Food Diaries – The Radiance Cleanse edition

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I love reading other people’s food diaries. As a health foodie, it’s always interesting for me to see how people structure their day-to-day eats, because no two people do it the same way. There are infinite combinations you can go with whilst still keeping things healthy and fun, and that’s why it never ceases to [...]

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Giving up sugar – Interview with Lucy Miller

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  Personal trainer and Paleo enthusiast Lucy Miller writes for Health and Fitness magazine. In our first interview with her, she talked about cleaning up her diet and discovering amazing health benefits. Here, she talks to us about kicking it up a notch by eliminating processed sources of sugar entirely from her diet. 1. You [...]

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Food Diaries: 1st November

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Whenever I talk to clients who want to switch to a plant-based diet, they are frequently overwhelmed at the prospect of ‘no this, no that, none of that either’. It’s easy to focus on the deprivation aspect of things, and forget about the bountiful, beautiful, colourful options that will open upto you. If you are [...]

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New York City Eats

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Manhattan is arguably any foodie’s mecca, offering the best in food and restaurants across all categories. This is also true for the healthy and vegan ends of the scale – in fact, it was living in New York that converted me to the style of eating that remains with me today. Last week, I was there for 3 days, [...]

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5-minute packed lunch

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A girlfriend invited me to go to the Olympics with her yesterday! We went to the gymnastics final which began at 2, which meant packing a healthy portable lunch. Here’s what I took with me. I pulled out one of my favourite reusable containers from RICE – I am obsessed with all of their colourful, [...]

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A day in the life 6.8.12

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I’ve had quite a few requests for food diary style posts recently – I’ve found other people’s quite useful in the past as they help show different people’s ideas of balance and context. It’s important to remember that every one of us has something specific that works for us, and it’s up to us to find [...]

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People we Love – Brooke Burke

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Brooke Burke is one of the busiest people in Hollywood – co-host of Dancing with the Stars, host of the Miss America Pageant, Founder of the popular lifestyle advice website Modernmom.com, the face of Skechers, and creator of the Baboosh Body waist-trimming wraps. On top of that, she is mother to four children and has [...]

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People we Love – Calgary Avansino

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I have a very special guest post for you today! Calgary Avansino is the Executive Fashion Director at British Vogue; staying healthy with such a hectic schedule requires work and dedication, but Calgary pulls it off with aplomb, and it shows! When you meet Calgary, she positively glows with health. I asked her to give us [...]

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A day in the life of a high-raw vegan

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I’ve always strongly believed that healthful foods have the power to prevent and heal; they can also help with the way we feel on a day-to-day basis, no matter whether you have a serious condition or more common, less severe ailments. I came across Lauren’s blog a few years ago and have been a dedicated reader ever [...]

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