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👩🏻‍💼 Experienced registered nutritionist 🇬🇧
🌍 Freelance; working worldwide 🌍
❤️ Nutrition tips & Recipe inspo 👩‍🍳 The Nutrition Consultant Ltd.

is a consultancy service providing freelance nutritional services for the food industry, individuals, schools, media and NGO's. It is led by Managing Director Charlotte Radcliffe (BSc Hons, RNutr), a highly respected registered nutritionist with more than 15 years experience. Charlotte is passionate about nutrition and loves helping people to make lifestyle changes through sharing simple and practical advice that can be applied to everyday life. She works with a number of individuals and high profile organisations on a variety of nutritional based projects, including the creation of industry leading nutrition strategies, recipe and menu nutrition analysis, regulatory advice, providing quotes for the press, and educating schools and businesses to make the best nutrition choices. If you have a nutrition question or would like to find out more about the consultancy services available to you or your business, please get in touch. Charlotte is a member of The Nutrition Society; Association for Nutrition; Nutritionists in Industry; and SENSE professional nutrition consultants.

01/08/2025

AUGUST seasonal produce 🍅🥕🌽. Another great month of goodies to make the most of. Save this so you have inspo when you’re out and about 🍽️ or doing your weekly shop 🛒 Enjoy 💚🌱

01/07/2025

It’s JULY and what a great month for all things seasonal 🍒🫐 The extensive choice is one of the many reasons why July is my favourite month of the year (oh and it’s my birthday month too 🥳☺️)

Who else finds it fascinating watching the months change and the subsequent fruit and veg becoming available? I certainly do (you might have guessed that! ☺️)

My desire in sharing these posts (now in the 5th year of doing them!) has never been about ONLY eating seasonal produce - our diets would become limited and boring if we did that - BUT it is about making it easier for you to see what is being harvested a bit closer to home so we can make the most of them whilst we have them 🍒

Before you know it, the options change again!

Integrating seasonal fruit and veg with produce harvested further afield is a pretty good combination to strive for when you can 🍅🍍

Please be assured though that ANY fruit and veg is better than NO fruit and veg, and canned, frozen, dried and fresh are all awesome, nutritious choices 🤗

SAVE this so you have it as a handy reminder throughout the month 👍

Enjoy 💚

20/06/2025

Great to feature in the latest Waitrose Food Magazine, exploring the benefits of eating with the seasons! 🌱

Here are a few key takeaways from the article:

🍓 Better Taste - Seasonal produce is harvested at peak ripeness, so it’s fresher and often more flavourful. Strawberries are a perfect example. Nothing beats them in season!

🥦 More Nutrient-Dense - Produce harvested in season tends to contain more nutrients. For example, in-season broccoli can contain twice as much vitamin C as its out-of-season counterpart.

🌍 Better for the Planet - Seasonal and locally-grown food generally uses fewer resources and travels less distance to reach your plate, cutting carbon emissions.

Right now, UK produce is at its best - from strawberries and gooseberries to vibrant tomatoes, cherries, and asparagus. Enjoy! 🍅🍒

23/05/2025

Thrilled to have been invited to join the SME Business Awards national judging panel! 🏆 Having been a regional and national winner myself, as well as serving as a regional judge for Hertfordshire last year, I know just how much dedication, passion, and hard work goes into running a business—and the incredible impact that winning an award can have, both personally and professionally.

It’s a real privilege to help celebrate this year’s inspiring nominees. Wishing the very best of luck to all - I can’t wait to see the amazing things that have been achieved!

02/05/2025

5 YEARS of posting seasonal produce joy on the 1st of every month!! 🍓🍆🍅🥬 And I managed to post this one a day late lol 😅🤣

Life is overwhelmingly CRAZYYY busy currently 🤯 but finally here are your MAY SEASONAL PRODUCE goodies 💚

The spring and summer produce options are the best in my opinion - especially this month’s one! 🥳

🍓STRAWBERRIES…...love them! And don’t they just taste SO much better versus other times of the year!

Improvements in taste is one of the key benefits when it comes to eating seasonally, but one of the other key ones is the connection of where our food comes from 👩‍🌾

‘Pick your own’ facilities will start to open later this month and into June and they are a fab example of how to bring this to life. A really fun activity to do with kids especially and a really powerful tool to educate them (and sometimes the grown ups too!) about the origin of food and how it is grown 🥰 They do seem to be so much more expensive now though than in recent years unfortunately 😔

Aside from ‘pick your own’, every month I sit down with my own kids to talk about what’s coming into season and it’s a great way for us to increase variety across our fruit & veg consumption (fyi it’s very common for families to have the same fruit and veg all the time just out of habit 🍅).

We quite often tick off what they have tried or want to try ✅ Check out my kids seasonal resource if you need some help with this - it’s free and kids love it! - link in stories.

Will you be visiting ‘pick your owns’ this year? Have you noticed how expensive some of them now are? 🫠

01/04/2025

APRIL fruit and veg goodies 💚 The list of what’s available in season is starting to get longer! 🥬 Just look at all the options we’ve got to look forward to in the UK this month! So much choice! 🎉

When I write these posts I always try and pick out my favourites, but this month I’m struggling. I like too many! ☺️ Now that the seasons have changed it has brought along with it so much more choice.

Hopefully these posts make seasonal eating easier for you so save it so it helps you throughout the month 🙌

Can you pick a fave…unlike me?? 🤔

P.S. For new followers...I highlight what produce is in season every month, but it’s not about ALWAYS choosing seasonal (for some produce that’s pretty impossible anyway), but getting a good mix across the month can work out well. And half the battle is KNOWING what’s in season 😅💚🌱

01/03/2025

🌸 It’s March!!! Thank you world!! 🥳 March often brings with it a sense of positivity, lighter and longer days, slightly warmer weather, and of course delicious seasonal produce.

