Lucy Swain - Specialist in Nutrition & Lifestyle Medicine

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Healthy carbohydrates provide energy and essential nutrients that can contribute to well-being.

Incorporate options like quinoa, oats, sweet potatoes, berries, and chickpeas into your diet, alongside quality proteins and green leafy vegetables for a balanced, nutrient-rich meal.

Whole grains and legumes provide vital fibre and help maintain steady energy levels.

Not all fats are created equal. Healthy fats are essential for your well-being, offering benefits from brain health to heart protection. Adding healthy fats like salmon, avocado, pumpkin seeds, nuts and olive oil to your diet can make a big difference.

Omega-3 fatty acids in salmon can support memory and cognitive function. Monounsaturated fats such as those found in avocados and olive oil can help to improve your cholesterol profile.

Healthy fats also help your body to absorb certain vitamins such as A, D, E, and K.

Examples include salmon, avocados, seeds, nuts and olive oil. Incorporate these nutrient-dense foods into your diet and experience the benefits of healthy fats.

Green tea has many health benefits because it contains catechins, which have a number of positive biological effects.

Research has shown that long-term green tea consumption can protect against obesity-related diseases, Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and dementia.

Just a few cups a day can make a big difference. Choose high-quality green tea for the best benefits.

Did you know that a glass of orange juice can contain 4-5 times the amount of sugar found in a single orange?

For a healthier alternative, why not try infusing water with fresh fruit slices? It provides a hint of natural sweetness without the extra sugar! 🌿🍓

Stay healthy and make informed choices.

Your body will thank you!

Looking for an easy way to boost your health?

Try adding 30g of nuts to your daily diet!

Packed with essential nutrients, healthy fats, and protein, nuts can improve heart health, support weight management, and provide a great energy boost.

Plus, they're delicious and versatile, perfect for snacking or adding to meals.

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Incorporating more vegetables into your diet is essential for a healthy lifestyle.

Make sure to add a variety to your meals each day!

One of the most influential factors in physical health is spiritual health - an area often neglected in western healthcare management.

Spirituality is an important determinant of health that can affect patient healing, outcomes, and quality of life. Its effects on stress and physiological dysfunction have been widely studied, particularly concerning cardiovascular function. Can spiritual coping strategies help patients manage stress and improve their physical functioning and cardiovascular health? https://hubs.la/Q01BgBV20

It's not really a shocking new truth - many practitioners have known this for a long while, but it takes a while for the news to spread and to be accepted! Forget counting calories and focus on real food :-)

Doctor Tim Spector: The Shocking New Truth About Weight Loss, Calories & Diets | E209 What if everything that you knew about health was wrong, if calories didn’t count and food labels lied? That is exactly what Tim Spector OBE says in his mult...

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A new project is on the horizon thanks to funding from Innovate UK

HEALTHLINX Digital Health System

Can you figure out what we're trying to say here? Crack the codes to get some fun food tips, and learn a little about nutrition!

This is your last chance to join the final 2022 intake of the Food Matters Nutrition Certification Program. Enrollments close tonight at a never to be repeated price, so make sure you don't miss out. Click here to enroll before it's too late! https://bit.ly/3tYx8uJ

Cancer: Could consuming mushrooms reduce the risk? A recent meta-analysis of 17 observational studies found a link between increased mushroom consumption and a lower risk of all types of cancer.

This is a helpful video to understand the links between mental and physical health and the importance of taking a 'whole person' approach in healthcare.

The connection between heart health and emotional health has been understood for centuries but the current medical paradigm has separated the realms of physical and mental health into distinct entities which makes it more difficult for patients to receive treatment that addresses the root cause of their symptoms.

"Hope deferred makes the heart sick" Proverbs 13v12

Depression and heart disease Introduction Mental health and physical health are very closely aligned. It is impossible to be physically healthy if you are not mentally and spiritually he...

🍌 Finish Fairtrade Fortnight with a sweet treat, by whipping up a batch of our Banana, Coffee & Walnut Muffins. These delicious bites are made with Fairtrade, organic bananas and Grumpy Mule's ethically-sourced coffee beans. Enjoy every fruity, rich-tasting bite while supporting the farmers behind these top-quality ingredients.

To the recipe: https://bit.ly/3IEQWe0

🤝 Which Fairtrade brands have you supported through Fairtrade Fortnight?

Is Valentine's Day on your radar? These truffles are easy to make and oh so delicious! You may want to double the ingredients and make a double batch because your partner won't want to share.

Enjoy our 10 Plant-Based Valentine's Day Recipes here ❤️ https://bit.ly/3si6NIo

🌍 Did you know that by enjoying just one meat-free meal a week, you could save 75kg CO²e a year? We worked with the experts Green Element to find out how much of an impact switching up your menu can have.

We created our Meat-Free Meal Kits to inspire a simple switch to reduce your carbon footprint. Our brilliant Recipe Team are now whipping up 12 delicious meals every week, making it easy to eat more veg-packed dinners. Whether you enjoy Meat-Free Mondays or just want to make an occasional swap, there are plenty of exciting dishes to choose from. See what's on the menu this week: https://bit.ly/34ve6Eo

What meat-free meals did you enjoy in Veganuary?

