The notion of ‘adding something in’ often has a positive connotation - it’s frequently synonymous with more and better. However, when it comes to adding additives, it’s a whole new story…I’d far rather they were taken far, far away. One product that seems to be a popular hiding place for some of the worst additive offenders is energy bars. These are possibly one of most poorly marketed food items available to us. Advertising leads us to believe that many common ingredients fo

Gut health. Everybody’s talking about it. Everybody’s writing about it. Everybody’s professing to be THE gut guru of the moment. So, I thought I’d jump on the belly bandwagon and give my take on the trending topic. After about 15,000 hours researching the topic (OK, maybe ever so slightly less) I started to wonder if I’d bitten off more than I can chew - there is just so much information out there, it’s quite overwhelming. I’ve sifted through the baloney, and hopefully can gi

The sprog’s swimming lesson this morning followed the usual routine: Small Mum (myself) watches nervously as equally small son partakes in what looks like communal drowning session. Tall Mum pretends to watch tall daughter ‘swimming’ but is overtly eyeing up hot young bod of new male swimming teacher. Orange (fake tan) Mum watches son and daughter whilst simultaneously offering a snide running commentary on all the other mothers’ bodies in the pool. This week however, the sni