Pilates and yoga sit at the less-discussed end of the sports nutrition conversation — most nutrition guidance focuses on strength training and endurance spor...
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.
Cycling to work in London has grown substantially — the city's cycling infrastructure has improved, awareness of the health and environmental benefits has in...
Swimming has specific nutritional characteristics that differ meaningfully from land-based sports, and which many recreational and competitive swimmers do no...
Functional movement training — exercise designed to improve the movement patterns of real life rather than isolated muscle development — has gained significa...
Triathlon presents a unique nutritional challenge: three disciplines in sequence, each with different energy demands, different opportunities for fuelling, a...
Five-a-side football is London's most popular recreational sport — and one of the most demanding forms of intermittent high-intensity exercise available for ...
Injury is one of the most frustrating experiences in sport, and the period of enforced reduced activity creates both psychological and physiological challeng...
London's City professionals spend more time sitting than almost any other occupational group — desk-bound work, long commutes, and the culture of presenteeis...
The London Marathon is one of the world's great sporting events — and one of the most nutritionally demanding challenges a recreational athlete will undertak...
Plant-based diets and athletic performance are entirely compatible — numerous elite athletes across all sports compete successfully on vegetarian and vegan d...
Overtraining syndrome (OTS) — the functional impairment produced by a training load that exceeds the body's capacity for adaptation and recovery — is one of ...
The relationship between exercise and gut health is bidirectional and complex. Exercise benefits the gut microbiome in ways that support both athletic perfor...