Food isn't nutrition until you eat it
We need to make sure our immunity is bullet proof before the winter bugs threaten to invade. Well, as bullet proof as we can make it anyway. This is to help prevent the onset of sickness so we don’t have to rebuild back to baseline, so we have the energy to try new crock pot recipes, or the energy to go snowboarding.
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Bring the good of lockdown with you into level 2
One thing we had more of during lockdown is time at home. And considering a common complaint is that there isn’t enough time, and assuming we take on similar commitments, we may need to be realistic with our copy and paste method.
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Why it's OK to treat yourself during lockdown
Your cravings for treats may be a signal you're missing something in your diet, such as quality carbohydrates. But if you are eating foods out of habit or craving as a result of restrictive or unstructured eating patterns, then some changes may serve you well.
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Coeliac disease
Currently the only treatment for coeliac disease involves giving up all sources of gluten for life because eating foods that contain gluten will cause the symptoms, such as bloating, diarrhea, weight loss and fatigue to return as well as cause long term damage to health
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Cooking with kids – from digging to dishing up during the lockdown
The tasks delegated to children will differ and be determined by a few factors, such as age, food preference and the child's overall interest in food.
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What your partner eats, and how it impacts you
But we all know how easy it is for your partners food choices to start becoming your food choices. Just saves time right, saves heated discussions right.
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YOUR BODY IS SPEAKING TO YOU – Are You Listening?
Ayurvedic wisdom offers many little gems of advice to help you gain a better understanding of your body: through your body type and its relationship with the environment to foods, herbs, lifestyle choices and the seasons. But many of these insights can also be gained simply by listening and following a few simple rules.
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Food is sexy, hydration is not.
A ‘diuretic’ is a term chucked around in reference to food and drink components that make you pee more. Alcohol is a diuretic. Not drinking enough fluids alongside alcoholic drinks may be a part of the reason you wake up with a headache after a few too many.
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