Eating disorders — including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and ARFID (avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder) — are serious me...
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 health of skin, hair, and nails reflects the overall nutritional status of the body — they are the last tissues to receive nutrients (non-essential to im...
Female athlete nutrition has historically been understood through the lens of male physiology — a significant gap that the sports science community has begun...
The postpartum period — the weeks and months after childbirth — places extraordinary nutritional demands on new mothers. Birth itself is a major physical eve...
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women in the UK — killing more women than breast cancer and ovarian cancer combined — yet it is chronically un...
The relationship between gut health and hormonal balance is more direct than most women realise. The gut microbiome plays an active role in oestrogen metabol...
Hormonal balance — the complex interplay between oestrogen, progesterone, insulin, cortisol, thyroid hormones, and the many other hormones regulating female ...
Protein recommendations in popular nutrition communication are largely undifferentiated — the same target numbers are often applied regardless of sex, age, o...
Osteoporosis — the thinning of bone density to the point where fracture risk becomes clinically significant — affects over three million people in the UK, wi...
Thyroid conditions are significantly more common in women than men — autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Graves' disease) affects women a...
The menstrual cycle is not a single physiological state — it is four distinct hormonal phases, each with different energy requirements, nutritional prioritie...
Breastfeeding is one of the highest nutritional demands the human body experiences. Producing breast milk requires significant energy and specific nutrient i...