
Eat Fat - Don't Eat Fat!
Well this week we were told to eat fat its good for you! ......no stop! don't eat fat its bad for you......hang on .... eat some fat as long as not saturated ...OK now I know.....no wait don't eat saturated fat, you should have low fat and vegetable fat......anyone else confused??????? Due to the nature of my job I try to keep up to date on current eating guidelines but this is becoming increasingly hard to do. Only this week there were two qualified experts on the BBC Breakf

Guilty Pleasure or Bad Habit?
How many of us have a guilty pleasure? Lashing of butter on hot toast Dunking chocolate digestives in tea Chip buttie with mayo Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food ice cream Sticky sugary Jam Doughnut anyone? Sitting watching a box set of Prison Break or Sons of Anarchy Back to Back Eastenders You can’t beat that feeling when you take a mouthful of that one thing that you cannot resist. It tastes sooooo good you could just keep eating and eating. Watching your favourite episode in the

Water is so boring, why drink it?
True water is not the most exciting drink out there, but are you aware of the benefits water gives you? Many people that know me, know I am like the water police. As soon as my husband says he has a headache - the first thing I will ask him is how much water has he drunk today. Water is my go to thing for many issues, headache, hunger, muscle fatigue, clearer skin and many more. Water is one of life's necessities. Whilst we could live without food for many days, if you run

Are you the Salmon or the Driftwood?
I was watching a program about salmon the other day and it started me thinking about how we, as humans could compare ourselves to the salmon. How could that lovely fish help us in our lives and not just by being a great source of Omega 3s? Salmon live most of their lives out at sea, then at some point they make a long and dangerous journey up river to spawn. They swim against the current, jump up waterfalls and over rocks. Often swimming past dozens of grizzly bears looki