The relationship between workplace food culture and talent attraction and retention is more significant than most HR leaders realise, and more financially ma...
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.
Office dehydration is a genuine and widespread workplace performance problem that receives far less attention than it deserves. The combination of air condit...
The working lunch break has been progressively eroded in UK office culture over the past two decades. The average British worker now takes approximately 27 m...
Desk eating — consuming lunch (and often breakfast and snacks) at the work computer without leaving the workstation — is the default eating behaviour for a s...
Cognitive performance at work — the ability to concentrate, make decisions, synthesise information, and communicate effectively — is directly influenced by w...
Cognitive ageing — the gradual changes in memory, processing speed, attention, and executive function that occur with age — begins earlier than most people r...
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...
Shift work — any work schedule that involves hours outside the standard 9-to-5, including night shifts, early starts, and rotating schedules — affects approx...
Energy crashes — the sudden drops in alertness, motivation, and cognitive performance that strike at predictable times (mid-morning, post-lunch, and mid-afte...
Cardiovascular disease — the umbrella term for heart disease, stroke, and related conditions — is the leading cause of death in UK adults over 60. Its risk f...
The thyroid gland and body weight are intimately connected — thyroid hormones are the master regulators of basal metabolic rate, affecting the speed at which...
Nutritional needs change meaningfully after 60 — not in ways that require dramatic dietary overhaul, but in specific, well-documented ways that, if unaddress...