Crash diets — very low calorie diets of 600–800 calories or below, often structured as meal replacement programmes or extreme food restriction — produce rapi...
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.
Intermittent fasting (IF) — various protocols that cycle between periods of eating and fasting — has been one of the most intensely researched dietary strate...
Mindful eating — the practice of paying deliberate, non-judgmental attention to the experience of eating — has accumulated a substantial evidence base for we...
Low-carbohydrate diets — ranging from the very low-carb ketogenic diet (below 50g carbohydrate daily) to more moderate low-carb approaches (50–130g daily) — ...
Not all sweet substances are metabolically equivalent. Glucose, fructose, sucrose, high-fructose corn syrup, honey, maple syrup, sugar alcohols, and artifici...
GLP-1 receptor agonists — including Ozempic (semaglutide) and Mounjaro (tirzepatide) — have transformed weight management in the UK, with an estimated 1.6 mi...
Restrictive dieting produces short-term weight loss in most people but long-term weight regain in 80-95% — with many regaining more than they originally lost...
GLP-1 receptor agonists — Ozempic (semaglutide) and Mounjaro (tirzepatide) — have transformed weight management in the UK. A UCL study found 1.6 million UK a...
The weight loss plateau is one of the most demoralising experiences in any weight management journey — progress that was consistent and measurable suddenly s...
A caloric deficit — consuming fewer calories than the body expends — is the fundamental requirement for weight loss. This is not disputed by serious nutritio...
Not all body fat is equal. The fat stored under the skin (subcutaneous fat) is metabolically relatively benign — it is largely an energy storage depot. Visce...
Insulin resistance — the reduced ability of cells to respond to insulin and take up glucose from the bloodstream — affects an estimated 35% of UK adults in s...