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Fab after 50 – Midlife Reinvention

Sabrina Zeif sets up a business as the Midlife Food Guru following redundancy at 51. Sabrina shares how she turned redundancy into an opportunity to follow her dream of setting up her own business. Click here to find out how she did it.

Talking Midlife Food with Sabrina Zeif, The Midlife Food Guru

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The Midlife Movement

“The Midlife Food Guru”, Sabrina Zeif, shares with The Midlife Movement how small changes in diet can help empower us through these midlife changes and beyond. Click here for the apple podcast. Click here for the anchor podcast.

Nutrition & Food Basics

Nutrition & Food Basics Having a basic knowledge of food nutrition can make a massive difference to your health including weight and many menopause symptoms. Food is essentially made up of 3 macronutrients – Proteins, Carbohydrates and Fats. They are present in large amounts, unlike micronutrients (vitamins & minerals) present in small quantities. Most foods […]

Fruit For Thought

Fruit & The Diet Culture FRUITS have been demonised as having TOO MUCH SUGAR! YET the diet culture is selling a mega load of ‘Healthy Smoothies’ 🍇FACT -FRUITS are DELICIOUS 🥝FACT -They promote health and provide a variety of essential nutrients, such as fibre, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals. 🍑FACT – the fibre in fruits helps slow […]

Ditch The Food Guilt

Do You Suffer From Food Guilt? I believe there should be no guilt when it comes to eating. True, it’s healthier overall to eat strawberries 🍓 instead of an ice cream 🍨 sundae. However, it does not make ice cream 🍦 a lousy choice. Nourishing your body is about BALANCE. Embrace that strategy, and you’ll […]

A Yoga Therapist’s Adventure with Perimenopause & Three Ongoing Life-Savers

My adventure with perimenopause and three ongoing life-savers… by Reshma Pancholi, Women’s Yoga Therapist There are days when I find myself overwhelmed, overtired and unable to move into action quickly enough… It’s close to 5 pm, I have 101 tabs open on my browser, a crowded to-do list and a family expecting dinner on […]

Midlife Mood Boosting Foods

Brighten Your Spirits with These Mood-Boosting Foods What foods lifts your mood? Blueberries Blueberries are deliciously rich in antioxidants and have a positive effect on mood and cognitive function. Eat natural, add to porridge, yoghurt or smoothie. Nuts and Seeds Nuts & seeds such as peanuts, almonds, pumpkin, and sesame seeds, are rich in tryptophan, […]

Healthy Midlife Pancakes – Is There Such A Thing?

Midlife Pancake Absolutely There is nothing more moorish on the weekend than pancakes. Do you love pancakes but no longer eat them because you are concerned about calories or think they are unhealthy? The thing about midlife is that we need to enjoy food. It’s the essence of living. So yes, we need to be […]

FULL FAT, LOW FAT, NO FAT – CONFUSED?!

Midlife Confusion – Which FAT? Full fat, low fat, fat-free can be very confusing. Here’s a fact – FAT DOES NOT MAKE YOU FAT; SUGAR DOES Healthy fats in the RIGHT amounts help build hormones, reduce inflammation, and keep our cells and skin supple. They provide energy, helps with the absorption of vitamins and […]