One of my favourite foods from childhood was macaroni cheese. If my mum wanted to get me to do anything I didn't want to do she could always bribe me with this delicious comfort meal. As a young adult, this phase continued - that creamy bowl of cheesy pasta never failed to cheer me up when I needed a hug from within. However, after studying Nutritional Medicine, it's suffice to say that my diet has changed enormously. Now almost everything I eat has to have as much nutritiona

I don't know about you, but sometimes I just need an indulgent choc-chip cookie and a hot cup of tea - we've all had those days. Though eating cookies is a slippery slope. You start with good intentions - you may even count out the calories, justify that 2 teaspoons (or more) sugar in each cookie thinking "I'll stop at one". Yeah right! stopping after one cookie is like trying to climb an avalanche - almost impossible. Most of us have indulged in a few more cookies than we'd