Nutrition for Everyone
Whatever your goal – be better nourished, lose weight, have a happy relationship with food or simply to hand over the task of weekly meal planning – we’ll help you achieve it.
Nourish & Fast
Our daily fasting nutrition plan is built around the no-fad science of time-related eating (intermittent fasting), with all its health and weight management benefits.
Flexifast
Combine Nutrition for Everyone with the extra health benefits of Nourish & Fast and get the best of both worlds.
Personalised Nutrition
Fully customised plan to fit in with your busy life or to get the best out of your training and racing.
Nutrition Consultation
Schedule a consultation with Sally, Nuush’s founder and lead nutrition advisor, to talk through your nutrition, health or performance.
Medichecks Consultation
Get your Medichecks blood tests through Nuush. We will help you choose the right test(s) – at 10% off the standard price. We’ll guide you through the accompanying Medichecks doctor’s report and how you might approach discussions with your GP.
Nutrition Insights
Talk through your diet and health history with Sally. Receive a personalised nutrition plan that you can use for 4-6 weeks, then discuss longer term actions to build on what you have achieved.
Nuush Recipe Collection
These gorgeous recipes are the basis for our meal plans.
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Signs of zinc deficiency can be prevalent in a typical western diet. Are you getting enough zinc?
Nearly all the food we eat is processed in some way. It’s the ultra-processed foods that we need to watch out for.
There are around 43,000 cases of bowel cancer each year in the UK and 54% of those are deemed preventable. Action against risk factors and awareness of symptoms could save so many lives.
Broccoli has become hugely popular and seems to be loved by many. But beyond its fame and fortune, why is it so good for us?
Issues around food and body image are rife and deep-rooted but there is a way out of those feelings.
People can be a bit iffy about discount supermarkets because they’ve got used to the more luxurious (and more expensive!) ones. But really it’s missing a trick not to go discount now when food prices are escalating. And there is no need to compromise on quality.
The health and nutrition sector gives out conflicting messages all the time so it’s no wonder people are confused and disordered about eating and exercise.
If you’ve been following Nuush for a while I hope you’ve strongly picked up the vibe that we are about health rather than getting people super-skinny (unless they are naturally that way!) or encouraging six-pack formation!
How to save money on your food bill as well as eating healthily and protecting the planet.
Non-wholemeal flour is going to be fortified with folic acid, in the UK. In this article we explain what folic acid is and why it’s important.
Ask yourself – do you really want make healthy eating changes forever or are you happy to stay in the same gain-a-bit lose-a-bit cycle?
Have you heard of metabolic syndrome? Even though it’s quite an obscure name for a health condition it’s fairly prevalent and becoming moreso.
Human bodies are designed to respond to stress in a number of physiological ways. But the stress they’re designed for is short-lived stress like sprinting across a road to avoid being run over, not continued stress of overwork, bad relationships and similar.
It’s a flipping shame that the term ‘detoxify’ has been made into a laughing matter by nutrition ‘bros’, because detoxification is happening inside you right now, and every millisecond of your life!
IBS is a prevalent condition in the developed world with 10-15% of people world wide suffering its symptoms and about 1 in 3 people in the UK, twice as many women as men.
Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics. How what we eat can affect our genes.
The health benefits of the Mediterranean-style diet are supported by robust scientific evidence. But what does the diet consist of and can it be eaten outside its usual context with the same health outcomes?
Eating isn’t just about what’s on your plate. The ‘experience’ can greatly enhance the food you eat.
Meet Nuush, the new name for fitnaturally. New branding that reflects our vibe, but the same caring, professional nutrition business.
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Potassium is an essential mineral and electrolyte – that means we need to consume it in the diet – and it’s essential for healthy bodies.
Have you noticed how when people get a spare few minutes these days they instantly turn to a screen – their phone, laptop or tablet – even after getting into bed?
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Omega-6 tends to get all the attention. Get the balance between your omegas right by eating plenty of omega-3 foods.
But it’s not surprising people don’t know. I mean, why should they until things go wrong? Just as with most things our bodies do we
We all take our digestive systems and stomachs for granted. We push food in at the top, it comes out at the bottom and we forget the absolute miracles and magic that take place in-between!
Instead of living with the bore of weighing food, counting points or calories and tapping everything you eat into a phone you can use nature’s custom-designed tool – your hands!
January is a popular time for detox diets – juice cleanses, fasts, gluten- and dairy-free diets abound. But the question is – what are the toxins?
