Monday, 28 March 2016

Food Bloggers

There are loads of food bloggers out there if you just want recipes, but these each have a useful focus to their posts.

Deliciously Ella (deliciouslyella.com). In 2011 Ella Woodward was struck down with a debilitating illness  that was eventually diagnosed as Postural Tachycardia Syndrome, a relatively rare illness triggered by an abnormal heart rate. With conventional treatments not working (there is no single medication) she looked into alternative methods, included diet based methods. She decided to adopt a vegan plant-based diet, free from dairy, gluten and sugar, and gradually her symptoms subsided. For motivation she started a blog on which to post new and tasty recipes that she could eat. By January 2015 she had been off medication for 18 months and was healthy.

A Girl Called Jack (agirlcalledjack.com). Jack Monroe started this blog (in 2012?) to detail how she and her young son lived on a budget of £10 a week. Her recipes are now handed out by foodbanks.

I Quit Sugar (https://iquitsugar.com/blog/). Sarah Wilson eliminated sugar from her diet in January 2011. "It started as an experiment, but my energy, skin and wellness improved so much, I just kept going. And going. And feeling better and better. I stopped eating sugar because I’d been told by specialists and nutritionists for years that I should. I have an autoimmune disease (Hashimotos, a disease that attacks the thyroid and mostly affects women over 40) and sugar flares my condition terribly. Some even argue sugar causes the disease in the first place. Anyone with a compromised system simply cannot afford to have their stress hormones (adrenaline and cortisol), their neurotransmitter levels (dopamine) or their insulin levels tipped off balance by sugar. It’s a hard, cold but oddly motivating fact." Read her story here.