Why Volume Eating Is the way to go :  VE by VG It really hasn’t worked to cut calories. Losing weight by eating more is like a winning chip. It may sound almost too good to be true but why wouldn’t it work, it makes total sense to me. If you take a look at the...

Swaps for a better immune system without the deprivation? We know diet is super important when it comes to inflammation in our bodies and the increase or decrease of the immune system… so what food swaps would I recommend making it all the easier?Before getting to...

Not Losing Weight? These are some reasons why... If you are frustrated with pushing yourself working out hard and eating well and you still struggling to see a result, this may shed a little light and help in the matter. Maybe you are falling into this trap: Often, we...

An Experience with Benefits ! Whilst Green tea has been around for some time now, the new kid on the block is matcha, green tea matcha. Whether you have ordered a matcha latte or not, you have still heard the buzz around it. Here is my take on matcha and why we use it...

How to go from   b a k i n g   during iso to   c o o k i n g  vegetables with the same enthusiasm?? Shifting from baking cookies, cakes and breads to being creative with vegies, soups and salads may not sound so uninviting or a complete nonsense as it did in the first...

What have we learnt over self-isolation??? First, we know how to bake the same cake in 5 different ways, second, we know which household object or child we can use to mimic weights cause we couldn’t buy any (out of stock) and the third fact, that being at home...

What a rollercoaster of a week it has been... So many unsettling emotions, yet not estranged ones. We are wanting to let you know that the team at HEG and our nutritionist, Vicky Gomez, are still here to help. Dietetics and nutrition are essential, and we will still...

Vitamin C may be associated with oranges, but there is much more to this Vitamin C story. This is what you need to know about vitamin C and what it does for your immune system. Our first instinct when we are worried about getting a cold or the flu, our first knee-jerk...

MASTER ANTIOXIDANT – What more can we do to be “Nutritionally Bullet Proof”?? We often underestimate how nutrition can improve many conditions and pathways… During these circumstances we have been more aware of the role of...

  ... heat under the sheets! Maca is one of those supplement powders that has made itself well known, probably due to its claim of “creating heat under the   sheets”…..It also boosts health, energy, improves your mood as well as your libido. The maca plant is def not...