Sources: OurWorldinData.org; and a study of Abel & Cole Meal Kits commissioned via Green Element, August 2021.

If you’re worried about nuts being fattening, know this: Not all calories are created equal. Two hundred calories from nuts and seeds is entirely different from 200 calories from a box of cookies. ⁣
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There’s the issue of omega-6 fats. We need these essential fats, but not from the gallons of refined oils we consume every year in processed and fried foods. Wild foods are high in omega-3 and lower in omega-6 fats. ⁣
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As hunter-gathers, we consumed a ration between 1 to 1 and 3 to 1 of omega-6 to omega-3 fats. Now, on a junk food, fast-food diet, that ration can get as high as 20 to 1. Not only do nuts and seeds contain a nice balance of omega-3 fats, but they’re also loaded with vitamins, fiber, protein, carbohydrates, minerals, and antioxidants like vitamin E, which prevent oxidation of the fats. Walnuts, flaxseeds, h**p seeds, and chia seeds are some of the richest sources of plant-based omega-3 fats. ⁣
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A trial of a nut- and seed- free diet may be useful for certain medical conditions, such as autoimmune disease. But for most of us, nuts and seeds are nutritional and disease-fighting powerhouse superfoods. ⁣
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To learn more check out my latest book, The Pegan Diet. PeganDiet.com⁣

Eating healthy food and leading a healthy lifestyle should enhance our life. More energy. Better sleep. Better moods. So many benefits that it can bring. However, some of us can really get stressed out by the details. We start to over analyse. We sweat over every last detail and it can lead to stress and mental discomfort. This completely detracts from any benefit at all. If this happens then stop and have a think about this. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Just do the best you can each day! Dont be so rigid in your parameters as it doesn't matter THAT much!! If you deviate slightly....it doesn't matter. The key is to do your best each day. Clearly don't get flippant and stop caring, just do what you can in each day. Nobody told your body that you have to be perfect. Your health outcomes will be determined by the general lifestyle and habits that you nurture long term.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Relax. You are doing fine!!.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

📦 Introducing our One Box: One Portion initiative!

For every weekly Fruit & Veg Box sold, we'll donate a portion of organic fruit or veg to Dons Local Action Group, School Food Matters or The Felix Project, to fight food poverty. Your weekly shop of organic goodness can make a real difference to the most vulnerable people in our communities. Learn more about the initiative's impact on our blog: https://bit.ly/3zOdLbG

Together, we can fight food poverty. One box at a time.

How about these from my book ‘The Power of Three’. Sweet potato rosti’s with garlicky greens! Perfect as they are or pimp them up a bit with a couple@of poached eggs on top🔥🔥🔥!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Packed with:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✅ Beta Carotene.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✅ Oligosaccharides.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✅ Fibre.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✅ Inulin.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✅ Magnesium.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✅ Vitamin C.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Plant based diet: A guide for health and nutrition A plant based diet is one that focuses on healthful wholefoods and excludes or limits meat and dairy products. Learn more about the benefits and how to follow a plant based diet here.

New Year's resolutions: Fail rates and the keys to success In this special feature, we ask whether New Year's resolutions work and look at some science-backed ways to improve the chances of success.

Despite what popular magazines might say, if you think you can exercise your way to weight loss, I am sorry to say you are in for a big disappointment.⁣
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Using exercise to lose weight without changing your diet is asking for failure. You can change your diet and lose weight, but if you exercise and keep your diet the same, you may gain some muscle, improve endurance, and be healthier overall, but you won’t shed many pounds.⁣
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However, combining a whole, unprocessed diet with the right exercise does wonders for your health. I don’t want you to get the impression that I don’t think exercise is important.⁣
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In fact, if I could put something in a pill that would reverse almost every chronic disease, it would be exercise. If exercise could be put in a pill, it would be the biggest blockbuster medication of all time.⁣
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Here are 7 reasons why exercise is still extremely important to our overall health:⁣
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1. Better insulin sensitivity.⁣
2. Reduced stress.⁣
3. Improved brain health.⁣
4. Reduced risk for chronic disease.⁣
5. Enhanced detoxification.⁣
6. Slowed aging process.⁣
7. Improved sexual function.

Nutrition facts: Are there healthy and unhealthy carbs? This Honest Nutrition feature explores what the research has to say about the facts and misconceptions around carbohydrates and carb-rich and low carb diets.

People often ask me what I keep in my fridge - presumably because they think that it might be a perfect example of what to eat ......

This is a typical view of my fridge, although you can't see everything from this view (there are about 8 avocados behind the cheese🥑) It's not perfect but it's fairly representative of the kind of things we eat in our house on a regular basis.

We also have a number of skilled bakers in our house, and the products of their labour are generally not kept in the fridge. These less 'healthy' treats are also a regular part of our family life - always homemade with small portion sizes encouraged! 🤏😋

Happy to engage in conversation with anyone who wants to discuss the pros and cons of my choices and whether I would recommend them to anyone else!!😁