~ TUESDAY TIP ~ Eat more plants and aim for 30 different plant-based foods per week. @whatspruecooking It is Gut Health Month and as a Dietitian, I know how important it is to optimise the health of the gut, after all, the gut is the second brain, and its health has a big impact on our overall health. Plant-based diversity or aiming for 30 different plant foods per week is important to ensure that the ecosystem, or microbiome, consisting of bugs, that resides in our large intestine are fed adequ

Do different color plant foods like legumes, rice, nuts and seeds and whole grains count toward eating the rainbow foods? Yes! This might even make eating the rainbow easier for you once you include all plant foods, not just fruits and veggies. Want an easy way to track your dietary diversity (30 foods a week), all the colors of the rainbow and the 12 Nutrivore Foundational Foods? If you have my book go to page 234! If not you can get it here: https://nutrivore.com/product/nutrivore-weekly-servi

We were thrilled to welcome Professor Tim Spector to River Cottage HQ recently to spend the day talking all things gut-health with Hugh. The pair also whipped up some delicious gut-friendly recipes including this shepherd's pie from River Cottage Good Comfort! 📗 See below from Tim: "My number one gut health tip? Eat as diverse a range of plants as possible Our research with the American Gut Project (PMID: 29795809) showed that the wider diversity of plants you eat, the more diverse your gut mic

The new US Dietary Guidelines have been released, and they’re more significant than you may realize. These documents set the nutritional standards for schools, hospitals and public-health advice. So when they shift direction, the impact extends far beyond the US, particularly to countries like the UK that are still relying on outdated models. For the first time, refined carbohydrates are no longer treated as benign, and the link between high-risk highly processed foods and metabolic disease is a

Professor Tim Spector shares his expert advice on how to lower your risk of developing dementia. | Lorraine

I’m very excited to share that my new @channel4 series, What Not to Eat, airs tonight at 8pm! Ultra-processed food is everywhere. In our cupboards, our fridges, our kids’ lunchboxes, and increasingly, it’s being sold to us as healthy. In What Not To Eat, @lifeofdrkandi and I take a hard look at the foods many of us eat every day, including the so-called “low-fat”, “high-protein”, and “better-for-you” products that quietly dominate supermarket shelves. Each episode follows a real family dealing w

Comment GUIDE to get ZOE’s free 8 Nutrition Principles guide. If episode 1 of @tim.spector’s new @channel4 series What Not To Eat left you feeling unsettled or wondering how food became so confusing, you’re not alone. Our food environment is designed to confuse us. High-risk ultra-processed foods are engineered to be irresistible. Marketing labels like “low-fat” and “healthy option” make it even harder to know what to trust. Not all processed foods are created equal, and online, contradictory ad