Next week, I will be attending the final day of a three day course run by King’s College London on the low FODMAP diet. On completing this training I will be fully trained FODMAP dietitian – hurrah! FODMAP is an acronym for Fructose, Fructans, Lactose, Galactans and Polyols (!) – constituents of certain foods that […]
Hello again and hurrah for clearer messaging!
Firstly, for those that were counting, I apologise for this very belated blog post. My bi-monthly posts have rather taken a back sit recently, but all for good reason – I promise! In October last year, I became part of the team at Wild Card Public Relations. Whilst part of my job description is as […]
Has is it all been a lie?
About two weeks ago, Dr. Aseem Malhotra (@DrAseemMalhotra), a cardiologist at Croydon University Hospital, stated that it is time to, “bust the myth of the role of saturated fat in heart disease” and hence started the fierce debate over whether saturated fat really is a contributing factor to cardiovascular disease. In light of this, you […]
Prepare now, avoid later
It was with great excitement that I received an email last week from the General Manager of catering, hospitality and reception services at Standard Chartered Bank (@StanChart) asking if I would like to return to the bank to do a display during their Health & Safety week (I was up there in the summer providing […]
‘The School Food Plan’, ‘Food Dudes’ and ‘Free School Dinners’ – is 2013 the year that good food campaigns start to make a difference ?
On 17th September 2013, the government announced that all children from Reception to Year Two will be entitled to a free school meal. For Henry Dimbleby (@Henry_Leon) and John Vincent (JohnV_Leon), founders of The School Food Plan (which I have previously discussed in my post, ‘Is lunch the key to our success’), these are exciting […]