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Day 3 Nutrition and Hydration Week 2016

16th March 2016

Here we go – its Day 3 Nutrition and Hydration Week and today we raise the question: Do you think you drink enough every day? Do you know how much enough is? And perhaps: Do you know someone else that may need their fluid intake monitoring or encouragement to drink more?

Lets think about that for a minute – there are lots of factors that can influence how much you should be drinking for optimum hydration – your age, gender, activity levels for a start. What about the weather, illness/recovery, the foods you’re eating, are you training/exercising regularly…..? Taking these factors on board, here are recommendations for average fluid intake (UK):

The European Food Safety Authority recommend: 2.5 litres of water for men and 2.0 litres of water for women per day, via food and drink consumption

The British Nutrition Foundation recommend: 1.6L of fluid per day for women (about 8 200ml glasses) and 2L of fluid per day for men (about 10 200ml glasses) This is in fluid alone, so using the 80/20 rule we talked about yesterday (ie 80% fluid intake from drinks and 20% from foods) this works out the same as the EFSA.

Here at no nonsense, we like the following recommendation from the UK NHS best: “Studies have tried to establish a recommended daily fluid intake, but it can vary depending on the individual and factors such as age, climate and physical activity. A good rule is to drink enough fluid so that you’re not thirsty for long periods, and to steadily increase your fluid intake when exercising and during hot weather. Passing clear urine (wee) is a good sign that you’re well hydrated”.

So – Day 3 Nutrition and Hydration Week check yourself, check your family, check your friends your colleagues, your class and anyone else you know is getting enough. And do me a favour – if you find anyone who’s not getting enough, GRADUALLY increase fluid intake. I don’t want the blame for the inconvenience of too many trips to the loo!

Remember to check out Nutrition and Hydration Week here: www.nutritionandhydrationweek.co.uk
Remember to follow @NHWeek on Twitter and Tweet us @nononsensenita with any tips, info, events you are taking part in.
Remember to sign up on the right for our newsletter so all this info and more can find its way conveniently to your inbox without you having to do anything further…..
And contact me on info@nitakothari.com for further details or consultation on personal nutrition and hydration. This week we are offering discounts on all consultations booked when mentioning Nutrition and Hydration Week 2016.
And finally remember we are also on Facebook / Instagram / Google+ sharing news, info, pics on Nutrition and Hydration all this week so come and share too

(sources for info as above will all be in this weeks blog to be published tomorrow – Thursday 17.03.16 – please sign up for the newsletter on the right for sources and for the blog – you can of course unsubscribe at any time and its all free)

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Day 2 Nutrition and Hydration Week 2016

15th March 2016

‬Its Tasty Tuesday and Day 2 Nutrition and Hydration Week 2016!

Our focus on hydration continues today as promised and as its Tasty Tuesday – today we are looking at hydrating foods.

Did you know 80% of your hydration and fluid intake usually comes from water (and drinks) but 20% can in fact come from hydrating foods?

Well which foods I hear you ask? The top 3 foods with the highest water content are:

CELERY = over 95% water

LETTUCE (especially the lighter green ones eg iceburg) at again over 95% water

CUCUMBER at over 96% water!

Did you see the Sunday Science article we shared via Facebook? Check it out for more info as the 2nd best thing about celery and lettuce is you can buy it once and grow it again yourself! You can also check out this how to video: How to grow a garden from kitchen scraps to find out more about growing your own in the simplest way possible. I have no allotment, garden, balcony or even window box, but reckon I could give this a go – if I can, you can I’m sure, so as spring approaches why not take a stab at growing your own hydrating foods – its free!

A full list of hydrating foods will be included on the Thursday Blog, so be sure to come back and check that out. In the meantime we suggest you sign up to the newsletter by completing the panel on the right and the info will automatically drop straight to your inbox – no nonsense! And do share your own nutrition and hydration tips by Tweeting us @nononsensenita or posting to Facebook

More info on Nutrition and Hydration week can be found here: www.nutritionandhydrationweek.co.uk

Nutrition and Hydration Week 2016

14th March 2016

Hi all – just wanted to draw your attention to Nutrition and Hydration week 2016 – starting today – Monday 14th March and lasts the full week. Whats it all about? Take a look here: www.nutritionandhydrationweek.co.uk and pledge your support by emailing info@nutritionandhydrationweek.co.uk

For the 2nd year running, we are proud to support Nutrition & Hydration Week in raising awareness of not only good nutrition as we usually do, but the importance of good hydration too.

Do you know just how much water you should be drinking every day? Do you think you drink enough? Do you know what percentage of your body is made up of water and what happens when you become dehydrated? Do you know what causes dehydration? Did you know foods can hydrate too? Do you know someone that requires extra monitoring of their hydration – someone who may may be older/recovering from illness/sick/in hospital/requiring care? Someone involved in a sports/exercise/activity/training program? Do you know the importance of hydration on weight management? What about the effects of alcohol (dehydration)? We will be addressing these questions though the week via Facebook / Twitter @nononsensenita and Google + so for the answers please go like/follow/tweet/share/comment etc and let us know your thoughts on Nutrition and Hydration this week. You can also follow the @NHWeek Twitter feed for ongoing events and info this week.

Biggest Breakfast!

11th March 2016

Its TODAY. Friday 11th March. Its finally here – Britains Biggest Breakfast in aid of Cancer Research UK.

Many thanks for your donations so far – the online ones and the cold hard cash! There is still time to give – just hit the justgiving link here: http://www.justgiving.com/nononsensenita and let your credit/debit cards give too! Remember as we cant physically host a biggest breakfast event, in return for your donation you can get your hands on our smoothie recipes to try for breakfast yourselves. If you want the recipes, just let us know your email address once you’ve donated and we can send them over! (email it to me info@nitakothari.com / sign up to the newsletter via the panel on the right, or facebook message us here)

Go on – give – do it – and enjoy your breakfast!

