Gluten

This Sunday on Kevins Kitchen Garden Show from 10-11am I hope to cover gluten and Coeliac Disease and related topics

If you have any queries or comments please do phone in 01604 234455

Milk

On Sunday on radio Northampton on Kevin’s Kitchen Garden show we talked about milk.

Mainly raw milk as Vanessa had been to a farm in the South, which produces it.

Milk is a really useful item in the diet as it is a source of calcium and protein and milk comes as full cream, skimmed and semi-skimmed. Nowadays the most popular milk is the semi-skimmed type. Also most milk is pasteurised or UHT milk, which means that it is heated to destroy harmful bacteria.

The raw milk discussed was full cream and there were a number of callers with adverse tales about it, which was really interesting. Obviously raw milk can contain harmful bacteria.

While raw milk is banned in Scotland while in England it can be sold from the farm or at  on site farm shops. If it is sold in farmers markets then it should be by the farmer.

The Food Standards Agency has excellent information on raw milk. It is not recommended for pregnant women, nursing mothers, elderly people, young children or anyone with a compromised immune system.

Milk

 On Sunday on radio Northampton on Kevin’s Kitchen Garden show we talked about milk.

Mainly raw milk as Vanessa had been to a farm in the South, which produces it.

Milk is a really useful item as it is a source of calcium and protein and milk comes as full cream, skimmed and semi-skimmed. Nowadays the most popular milk is the semi-skimmed type. Also most milk is pasteurised or UHT milk, which means that it is heated to destroy harmful bacteria.

The raw milk discussed was full cream and there were a number of callers with adverse tales about it, which was really interesting. Obviously raw milk can contain harmful bacteria.

While raw milk is banned in Scotland  in England it can be sold from the farm or at  on site farm shops. If it is sold in farmers markets then it should be by the farmer.

The Food Standards Agency has excellent information on raw milk. It is not recommended for pregnant women, nursing mothers, elderly people, young children or anyone with a compromised immune system.

Milk and related topics

Tomorrow morning on Kevin’s Kitchen Garden 10-11am BBC Radio Northampton milk is being discussed.

 If you have any queries please phone in to the studio 01604 234455 and we will do our best to answer.

So as a Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist I am hoping to cover some of the nutritional bits including;-

• Benefits of milk
• Types
• Feeding infants and young children
• Intolerances and allergies
• Lactose
• GORD
• Sport
• Alternatives

cinnamon

Cinnamon

Last night I was asked about cinnamon and its effect with diabetes.

It is a lovely flavour and superb with porridge, stewed apples and also milk puddings. I have seen information about it being helpful in diabetes as there is some work to suggest it does help.

This is what I found on the Diabetes UK website.

"The theory that cinnamon can be beneficial in treating or preventing diabetes has been around for a while, and there has been some evidence to suggest that it is true in mice. Recent research has suggested that cinnamon may improve blood glucose levels and blood fats in people with Type 2 diabetes. The research is interesting but Diabetes UK is not recommending that people start taking large amounts."
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Treatments/Complementary_therapies/Cinnamon/

Radio Northampton

I have been delighted over the last few weeks to be taking part in the Kitchen Garden Progamme on BBC Radio Northampton.

It is 9-11 am on a Sunday morning and Keving Saddington is the presenter --I have managed to cover various pieces on diet and nutrition inter-twined with gardening and cookery advice.

So do listen in next Sunday or even call the studio with queries or comments.

NUTRITION IN CARE SETTINGS

I find writing about myself quite difficult as it always seems boastful,, and my aim of writing this was to provide snippets of information on various aspects of nutrition plus where people can look for information.

One of the things I am really keen to promote is good nutrition in older people and I was pleased to have an article on "care home catering--are your residents getting what they need" published in Care Management Matters.



http://www.caremanagementmatters.co.uk/