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27/05/2020 | 8 minutes

Cooking Our Way to Staying Healthy

As we continue staying at home for long periods of time, it might feel tougher and tougher. We will have given up our social meet-ups, and eating-out habits but it’s a good time to rethink our weight loss goals.

Salma Mehar
Consultant Dietitian for the Northwest London Diabetes Transformation programme

23/04/2020 | Read time 8 minutes

Preparing for Ramadan

It is that time of year again when the month of Ramadan is upon us. Ramadan is when Muslims fast for 30 days from sunrise to sunset. It is incredibly hard, but a little positive mental attitude goes a long way.

Salma Mehar
Consultant Dietitian for the Northwest London Diabetes Transformation programme

09/05/2020 | 11 minutes

COVID lockdown: stress and carb addiction

We’ve probably all experienced the longing to turn to comfort foods during the COVID lockdown. Coronavirus lockdown has led to a bread making and home baking boom, with Google Trends showing a massive rise in interest in bread and baking. So what happens in your body when you eat carbohydrates (“carbs”) and how does this relate to stress?

Dr. Tony Willis
Clinical Director for Diabetes, NWL Health and Care Partnership