Welcome to my nutrition blog

Hi I'm Wendy and I want to bring you the latest news and debate in nutrition and healthy eating. I'll be writing articles on a regular basis to

• Keep you informed and up to date
• Give you my ideas and tips on how to live a healthy lifestyle
• Provoke debate on any aspect of nutrition
• Provide advice on specific topics such as eating to protect yourself against heart disease
• Practical advice such as recipes and how to stay motivated

As a nutritional therapist my purpose is to help people lead a healthy, long life, free from disease. I also aim to help the overweight and obese lose excess fat through diet, healthy eating for life and exercise. A healthy diet is not just lettuce and boiled fish but a diet high in complex carbohydrates, low in fat and sugar and high in fruit and vegetables and it can be enjoyable. I believe that by understanding your food, where it comes from and how it interacts with your body you can learn to make lifestyle choices and make healthy eating a part of your normal day to day life. Once you start to eat properly the whole of your body and mind works better, its a multiplier, the more you look after yourself the better you feel and the more you look after yourself. I bet you won't want to go back to your old eating habits once you feel so much better about yourself and your life.

And I want you to add to this discussion, join in and send a comment, ask questions and take part. I'm looking forward to meeting you all in the blogosphere.