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Nutrition Coach Taru
- Jan 28, 2019
- 3 min
The Red Superberry
As January is nearing it’s end (although it feels like it just began). This is the time to refocus on keeping up the promises you made to yourself, about looking after yourself better, providing more of the good and less of the bad stuff to your body. We all need help with the balance of antioxidants in our bodies, as they (antioxidants) are the ones who battle endlessly to keep our bodies in balance and fighting off the effects of illness, stress and poor lifestyle habits. T
Nutrition Coach Taru
- Jan 10, 2019
- 3 min
New Year and Real Resolutions
Now that the year 2018 has come to an end and we’ve welcomed the New Year each in our own ways – it’s crucial to look forward to the months ahead. Not necessarily to make New Years’ resolutions, but to plan ahead and think hard about what you would like to achieve in the first 6 months of the New Year. We’re all bombarded with new diets to try and exercises to take a shot at when the New Year rolls around in order to “get a grip and lose that Christmas bloat” and to be honest
Nutrition Coach Taru
- Jan 4, 2019
- 3 min
Veganuary
If you hadn’t yet heard of this term, don’t worry, it is a new term with a great meaning. This term obviously refers to vegan and January = veganuary but has now become more than just the term, it has become a great campaign to inspire people to start their New Year off in an ethical and environmentally healthy way. It means experimenting with going vegan for the whole month of January and has an aim of changing your perceptions of being vegan in today’s busy omnivorous world
Nutrition Coach Taru
- May 8, 2017
- 4 min
Fibre rich
Blog post written for Arctic Power Berries What if I told you that focusing on increasing intake of this particular foodstuff in your daily diet, you can achieve a multitude of short and very long-term benefits… and it is quite easy to do! If those short and long-term health benefits included conditions like constipation, diabetes, diverticular disease and even heart disease, would you consider focusing on seriously including loads of it in your daily diet? What is the foodst
Nutrition Coach Taru
- Mar 30, 2017
- 2 min
Spring Fresh
The first day of April is just around the corner, trees and flowers are blooming and grass it radiantly green – and the sunshine, ah, how the spring sunshine feels like a long lost friend. All of this new light and energy is bound to make you think about your choices and current lifestyle… it’s only natural, we wake up after the dark, cold winter months and realise that there have been a lot of things skipped or pushed back because of the season and the lack of energy. Use th
Nutrition Coach Taru
- Jan 16, 2017
- 3 min
Lightening up your Diet
Happy New Year! Since it’s January, it’s not possible to avoid the topic of dieting and losing weight, as this time of year is THE time for most to try to focus on their eating habits and losing that weight that has been bothering them for a while. Having said that, this blog post is not about losing weight or dieting – it’s about finding everyone’s personal and balanced way of eating. The most important thing about any change is that it’s not an overnight, all-of-a-sudden ch
Nutrition Coach Taru
- Dec 20, 2016
- 2 min
Holiday over indulgence
The Christmas holidays are a time to enjoy quality time with family, friends and good food. This doesn’t have to mean gaining extra weight though.. Generally, people tend to consume a lot more calories during the festive season than they normally do, and this can lead to weight gain – that can then stick around and accumulate over time. Good news; the extra weight gain can be avoided with mindful eating, moderation in portions and a few other methods. When you are preparing f
Nutrition Coach Taru
- Nov 28, 2016
- 2 min
Good Fat, The O
If you read the news, you have probably heard of omegas and how they are good for your health and how they should come from safe sources. There’s DHA, EPA and ALA, 3 and 6... Feeling a little confused? Don’t worry! This blog post is on it. Focus of this blog is going to be on omega 3 as it’s more difficult to come by in the diet than the omega-6 and therefore needs a little bit more concentrating to get enough in. What you have probably heard is that the best source for omega
Nutrition Coach Taru
- Nov 21, 2016
- 3 min
Cooking Matters
For this week’s blog I thought I’d explore a topic that can seem a bit daunting and discouraging but is an important aspect of a healthy diet – cooking your food. Meal preparation and cooking can make it or break it when it comes to eating a healthy diet, but it’s not black and white. There are many things that you can do to influence how healthy the food that you eventually put in your mouth is and how nutritious those meals become. Understanding what happens to your food du
Nutrition Coach Taru
- Nov 7, 2016
- 2 min
Information Overload
With all the information out there on what to eat and what not to eat to be healthy, lose weight and have more energy – one can be forgiven for trying to filter out any new information on the topic. I’m not here to tell you what you need to eat or not to eat, there’s no magic list of superfoods that will cure your ailments or make you lose those extra pounds. Sorry, let me correct - yes there is! These lists are everywhere and promise to bring all sorts of results. Let’s be c
Nutrition Coach Taru
- Oct 5, 2016
- 3 min
What does a Nutrition Coach eat for dinner?
This post continues the series ‘What does a Nutrition Coach eat?’, this time focusing on dinners. Unfortunately the post cannot leave out the very unsexy, but crucial part of this – planning! So, in order for anyone to be successfully on top of what they eat, be it for general wellbeing, a specific diet, weight loss or improved energy, the key is the planning. In order to be in control of what you put in your mouth, some planning is inevitable. It doesn’t have to be as bad as
Nutrition Coach Taru
- Sep 16, 2016
- 2 min
What does a Nutrition Coach eat?
A question I get asked very often is ‘what does a Nutrition Coach eat in real life?’. I thought I’d write a short post about how I choose my meals, focusing this time on lunch. Here’s a basic example of how I build my lunches. Lunch bowls are the most typical lunches I eat, some days it’s a on-the-go lunch eaten on the train but most days it’s a proper sit down lunch. The lunch bowls are always built from the ingredients we happen to have in the kitchen at the moment. Bowl b
Nutrition Coach Taru
- Aug 31, 2016
- 2 min
Diet: Sorted!
If you’re a busy professional commuting daily to work and have to be at the office for most of your time awake, you must not have a lot of time to spare on running the other aspects of your life. It’s not an easy task to only have 2-3hrs of free time during the working week to get in your exercise, social activities and cooking. It’s not easy but can be done with some planning and prioritising. By concentrating on improving one of these aspects at a time, you can accomplish
Nutrition Coach Taru
- Aug 11, 2016
- 3 min
Eating mindfully present
Have you found yourself eating mindlessly and only after you’ve eaten the meal, stopped to think about what you’ve just had? I know I used to do that, a lot. I was always too busy to stop and think about the choices I was making before I made them. And this lead me to struggle a lot with my diet, energy management and of course, the feelings of contentment. To make matters worse, most of that time, I also suffered with IBS. It’s a condition that needs to be managed with diet
Nutrition Coach Taru
- Apr 28, 2016
- 2 min
Spring Clean Your Diet
Have you looked into your kitchen or on your plate in the bright spring sunshine and were not happy with what’s looking back? Don’t worry, spring is a great time to clean up your diet, kitchen, lifestyle and diary! Changing everything at once is not a good idea, but starting with a good spring clean of your diet goes a long way to help with other stressors in your life. A good, clean, individually suitable and balanced diet does wonders to your energy levels, sleep quality, w
Nutrition Coach Taru
- Mar 4, 2016
- 2 min
Pantry makeover TEMPLATE
Before you close this blog post saying to yourself that you don’t have a pantry, hold on! This applies to your fridge, freezer, kitchen cupboards and the pantry, if you happen to be so lucky to have the space. My approach to the topic of a pantry makeover when health is concerned is sensible and simple. What you don’t have in the fridge, freezer, cupboards or pantry you can’t eat – simple, right? What you buy into the house usually goes onto your plate as well. I could argue,
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