THE ZOO IN YOUR GUTS – THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY 0 comments
Mini beasts at home in our guts The “mini beasts” that reside in your digestive system have a major impact on your health. Retired NHS dietitian, Mary Farmer, explains how [...]
How to tackle malnutrition? 0 comments
MALNOURISHED: IN NEED OF GOOD HONEST GRUB Statistics from NHS Digital have highlighted worrying numbers of malnourished elderly people. Our resident nutrition expert, Mary Farmer, was on the case straightaway [...]
AUDACIOUS AND AROMATIC – HERBS FOR HEALTH 5 comments
Herbs for health Herbs for Health is the first of two linked articles from Mary Farmer, our resident nutrition guru and retired NHS dietitian. She is looking at the role [...]
Fighting coronavirus with food 0 comments
Fighting coronavirus: How diet can help Independent Living’s resident nutrition expert and former NHS dietitian Mary Farmer takes a look here at the steps we can all take in fighting [...]
DYSPHAGIA: HARD to SWALLOW 2 comments
Problems with swallowing, or dysphagia, affects a surprising number of people Some 50 pairs of muscles, and many nerves, are involved in the complicated business of swallowing: little wonder that [...]
SPICE UP YOUR LIFE! 0 comments
Spice up your life for more than flavour The second article from Mary Farmer, Independent Living’s resident nutrition expert, on the role that can be played by herbs and spices: [...]
CHOLESTEROL: FRIEND OR FOE? 8 comments
Mary Farmer’s article focuses on cholesterol: demonised for decades as a cause of heart attacks and strokes, now scientific research is suggesting a very much less clear relationship between high [...]
THE CARER’S TRAP 0 comments
Our resident nutrition expert and former NHS dietitian, Mary Farmer, writes about caring, food, and the emotional carer’s trap it’s all too easy to fall into A little farm-based caring… [...]
STRESSES AND STRAINS: RISING PRESSURES 0 comments
Former NHS dietitian, Mary Farmer, writes about the ups and downs of blood pressure. Blood pressure – a marker of stress. In September last year, my husband and I moved [...]