I’m often asked why I recommend no snacking, yes even a healthy apple! So, I thought you might be interested to read why. My Slim for Good Programme came about following my long-term dieting battle where I ate healthily including lots of unlimited healthy fruit and vegetables, but I still struggled to get to a steady healthy weight.  Then I realised I was not working with my weight loss hormones Leptin, Ghrelin and Insulin. I won’t go into the long explanations here of how these hormones work because what’s important is that our weight is intrinsically linked to them and what they like most ..read more

Do you feel grouchier or miserable in January? Well the good news is that you’re not alone!  I always wonder if it could be the foods that we’ve been eating over Christmas… In 2018 the link between food and mood was published in the Journal of World Psychiatry and the Antidepressant Food Scale was devised.  As you can see from the chart below, the top antidepressant foods don’t include many of the Christmas treats! It’s diets higher in whole foods such as vegetables, fruits, wholegrain cereals, beans and legumes, nuts and seeds, fish and olive oil that are consistently associated with a ..read more