Author Archives: Aliya Porter

November is always a busy month for me. I attended Food Matters Live at Excel and had the chance to hear some great evidence based talks from researchers and practitioners in the world of food. It was good to see some great innovations being showcased too, (cauliflower rice in microwaveable pouches, seaweed tagliatelle, juice gelsContinue reading “Nutrition – food for thought”

Globally, 1 in 3 women over 50 and 1 in 5 men over 50 will have a fracture due to osteoporosis or brittle bone disease. Prevention is not as hard as you might think. Encourage our teenagers and young adults to reach ‘peak bone mass’ by having enough calcium as their skeletons grow Do load bearingContinue reading “The white stuff – are you getting enough calcium?”

New recommendations have been made by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition. “It is recommended that the average population intake of dietary fibre for children aged 2 to 5 years should approximate 15g/day, for children aged 5 to 11 years 20g/day, for children aged 11 to 16 years 25 g/day and for adolescents aged 16Continue reading “New recommendations for sugar and fibre by SACN”

My two sons (so not a randomised controlled trial) have been raised with the same nutritional background but they are very different in their food choices. I have always been of the opinion that you should not change your own healthy eating habits to make way for the kids desire for pizza, pasta fried foodsContinue reading “Same upbringing, very different food habits”

Better Nutrition – Better Health A manifesto call from the Association for Nutrition. Please help by emailing your MP about it. A template letter is on the AfN website The Association for Nutrition calls on all political parties to make nutrition-related health a key priority for the forthcoming parliament. The cost to the NHS ofContinue reading “Better Nutrition, Better Health Manifesto Call”

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 390 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 7 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see theContinue reading “2014 in review”

Check out this website for some interesting pictures of what 2000 calories looks like in different fast food restaurants – and we wonder why obesity is such a big issue. Happy New Year everyone. May 2015 bring more health than 2014.

I have been asked lots of questions about headaches. Research has long recognised a link between hydration and headaches – so we need to make sure we have enough liquid, as well as a link between blood pressure and headaches but today this article suggests there might be a link between salt and headaches. PerhapsContinue reading “Salt and headaches”

Interesting study but I wonder how sunlight fits into all of this as the main source of vitamin D is not dietary but rather from sunlight. Data from ALSPAC: vitamin D and calcium in pre-school children.

Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you. Remember the rhyme? Ever heard someone respond ‘I’m sweet enough already’ when offered sugar in their tea? Sugar has long been known to be bad for our health if used in excess. Sadly many of us use it in excess and evenContinue reading “Oh so sweet”