Not all sweet substances are metabolically equivalent. Glucose, fructose, sucrose, high-fructose corn syrup, honey, maple syrup, sugar alcohols, and artifici...
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.
Cognitive health — the ability to think, remember, and reason effectively — is influenced by diet throughout life but becomes an increasing priority from mid...
Fasting's potential role in longevity has become one of the most discussed topics in ageing science since the discovery of autophagy's role in cellular healt...
The post-lunch energy dip — the familiar drop in alertness, motivation, and cognitive performance that strikes between 1pm and 3pm — affects the vast majorit...
Caffeine is the world's most widely consumed psychoactive substance and one of the most thoroughly researched compounds in nutritional science. Its performan...
While no single food will cure poor sleep, specific dietary choices in the hours before bed create nutritional conditions that either support or undermine th...
Fasting's potential role in longevity has moved from the fringes of alternative health into mainstream scientific investigation, driven largely by the discov...
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the UK, and diet is estimated to be implicated in approximately 30–40% of cancer cases — making it one of the ...
The Mediterranean dietary pattern has been studied for longevity benefits for over 60 years — longer than any other dietary approach — and its evidence base ...
Corporate catering in London has become significantly more complex over the past decade. Dietary requirements that were once rare exceptions — halal, vegetar...
Working from home changed the nutritional environment of millions of UK workers overnight in 2020 — and for many of those now working in hybrid patterns, the...
The most sustainable dietary improvements are not dramatic overhauls — they are small, specific swaps that accumulate over time into meaningfully better nutr...