Month: June 2022

At the WLA we often hear ladies who have started working towards eating healthier mention changes to their gut.  As your body adjusts to eating more complex carbohydrates, lean protein fruits and vegetables a sudden increase in fibre consumption can cause bloating and constipation. Here are some simple ways to improve your gut health!  1. […]

Summer is finally here and with that comes family get togethers and BBQs.  Does the thought of eating at a BBQ fill you with dread, thinking ‘What can I eat that is healthy?’.  Here are some simple tips for eating healthily at BBQs. 1. Go for the leaner cuts of meat 🐔 Try choosing some […]

We talked before about the hunger scale and tips on how you can use it as a tool to help you reconnect with what the feelings of physical hunger and fullness actually feel like.   The first step in using the scale is to rank your hunger before you start to eat and ask yourself […]

Do you find yourself watching the clock until “dinner time” and getting so hungry that you end up over-eating and feeling uncomfortable? Maybe it’s time to check in with your hunger and fullness levels using the hunger scale. What is the hunger scale? The hunger scale is a simple scale of 1-10, where each number […]

One of our top tips for eating healthily on a budget is to utilise frozen and tinned produce. But have you ever wondered if frozen and tinned fruits and vegetables are as healthy as fresh? Let’s have a look at the difference 👀 🥦 Fresh – Fresh fruits and vegetables are usually picked before they […]

It’s the final day of Healthy Eating Week #HEW22 & today we’ll be taking steps to reduce the amount of food we waste by freezing any leftovers, planning our meals & writing our shopping lists. In the UK, households are responsible for 70% of UK food waste. According to the Waste and Resources Action Programme […]

Switching from a single use plastic bottle to a reusable water bottle that we can fill up from the tap is one way we’re staying hydrated while also reducing plastic waste this Healthy Eating Week #HEW22 Our bodies lose water throughout the day in urine and sweat as well as lesser amounts through breathing. If […]

Everyday this Healthy Eating Week #HEW22 we’re aiming to get our protein from a variety of sources, by being creative with beans, lentils, chickpeas & tofu. Chicken, chickpea & spinach curry, or tuna & cannellini beans salad anybody? Protein is important for lots of different functions in the human body, from muscle and bone growth […]

We are snacking on fruit & filling at least half our plate with veg to get more fruit & veg in our diets this Healthy Eating Week #HEW22  In the UK, healthy eating guidelines recommend fruit and vegetables should make up over a third of what we eat. Did you know that only around one […]

To kick off Healthy Eating Week #HEW22, we’re focusing on #fibre by switching to wholegrains like wholemeal bread, wholewheat pasta & brown rice. A simple swap helping us get closer to the 30g/day fibre recommendation!  Most of us are not eating enough fibre. In the UK, adults are recommended to have 30g of fibre each […]