This morning I was approached by BBC Radio Scotland to give my thought on raising obesity rates in Scotland. It was an incredible discussion, hosting university researchers, professors, obesity specialists and people with lived experience. Listen here When the latest Public Health Scotland figures came out showing that two in three adults in Scotland are now overweight or obese, the…
We are welcoming Janice Clyne from Nourished by Nature Wellness Hub into Breaking B.A.D.! Janice is a former research food scientist (BSc Hons, MSc), mum of 4 girls, a passionate foodie, blogger, obsessive fermenter, forager, educator, teacher and advocate of fermented foods and a plant based diet. She founded Nourished by Nature, a space to share unbiased nutrition and health…
Hustle culture has us working from morning to evening. We strive to fulfill all our obligations in the span of 24 hours or less, of course, as we take into consideration the hours we’ll be spending asleep. See, those eight hours of sleep are necessary. It does not take away time for you to work, to exercise, or to do…
Motivation can make or break your future. In this article, I would like to share with you how to actually be successful and reach your goals consistently even during the days when you lack the motivation to keep going. This is true, especially in health, fitness, careers, and family. As women, we have lots of responsibilities. Balancing – or at…
You are your child’s biggest role model. This is true regardless of if we’re talking about how you treat other people, your home, your work, and your health. They have the most curious eyes in learning about the world, and they learn about it best through you. You are their first teacher, and you have the bulk of the teaching…
Are you feeding your family right even if you are busy? I get that having loads of responsibilities at work, in your business, and at home is tough but one of the most pressing ones is your family’s health and nutrition. Having a programme or a system in place to keep your family’s health in check is the wisest decision…
It’s okay to admit it. Getting fit by eating right and working out regularly is indeed a challenge and sometimes we stop after just a few days. One of the few answers to this problem is joining accountability challenges. So what are accountability challenges and why are they successful, especially in conducting health and fitness programmes? Let’s talk about dedication…
Go on the internet and search for ways to lose weight without working out. Links that direct you to articles or pages about intermittent fasting will pop out again and again. Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern that gets you fast for a long period of time and eat during a specific window of time each day. This way, more…
Have you noticed, growing up, that managing your finances is the biggest stressor in life? That is true not only for you but for at least the majority of human beings. See, it really is difficult to cope with financial stress especially if you’re not the kind of person who has the privilege and the luxury of having enough money.…
Eating is important to sustain our nutritional needs every day. However, there are certain instances when eating damages our health journeys instead of helping. Case in point: emotional eating. Let’s talk about emotional eating in this blog post, and how it looks in the eyes of a health and nutrition specialist like me. What is emotional eating? Emotional eating, in…