Posts by Yvonne Bishop-Weston
Blood Sugar Imbalance
If you are feeling tired, lethargic, more easily anxious, thirsty, are getting headaches, and gaining body fat, and your GP has not found anything wrong, it might be that your blood sugar balance needs addressing Why is blood sugar balance so important? We need to have sugar: glucose, in our blood at all times so…
Read MoreYvonne on Teenage Nutrition – BBC Food Truth or Scare
Yvonne appeared as a resident nutritionist on BBC’s Food: Truth or Scare to discuss teenage nutrition issues after shocking headlines revealed British teens eat worse than any other generation. Yvonne explained that one of the biggest problems as teenagers gain independence and start making their own choices around food is the prevalence of processed and…
Read MoreNutritionist helps TV couple conceive
Adapted from an article originally published in The Sutton & Croydon Guardian Nutrition therapist and fertility expert Yvonne Bishop-Weston guided the pair, who were on a nutrition program as part of the GMTV LK Today show on ITV. The programme followed The Baby Race, a competition between three couples and their therapists in a race…
Read MoreWhat is the difference between a Dietician and a Nutritional Therapist?
Much has been made of the lack of Nutrition training given to doctors with around 70% reporting that their training in nutrition amounted to around 2 hours and yet research is consistently showing that nutrition plays a part in almost all chronic diseases. Knowing which type of health professional you need to help with your…
Read MoreHow the Keto diet negatively affects your sex drive
Originally published in The Independent: Yvonne Bishop Weston Guest features Eating fewer carbohydrates can have negative effects on your energy levels and libido The supposed benefits of the ketogenic diet have been heavily debated for many years. Numerous people have condemned the restrictive regime as being extremely detrimental for one’s overall health, with it even being dubbed the…
Read MoreYvonne on the dangers of extreme weight loss
Yvonne was consulted by the 3am team at The Mirror for a nutritionist’s take on the extreme weight loss of the Geordie Shore girls after the cast collectively lost 10 stone in a year. Yvonne Bishop-Weston says she thinks the cast may be taking things a little too far. “It is risky losing so much…
Read MoreIs your urine a normal colour?
Originally published on the Good to Know website: Yvonne Guest features Your urine colour can tell you a lot, but is your usual colour normal? Here’s everything you need to know… Ever wondered if your urine colour is normal? “Just like we should use the daily health-check opportunity of looking at our bowel movements(opens in new…
Read MoreThe three stages of menopause
Originally published in Woman & Home: Yvonne guest features As women, we battle against our hormones, arguably from our teenage years through to older age. And there are waves to overcome in later life, in the forms of the three stages of menopause: perimenopause, menopause and postmenopause. There was a time when ‘menopause’ was a forbidden word.…
Read MoreHow to master the weaning process
First published in Baby Magazine : Yvonne Bishop Weston Guest Features Kabrita’s leading clinical nutrition therapist, Yvonne Bishop-Weston, specialises in infant nutrition; here she shares with us her top tips to help make the weaning process as smooth as possible. 1. Lead by example From as early as practical, be a great role model by sitting…
Read MoreBBC 1 Rip off Food
Yvonne featured as a guest nutritionist on the BBC Rip off food programme with Gloria Hunniford and Judith Chalmers.
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