The field of nutritional psychiatry has grown substantially over the past decade, with high-quality research now demonstrating meaningful links between dieta...
Vanda's Kitchen Journal: Healthy Food, Nutrition & Well-Being
Welcome to the Vanda’s Kitchen Journal — your space for trusted insights on healthy eating, nutrition, and well-being. From allergen-free catering and food choices that boost energy to gut health, digestion, and balanced living, we explore how what you eat shapes how you feel. Discover practical tips, expert perspectives, and real stories from inside London’s nut free, halal and gluten free friendly kitchen near St Paul's Cathedral.
The relationship between diet and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is an area of genuine scientific interest, surrounded by considerable misin...
The gut-brain axis is one of the most significant developments in neuroscience and nutrition research of the past two decades. The discovery that the gut and...
Nutritional psychiatry has produced enough high-quality research to make evidence-based dietary recommendations for mental health support. The SMILES trial, ...
Burnout — characterised by exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced professional efficacy — is reaching epidemic levels in UK professional environments. The WHO cla...
Exercise, mental health, and nutrition form a deeply interconnected triad — each directly influencing the other two through shared biological mechanisms. The...
Mental health nurses and psychiatric healthcare workers carry one of the most emotionally demanding professional burdens in the NHS — the vicarious trauma, c...
Social anxiety around eating — whether from dietary restrictions that feel exposing to disclose, the stress of communal eating situations, or specific eating...
The rise of solo living — nearly a third of UK households are single-person, the highest proportion in history — has made eating alone the default eating con...
Eating disorders are serious mental health conditions with the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder. This guide is written for people in eating...
The brain is the body's most metabolically demanding organ — consuming approximately 20% of total energy despite comprising only 2% of body weight. Its nutri...
Chronic stress is both caused by and causes poor nutritional choices — creating a bidirectional cycle where stress drives unhealthy eating, which amplifies t...