Healthy Eating Blog (General)

We talk a lot about dietitians being “evidence- based” professionals. But what does that actually mean?

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For those of you who are concerned about the present COVID 19 situation, and/or who have selected to stay at home, please remember I do have online and distance consultation options available. These may be via phone, email or face to fave video link-up.

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Just a quick message to let everyone know that clinic appointment slots are now closed for the Christmas and New Year period and will reopen January 2021.

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This week has gone by so quickly! I have managed to catch up with some people and to complete my weekly volunteer role, (only about 4 hrs a week but it’s something), and also managed to complete a good amount of work!

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The latter part of this week has been a busy one as I have been catching up on work, after being struck down with a virus which left me with dreadful labyrinthitis. I’m almost walking straight now so I’m on the way to recovery. My apologies to anyone who I had meant to email or phone.

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Last week, I noticed one of those free “challenges” pop up on my Facebook and decided to have a look and see if I could learn anything to help my visibility on social media. You know the type? Email challenges sent to you every week for a couple or weeks and an invitation to join a group with likeminded people all having a go at the challenge? It all looked fine and dandy and the lady in charge had a video clip encouraging us all to be “visible” and to deal with issues such as shyness, esteem issues and the dreaded “imposter syndrome”.

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I’d like to share with you a project that I have been working on with 25 other Dietitians (and also with the help of Nutrition students Jodine Thomas and Ronnie Waraksa- with information in this post).

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Well, I still haven’t finished reading this 47-page report in detail, but it has really made me think.

The Lancet EAT report’s stand-out points for me are:

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After clinic today, I will be mostly reading the report (EAT-Lancet commision on healthy diets from sustainable food systems); published last night.

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As a result of a market survey, I have decided to add a new service to the menu.
The “express” appointment, for those who can’t commit to a package or full face to face consultation and support sessions, has been added.

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Seasons Greetings and Happy Holidays to All. I just wanted to let everyone know that my clinics will be closed over the Christmas period and will re-open on January 7th 2019.

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Do you like to chat about nutrition and health? Interested in joining a closed Facebook group ? I have a friendly little group – the Recharge Nutrition Group and you are welcome to join.

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I’ve had to think a long time about what I am going to write about National Obesity Week or, indeed, if I was going to write anything at all.
It’s a confusing time to be a Dietitian.
This is how my day went whilst trying to write this blog.

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Often when people come to visit me, they are asking for or expecting a 7 or 14 day “meal plan”.

“Oh, don’t tell me what to do. I just need a meal plan” is what I hear, quite often.

This is a sentence Dietitians dread.

In fact, Dietitians are very unlikely to give you these kinds of meal plans for 3 main reasons:

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I have managed to open a clinic for Friday 17th February and have some spaces available. Contact me if you are looking to book a consultation slot for this week.

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