The Firefighter’s Nutritionist

My work as the London Fire Brigade’s (LFB’s) nutritionist originates from a pilot worksite intervention I designed. This improved dietary […]

The Healing Power of Nutrition

‘Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food’, a popular saying by the Greek physician Hippocrates, indicates the […]

We are made of more bacterial than human cells: bacteria that colonize our body reach their highest density in the […]

‘Holistic health’ is becoming an increasingly familiar term in the public domain but what might it actually mean in the […]

About Desiree Desiree Pires Martins is a qualified dietitian, registered with the Health Care Professional Council (HCPC). She graduated from […]

“Eat a balanced diet, exercise regularly, avoid stress and sleep well” is the most frequent lifestyle advice I have witnessed […]

Oral health is directly linked to general health in several ways, so by sharing some important information on this subject, […]

Through sports psychiatry, we have directly witnessed how COVID-19 has not only impacted the general population’s mental health but that […]

Our gut microbiome, packed with bacteria, fungi, archaea and viruses, is a complex ecosystem and lives symbiotically within us, the […]

The issue: It has been said that as a nation we have lost the connection between farming, food and […]

Pregnancy can be a time when many women focus their minds on what they are eating. While the basic principles […]