the news has been filled with articles regarding semaglutide – perhaps better known under the brand names it’s sold under, of Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus. But are weight loss injections safe for us to use? Semaglutide has previously been used as a treatment for type 2 diabetes, but […]

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When does Eating Behaviour and Dietary Preferences Become Restrictive?

In this two part blog series, we will be discussing different dietary preferences which can be considered restrictive, including the plant-based diet and the potential relationship between diet/nutrition preferences and eating disorders. Check out part 2 here. Why do people opt for certain dietary preferences and restrictive diets? By their nature, having a dietary or […]

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8 Tips for a Healthier You – Healthy Eating Week 2023

12-16th June 2023 marks ‘Healthy Eating Week’ in the UK, which aims to promote and support healthier lifestyles, this year, focussing on everyone. With the cost of living crisis continuing, the affordability of sustaining a healthy diet has been seriously impacted (check out our previous post on how the cost of food affects diet, here), […]

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Dairy or Non – What Milk Should I Choose?

1st June marks World Milk Day, a day established by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, with the idea to recognise the importance of milk as a global food.  While dairy is the more traditionally thought of ‘milk’, in a constantly-evolving society, there’s a plethora of milk alternatives available now, and as […]

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Supporting Digestive Health on World Digestive Health Day

World Digestive Health Day is celebrated on 29th May every year and was launched 19 years ago in 2004 to mark the 45th anniversary of the creation of the World Gastroenterology Organisation. Each year, The World Gastroenterology Organisation selects a ‘theme’ for World Digestive Health Day, with the theme for 2023 being “Your Digestive Health: […]

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