Nutrition for Different Life Stages: from Teens to Seniors

My mum rang me last week worried about my teenage nephew’s energy levels. He’d started a new sport and was constantly tired, skipping breakfast, and living on energy drinks and…


My mum rang me last week worried about my teenage nephew’s energy levels. He’d started a new sport and was constantly tired, skipping breakfast, and living on energy drinks and…

A few years ago, I stood in my kitchen squinting at a prescription bottle, trying to decipher whether I was supposed to take my antibiotic with food or on an…

That conversation became the moment I actually started paying attention to sun protection – not as something I should do, but as something that genuinely mattered. Before that, I’d been…

What followed wasn’t a dramatic transformation or some miracle cure. Instead, it was a slow, deliberate process of noticing patterns in my daily life and making small adjustments that, honestly,…

I’m not someone who thinks screens are evil. I work on a computer most days, my kids use tablets for schoolwork, and we watch films together on weekends. But over…

That was five years ago. I’m not a yoga evangelist now, but I’ve learned enough to recognise why so many people quit after one class – and more importantly, why…

What I’ve discovered since then has genuinely surprised me. Managing type 2 diabetes isn’t about deprivation or accepting a diminished quality of life. It’s actually about learning to work with…

That’s when I started paying attention to nutrient deficiencies – not as an abstract health concept, but as something that might actually be affecting my daily life. What I discovered…

That’s when I started paying closer attention. Not in an invasive way, but genuinely noticing the small shifts in her behaviour, her mood, the way she talked about herself. Over…

The shift didn’t come from reading a nutrition textbook or following some rigid meal plan. It came from noticing how I felt. When I added protein to my lunch, my…