Lorna Willock's Food Clinic

02/04/2026

02/04/2026

Please like and share this post regarding our ‘Spring into Life’ health day next Saturday 10am -4pm.
It’ll be a great day where you’ll meet like minded people. Lunch and snacks are included in the £20 price

01/04/2026

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) have just posted up their clean 15 and dirty dozen list for 2026. This list gives you the fruit and vegetables that you should try to buy organic and the ones that don’t matter.
This is rated on the amount of pesticides that any individual product contains.
Not surprisingly many of the clean fifteen have a thick skin that prevents pesticides from entering but not all e.g. mushrooms.

Here is the dirty dozen list (buy organic and definitely soak if not)
1. Spinach
2. Kale, mustard and collard greens
3. Grapes
4. Strawberries
5. Peaches
6. Nectarines
7 Cherries
8. Apples
9. Blackberries
10. Pears
11. Potatoes
12. Blueberries

Here is the clean fifteen
1.Pineapple
2. Sweetcorn fresh and frozen
3. Papaya
4. Avocado
5. Onions
6. peas
7. Asparagus
8. Cauliflower
9 Cabbage
10. Watermelon
11. Mangoes
12. Banana
13. Carrot
14. Mushroom
15. Kiwi

Now you know what to get maybe as a collective peer pressure can be put on shops to sell ones we should eat organic. At the moment I’m finding Sainsbury carry lots of organic veggies

11/02/2026

Good food and healthy interesting meals don’t need to cost a fortune. Don’t go for supermarket luxury brands. Instead go check out the supermarkets own brands that can be up to 50% cheaper
These own brands often contain less added sugar and salt.
It’s cheap and easy to mix vegetables with tinned beans eg haricot, cannelloni or kidney and flavour with pesto or tomato sauces.
Optionally throw together a few interesting salads and roatate these for variety of flavours and textures

11/02/2026

Getting back to Basics

With food becoming more and more expensive why not try to stick with lots of basic branding? Lots of supermarkets stock their own basic range that can be much cheaper than brands like Heinz, Nestle or branding such as Taste the Difference’, Deluxe, etc.

Supermarket own-brand products are generally much cheaper than big-name brands, often offering similar or superior quality for significantly less cost. This is saving you over 50% on items like staples eg porridge oats, lentils, butter, and canned goods eg baked beans, butter beans

It’s very easy and cheap to cook lots of veggies and add tinned cannelloni beans and tomato sauce. Interesting own brand tomato sauce often contains next to no added sugar whereas many more popular brands such as Bertolli tomato and basil contain loads more added sugar. Check out labels when you have a bit of extra spare time. It’s very interesting to see what is being added

09/02/2026

What a star ⭐ this lady is!

03/02/2026

Macronutrient Workshop

03/02/2026

Planning on hosting another macronutrient workshop on Saturday 21st February for anyone who couldn’t attend the last date.

The previous workshop was a great success with participants getting positive results from learning about supplements to someone who lost a considerable amount of weight from making healthier choices.

If you want to know what to eat and why you absolutely need it then book yourself a slot.

Workshop runs from 10.30am till 1pm with a light lunch supplied. Cost is £20.
PM me to book

31/01/2026

This is a great Scottish poem written by Janice Clyne of nourished by nature. Find her on face book. It’s about making the fermented drink Kombucha which is amazing for gut health (and lots more as you will hear).
Janice runs workshops in Glasgow and knows everything about the art of fermentation.

21/01/2026

Had a great half day last Saturday running the macronutrient workshop. The biggest ‘grey area’ seems to surrounding fats with the NHS and media suggesting the benefits of low fat products.
It’s lovely to teach Nutrition which I also think needs to be part of the school curriculum. Then we would better understand the harm of ultra processed junk ‘food’
I’ll be posting next workshop date very soon so please look out for that

12/01/2026

Be Healthy - Be Prepared

It’s hard to eat well if you’re not organised so that’s the No 1 priority.
Use a slow cooker (the ultimate ready meal)
Pressure cooker. (Speedy stews and soups)
Batch cooking
Try to set aside a day for food preparation and make it a family affair. Try to get everyone interested.
Read recipes from the internet using ingredients you all love and try them out.
Make loads and freeze them - remember to label and date the contents
Make sweet treats from medjool dates, nut butters and dark chocolate. Try making chocolate bark. There’s loads of sweet, healthy, nutritious goodies out there. Even covering frozen fruit in dark chocolate and re freeze for a tasty treat.
Try wholesome, inexpensive gluten free options such as gram flour pancakes to have with soup.

Before you start go through your cupboards and throw away all the crap that’s not helping health. Seems drastic but if it doesn’t contain wholesome ingredients it’s not going to make you feel good. Good health is good mood, loads of energy, glowing skin and healthy balanced hormones.