For further details on the work of Cancer Research UK please see: Cancer Research UK

If you want further details on Britains Biggest Breakfast please see: Britains Biggest Breakfast

Power of You

10th March 2016

The Power Of You – well just in case you missed it, here’s another opportunity to check out this weeks blog post. Inspirational doesn’t even cover it – you need to know these women! Shaa Wasmund, Lynne Franks, Suzy Greaves – get to know them here: IWD BLOG while celebrating International Womens Day (Tuesday 8th March) and realising the power of you!

I really want to urge all the wonderful women reading this to do themselves a favour, take a look at the BLOG and get to know these ladies celebrating their own power and the power of you. I had the pleasure of sharing last Friday with them and I was blown away by their positive generosity and their incredible achievements. Power to you, power of you, powerhouses!

You can also find out more about these women here too:

Shaa Wasmund

Lynne Franks

Suzy Greaves

Britains Biggest Breakfast

9th March 2016

This Friday – 11th March 2016 is Britains Biggest Breakfast ‪ in aid of Cancer Research UK and we are in!

FOOD, MONEY, CANCER. 3 of the most serious words we know. But if you put them together you get Britains Biggest Breakfast! People all over the country will be hosting a big breakfast, others will be donating to CRUK via their host, while scoffing down their breakfast delights. As much as we would love to, we cant host a breakfast for you all, so instead we are fundraising to help beat cancer sooner, by offering our no nonsense breakfast smoothie recipes, in exchange for your donation. The booklet has our 3 fave breakfast smoothies for you try!

How do you get this and how do you donate?
1) Donate here http://www.justgiving.com/nononsensenita
2) Send me your email address (via facebook message / email info@nitakothari.com / sign up at nitakothari.com)
3) Receive your smoothie recipes to make on Friday 11th March

And remember to share your creations too – you can do so by tweeting us @nononsensenita / tagging your photos via Instagram with #nononsensenita / posting them on our Facebook page / or simply sending me an email with your efforts. You can also tag all your creations and comments with #BritainsBiggestBreakfast

We love to share and to know what you’re doing too so make sure you share your efforts this Friday 11th March.

Interantional Womens Day 2016

8th March 2016

Today is International Womens Day 2016. I want to urge all my wonderful ladies to do themselves a favour and take a look at the wonderful women I had the pleasure of sharing last Friday with. Inspiring doesn’t even cover it. I was blown away by their positive generosity and their incredible achievements. Without sounding too much of a hippy chick – all these women resonated with me and the journey I’m on. I know you’re are with me, so encourage you, really, to take a look at the stories of these strong women too.

Please go ahead and seek out all you can about these 3 women today: IWD BLOG

Positive Steps

2nd March 2016

Anyone fancy joining me in taking some positive steps for charity? Walking (for health) and for Mind in Croydon?

There’s no fundraising required (unless you want to too), just a small entry fee to pay to get involved. It’s 15kms – just walking, so I imagine may take a couple hours. I’m in, so would anyone like to join me for snacks and gossip on the way round?

I would love your company and its all for a good cause. Its not until the end of June, so fingers crossed the weather has improved by then too! Email me info@nitakothari.com to let me know if you’re up for it! Then register via this link: http://www.mindincroydon.org.uk/positive-steps.asp

Positive steps. Positive energy. Positive attitude. No nonsense.

Thank You

25th February 2016

This we just want to say a great big fat huge thank you. I want to take the opportunity to say thank you to everyone that has got involved with no nonsense so far. Our little tribe is growing fast and that makes me happy and grateful to you all, every day. This last week especially, I’m grateful to all of you who who have come to me personally and shared your recent successes and said thank you for advice and help. This is what makes it all worthwhile and this is exactly why I do this. I realise how important a thank you is, so I’m paying it forward (or back?!) and appreciating you all today too!

So who are the no nonsense tribe and should you be with us?

Well we’re not athletes or pros, we are not dieters or body/food shamers, we don’t have a lot of time, or a lot of money. We are not too interested in health products that we cant pronounce or have to buy online rather than the supermarket, we don’t do fads! We do enjoy healthy eating, healthy living and are very much interested in nutrition. We do enjoy a drink, a night out and (lots of) cake. We understand BALANCE. We want to save time and money while preparing real food to make us feel good. And in all ways, we strive to create an environment and outlook that makes and keep us and those around us happy. We like to share how we do this by following a no nonsense, easy, practical approach.

Does this sound like you too? Well come join us then:

you can find a bigger thank you and ways to join in via this weeks blog right HERE

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For the LOVE of PANCAKES

11th February 2016

For the love of pancakes this is definitely one of the better weeks of the year. Tuesday was Pancake Day – whoop! And Sunday will be Valentines Day, so love is in the air – another whoop! Two of my favourite ever celebrations! Come on – who doesn’t LOVE PANCAKES?!

And ok – who has never actually made pancakes before? Who enjoys a stack when eating out? Who has a friend/family member/other half that cooks them for us?

Well me too. My love of pancake day and all things pancakes was threatened this year when I realised I wouldn’t get to see my best mate who makes THE BEST blueberry pancakes ever, or see my boy who has a simple but classic pancake recipe that works every time. So I decided to make them myself. If you follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram you will have seen the (amazing if I say so myself) results. If you don’t follow me on social media do it now to see the results, then email me on info@nitakothari.com for the recipes we tried and tested and the alterations to the creations we used to A) make things healthy and to B) save time and effort, while giving maximum results and taste – no nonsense.

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