My healthy thoughts, reviews and advice...
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In my mission to promote healthy eating to the younger generation and help children build healthy habits from a young age, I got a great opportunity to deliver a healthy workshop and I decided to do it on healthy food art. It was a great success and so much fun. 
Calories….calories….calories. We
see it everywhere now. If you count your calories or not, it is something we
see on all our food packaging and now even on the menu when we go out for a
meal. I’m not saying that is a bad thing, we should be aware of how much we eat
and drink. But I find that it is a problem when we become obsessed with the
figures.
Hiya! How are you all? The weather is lovely so I hope you are feeling lovely too. I went for quick shopping trip and got excited about a few products I purchased from a cute new shop that I just had to share with you all. 
And just FYI if you wanted to know what I had for lunch and coffee... I went to try out Grind Coffee. I had the roasted veg and mozzarella cheese toasted sandwich with a flat white. It was ok, kind of bland, a nice portion for a light lunch. 
A review of one of my fave places to eat and drink. My go to place when I want to escape and want some good food to make me feel better. With the nice rustic décor and very friendly staff it's always a lovely place to go. 
For Muslims in Ramadan, it can be very difficult to eat two healthy full meals with very little time in between the two. And its even more difficult to ensure that we are getting all the essential nutrients from both of these meals too. Here I have explained how you can go easy on one of the meal times without missing it on the nutrients and ensuring you are getting a well-balanced meal too. 
The buzz is in the air, the preparations have been made, it's very nearly almost here! Ramadhan, a month
where Muslims are prohibited from eating and drinking from the early hours of
the morning till sunset, to refresh our bodies and souls, but also to exercise
our self-control and our faith to God. With the long summer days that Ramadhan
now falls upon (here in the UK), there is a need for extra steps and special care to be taken in
order to take care of ourselves and help us get through the day. In this blog
post, I hope to provide special advice and guidance to help us keep our
energy levels at its optimum.
This new halal restaurant it's one I have
been meaning to try as it serves halal breakfasts, including a full English. I
went with my cousin for brunch, we both hadn’t been yet so it was a good chance
to go and give it try. I was a little excited to try this new place out, well
new to me anyway. Was I happy with my experience….ummmm well….read more to find
out why I'm not rushing to go back.
After
researching and writing up the product review on cereal bars/energy bars/snack
bars, which are growing on our supermarket shelves, I was determined to find a
healthy alternative. Many people have these high sugar high fat bars on a regular
basis unaware of what is actually in them.
Snack bars, cereal bars, breakfast bars, energy bars, what ever you like to call them, they are taking over our supermarket shelves. We
are always short on time, and looking for new ways to eat on the go when we don’t
have time to sit down and have a meal or snack or just need a quick energy fix when
we are going about our day. We all know those days. One of the quickest
way to have chosen to have our energy fix is by having a cereal bar, it has become a convenience food. However, not all of them
are as good as they seem. In this blog I am going to review just some the bars I
found on the supermarket shelves.
Live Below the Line is an amazing annual
challenge where many people live on £1 a day to raise awareness on poverty. Gandhi said – “Poverty is the worst form of violence.” Although, this week wasn’t
ideal for me to undertake the challenge due to prior engagements, I did it for
one day. And let me tell you it wasn’t easy.
We all know that salt is bad for
us, we see the health hazards everywhere. Salt is in a lot of the foods around
us that we have every day; bread, cereals, sauces, soups, processed foods. That’s
about 75-80% mostly hidden in our everyday foods. That is why we are having too
much of it, way too much, because we are surrounded by it. 
It was our last (half) day in
Barcelona -
We didn’t plan anything for today apart from pack, have breakfast, get ready and
leave for the airport. We did however, pop into the local market, my mum couldn’t
resist. 
Breakfast week is one of the most
exciting weeks for me as a nutritionist. I’ve had fun sharing my breakfast’s
photos with you this week on my Facebook page (check them out if you haven't seen them already); I hope they’ve inspired you. I’ve
always enjoyed this meal, so much so that sometimes in the night I think about what I will have in the morning, especially if I am craving pancakes! 
I came upon this recipe when browsing a low-fat recipe book and it just looked delicious. I first made this in Ramadhan 2013 (the month of fasting for Muslism), to have as a light snack/meal for iftaar, (the meal at sunset when you break the fast). I had it with a
side of couscous and it tasted so yummy. In fact it tasted like I was having
pizza. I would even use this as a healthy pizza alternative recipe, or a
low-carb meal. 