This month there are so many lovely varieties of seasonal produce available and I encourage you all to try at least one new one 🌟 What is featured that you don’t often have, or have never had before? 🧐

Variety is so important - make the most of these options and come to this for continued inspo 💫

Keep an eye out next week 👀 where I’ll be sharing 3 seasonal stars - I don’t just help you with WHAT is in season I also give you ideas on what you can DO with what is in season! 🙌

C. x

07/02/2025

🏆 Freelance Nutritionist of the Year in the Annual Awards - what a special award to have won! 🎉

Being recognised by peers, from nutrition students to established nutrition professionals, makes this award feel particularly meaningful ☺️

I love the ethos of who excel at facilitating collaboration and support within the nutrition profession. In other industries, people often tell me that freelance life is a lonely one - but I’ve found the complete opposite - being part of such a friendly, supportive community really has enriched my professional and personal life 💫

Thanks to everyone who participated in these awards and congratulations to all nominees and winners who continue to inspire excellence in our field.

Beyond these awards, I’d also like to acknowledge the countless nutrition professionals who make a difference every day, and to all the students who are hard at work with their studies and extracurricular activities.

It’s a great profession to be in and I’m looking forward to continuing our collective impact on the nutrition world 🌟💪

04/02/2025

🚨 MYTH BUSTED: No, you can’t “boost” your immune system - and here’s why! Your immune system isn’t a muscle you can bulk up. In fact, an overactive immune system can be dangerous - a normal functioning system is what you should be striving for!

But you CAN support your body’s natural defences with these science-backed tips👇

TOP FIVE TIPS to support your immune system:

1️⃣ Eat the rainbow! Mix up your meals to include as much variety and colour as possible. At least 5 fruit and veg a-day, plenty of wholegrains, lean protein such as chicken, fish & pulses and healthy unsaturated fats founds in nuts, oily fish & olive oil.

2️⃣ Think about vitamin D - General advice is to take a 10µg supplement every day during autumn and winter when sunshine is limited 💊. Bear in mind that early spring sun is often still not strong enough, so you may need to continue supplementing until the sun is stronger and more consistent (some people may need to supplement all year round).

3️⃣ Spot the gaps - If you’re at risk of a micronutrient deficiency because you exclude whole food groups or have a medical condition which affects your absorption of nutrients or reduces your appetite, you may want to consult a Registered Dietitian or Nutritionist.

4️⃣ Love your gut - Include pre and probiotic foods in your diet to improve the balance of your gut microbiota.

5️⃣ Work/life balance - High-stress levels and poor sleep amongst other lifestyle factors can negatively impact our immune function, so look after your mental as well as your physical well-being.

💡 Remember: Nutrition is just one piece of the puzzle for good health. Regular exercise, sleep quality, lowered stress and alcohol consumption, not smoking, and proper hand hygiene all play crucial roles.

🌟 Other factors, such as our age, gender, muscle mass, vaccination status & socioeconomic status will also have an impact on the efficiency of our immune response.

Share this with a friend or family member who might find this useful 💚

01/02/2025

It’s February and therefore time for another monthly seasonal post! 🥬 (Jan usually feels like the slowest month EVER to me, but the 2025 version seems to have just vanished 🤯).

Before you even look at what February has to offer - PLEASE note, health benefits don’t just come from ‘seasonal’ produce. Even if your produce has travelled around the world to get to you, be assured that this is still such a positive benefit to you (for many varieties this is the only option anyway as a lot of our produce isn’t grown here 🍌🥑🥭). Frozen options are super too.

Ultimately if you’re able to include or increase consumption of any type of fruit and veg into your diets it will help towards benefiting your mental and physical health 🌟

BUT seasonal eating IS an amazing way to support local farmers, local farm shops and encourages us all to include a wider variety of vitamins and minerals into our diets through introducing different fruit and veg that we might not have ordinarily included 🥬🥕🥦🌽🍆🍅 And that’s got to be a good thing - variety is the spice of life!

Look out for my seasonal stars post coming soon - this not only tells you WHAT is in season, but what TO DO with it!)

Enjoy! 💚

23/01/2025

Parsnips: the unsung hero of winter vegetables! 💚 Such a super versatile veg and thoroughly deserve their place in my monthly seasonal stars!

They are also the key focus for this month too. A campaign I am a proud ambassador of ☺️

Swipe through to discover why this humble root vegetable needs a spot on your plate!
3️⃣ ways to use them, plus some of their nutritional benefits! ➡️

This may make you wonder why you haven’t been eating more parsnips!

💡Pro Tip: Choose firm, small to medium parsnips for the sweetest flavour. Larger ones can have a woody core!

Hope you enjoy these ideas and feel inspired to eat seasonally!

Don’t forget to save 🤗

02/01/2025

Eating Seasonally in January! 🌱 The new year is a time for many of us to reflect on how we want this year to pan out. Of course, some of it is out of our control but thinking more positively there might be personal and work things you want to focus on, dreams you want to fulfil, changes you want to make, or it could be as simple as striving to add more fruits and veg to your diet 💚

I can definitely help with the latter and here’s my latest monthly seasonal produce calendar to give you some inspo! 🤗 Check it out❣️

Remember: Small changes in your eating habits can lead to significant improvements in your health and well-being.

Here’s to a healthy and sustainable 2025! 🎉

#2025

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