Certain neurotransmitters affect our ‘mood’ by making us more alert and hyper or by doing the reverse and helping to calm us. Boost your mood with natural light and good food!
I’ve been inundated with questions about the validity of information in this Netflix documentary which promotes a plant-based (that’s vegan to you and me) diet.
Meet Beckie. Nuush member who can’t be trusted around clotted cream and once once made a goat’s cheese salad for Amanda Mealing from Casualty!
Someone asked this recently, and it’s a really great question. Does fat literally melt and ooze out of our skin? Does it come out of anywhere else?! Or does it just burn up and disappear?
Meet Jennifer. Nuush member who is a lawyer in Doha and would happily live on a desert island with Greek yoghurt.
Turmeric is an orange-coloured spice often used in Indian cooking. The powder comes from the root of the turmeric plant and people have eaten it for thousands of years as well as using it for medicine and as a dye.
Certain major causes of early death are attributable to overweight and obesity. But there is on magic wand for sustainable fat loss beyond moderation.
Baked beans have their place but if that’s that only pulse in your life then you – and your gut – are missing out on a massive range of nutrients.
This article is about the environmental and ethical dilemmas we face when choosing between certain foods, such as milk, and their alternatives.
Are people really becoming more sensitive to gluten? Read about what gluten actually is, how you digest it and why it doesn’t deserve its bad reputation.
We all know the mainstream effects of exercise – increased heart strength, stronger muscles, etc – but there are some huge positive benefits that aren’t generally spoken about.
Something I come across lots with new clients and fitnat followers is the exclusion of milk and dairy produce from the diet. But is milk and dairy really bad for humans or is it a bit of a fad or a myth?
2017 was huge for veganism and 2018 will likely see even more people turning to a purely plant-based diet. So is a vegan diet healthy, is it ethical and what should you know before making the change?
When my son was little I was constantly upset at having to drop him off to a minder, never mind the high cost of childcare. So I started my own business.
If we have a lifestyle that means we constantly have cortisol circulating in our bodies it can play havoc with our overall health.
Our mouths can reflect our health and good oral hygiene is a fantastic, if undervalued, health behaviour.
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Iron’s main job is to help make haemoglobin, which carries oxygen around the body in red blood cells.
The word protein comes from the Greek ‘primary importance’ and is one of the three macronutrients in our diet, the other two are carbohydrate and fat.
Cholesterol is a vital substance that exists in the body without us even eating any! When it comes to your health, you need to know your HDL from your LDL.
People tend to eyeball food and underestimate the amount they’re eating, along with the “But it’s healthy!” vibe. You see just because foods are nutritious it doesn’t make them energy-free!
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It’s tragic that carbs have been singled out as the main cause of obesity, type 2 diabetes and general malady because in fact carbohydrate is a very wonderful ‘thing’.
Meet Sarah. Nuush member who can legally anaesthetise you and would win gold if tea drinking was an olympic sport.
Have you heard it said that several small meals are better than three larger meals? That snacking speeds up the metabolism?
People tend to think that they have to do a spell of hard exercise each day or a few times a week in order for it to affect their weight and health but that’s not really true.
Is ‘health at any size’ correct? Many factors affect health beyond a person’s size. Stress, smoking, alcohol and more all need to be taken into account.
Meet Samantha. Nuush member who manages an after school club, loves dancing and is a dab hand with a chainsaw!
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Despite its diminutive size the thyroid has a huge amount of control over the way the body works. Feeding it with iodine-rich food is good for your health.
Meet Jaki. She is a preserver (of jams, not animals) and once had coffee and carrot cake with actual Kylie Minogue!
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We believe in the holistic properties of real food, rather than the singular, man-made properties of a pill or potion, or the focus on a particular fashion food.
Your diet can have a big impact on your sleep. If you have trouble sleeping or repeatedly wake up early over a long period, then you probably have insomnia.
Make time for doing nothing Have you noticed people in waiting rooms and queues, at bus stops and on trains, in fact everywhere, as they
Are you wondering if the health benefits of olive oil are real? They are! And furthermore certain health claims are proven by reliable studies.
What is the number one piece of advice I would give to someone who wanted to reverse their Type 2 diabetes? Answer: do more exercise.
A New Natural is our bi-monthly newsletter with evidence-based nutrition and health knowledge, recipes, lifestyle tips, podcast recommendations and more.
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