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Food & Nutrition
Creating Healthier Workplaces
Laura Wood continues our compelling series that offers useful tips on how providers can improve their workplace for their work...
How to Create an Organic Vegetable Programme that Lasts Beyond September
To mark Organic September, which celebrates the many benefits of organic farming, let me begin this piece by quoting an...
Everything you need for Food Safety in a Care Setting
What is the QCS Food Safety Manual? The Food Safety Manual was produced to offer a streamlined way for anyone with...
Men’s Health Week – Food Toolkit
Download our Food Toolkit for Men here. Download Now 'Take Action on Covid-19' is this year Men's Health Week theme, runs from...
Pureed Diet
Recent press reports have highlighted data that in the last 5 years 1,463 died in Care Homes from malnutrition, dehydration...
Swallowing Difficulties – A Serious Issue
Swallowing Awareness Day 2018 is on March 14th and provides us with a good opportunity to reflect on how Dysphagia...
Don’t believe All You Read – Asparagus Has Not Been Shown to Cause Cancer!
Quite strangely, Asparagine, a building block of protein, has hit the news. This followed publication of a study in mice...
EAT for Pressure Ulcers – Evidence, Assessment, Take Action
Nutrition and hydration play a key role in keeping the skin healthy. NHS Improvement, as part of part of the...
Poor Oral Health Increases Risks of Frailty
Don’t get confused – this is still the nutrition blog! But it is important that we are aware of the...
Spices – Could they have Nutritional Benefits?
Alteration in taste is relatively common in ageing and is often associated with other sensory impairments (like smell), poorer health and...