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22/12/2025

Christmas has a knack for turning even the sweetest children into sugar-crazed whirlwinds bouncing off the walls.

You know the pattern – they’re perfectly happy munching on chocolate coins one minute, and then having a complete meltdown over nothing the next – and unable to settle, unable to listen or just completely wired.

This is blood sugar chaos. And those sweet Christmas treats can spike their glucose levels sky high and then crash them back down, leaving you to pick up the pieces with a child who’s exhausted, emotional and hangry, despite eating constantly.

The good news is that you can still make Christmas delicious and fun without the sugar spikes. And, the answer isn’t deprivation or boring food, it’s just being a bit cleverer about what you offer them.

Here are some of my most popular kid-friendly Christmas snack recipes that balance sweetness with protein, fibre and healthy fats, keeping their mood steady and their tummies happy.

Christmas can turn even the best behaved kids into into sugar-crazed whirlwinds bouncing off the walls. Here's how to calm things down with healthier treats.

21/12/2025

🎄Cranberry and Orange Sauce🎄
This delicious three-ingredient cranberry sauce is one of my favourite parts of Christmas lunch.

The addition of orange brings natural sweetness and creates a more complex, interesting flavour than plain cranberry sauce.

Whilst this recipe is perfect alongside traditional Christmas turkey, we enjoy it throughout the year, served with venison, game, or any roasted meats.

It’s one of those versatile sauces that elevate so many dishes and only takes 5 minutes to make.

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15/12/2025

🌟Beyond acne treatment – smart nutrition tips after taking Roaccutane🌟
Living with severe acne can be tough on your self-esteem and mental health. This is why so many acne sufferers turn to a medicine called isotretinoin, commonly known as Roaccutane, as it can help to treat the most challenging cases of acne.

For some teenagers and young people, it’s the only treatment that works for their acne, when nothing else has done the trick.

But this powerful medication can be tough on your liver and your gut, as well as your mood and energy levels. Because of these risks, many people only turn to it as the very last resort.

I am often asked what you can do to help your body recover from taking it, once the course of Roaccutane is completed, so you can start to feel just as well as you look.

In this week’s blog, I explore what isotretinoin is, how it works, why it can stress the body, and what nutritional strategies you can use to support recovery. All my recommendations are based on scientific research and my 30 years of clinical experience as a family naturopath.

Severe acne is awful, and many sufferers turn to isotretinoin, known as Roaccutane. But this powerful medication can be tough on your liver, gut, mood & energy.

14/12/2025

🎄🥧Zesty Spelt Mince Pies🥧🎄
Ring in the Christmas season with my delicious homemade mince pies.

The spelt flour pastry is enriched with fresh orange, giving each bite a bright and zesty wow factor that works beautifully with the warming spices in the mincemeat.

My homemade mincemeat is naturally sweetened with dried fruits and citrus with no added cane sugar. The cinnamon and mixed spice help with digestion and blood sugar balancing.

Look out for this recipe in my Healthy Bites weekly email tonight. Sign up here ⬇️

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11/12/2025

🤧 Flu Fighters – My Top Nutrition Tips to Help You Bounce Back Faster! 🤧
Flu can really knock you for six and much harder than a cold. Sometimes it takes weeks to recover!

This year’s strain is said to be a really tough one, but don’t worry… NatureDoc has your back! 🌿

Here are my Top 5 Flu-Fighting Heroes for the whole family:

✅ Zinc – Your ultimate viral shield
✅ Elderberry – Tasty and bursting with antioxidants
✅ Vitamin C – Citrus power for strong immunity
✅ Vitamin D – Your winter sunshine in a bottle
✅ Live Bacteria – A happy gut means stronger lungs

💡 My tip: Start these now to build your defenses – don’t wait until it’s hit you hard!

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🔖 Tag a friend who needs this boost!

📌 Save this post for your winter wellness toolkit!

Lucinda ♥️

08/12/2025

🌟Why Pilates and moving well is so fundamental to lifelong health🌟
Our lovely friend Chloe Hodgson from Chloe's Pilates has written all about the importance of movement for you this week, and she has certainly inspired us to move more!

A few of us here at NatureDoc HQ have taken up her wonderful online classes and it has already made such a big difference!

As a Pilates teacher, I’m obsessed with helping people live their best lives. I spend a lot of time helping people not just move more, but move better.

07/12/2025

🎄Gingerbread Brownies🎄
These brownies make the ultimate winter indulgence! Rich dark chocolate goes beautifully with gingerbread spices to create a treat that’s both comforting and scrumptious.

Check out the recipe in tonight’s Healthy Bites email ⬇️

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02/12/2025

‼️Who else has watched Panorama’s ‘The Truth About Forever Chemicals’?‼️
The documentary exposes the shocking levels of PFAS and other toxic chemicals that we’re all being exposed to every single day!

The chemicals would "most likely" impact my health, but there are ways to bring levels down, I was told.

01/12/2025

🤧Flu Season – how to protect you and your family this winter🤧
Influenza (flu) is much more than ‘just a bad cold’. Every winter, flu leads to thousands of hospitalisations and sadly, many deaths both in the UK and worldwide.

With a particularly virulent strain predicted to hit us this year, it is vital to work on your immune defences, so it does not knock you and your family for six.

This week’s blog shares the key things you need to know about flu, and some science-backed nutritional recommendations to help nip things in the bud, so you are not hit so hard if you do get it.

https://naturedoc.com/flu-season-how-to-protect-you-and-your-family-this-winter/

30/11/2025

🌟Blueberry & Chocolate Brain-Boost Muffins🌟
Juicy blueberries and chocolate are a match made in heaven, and I have created these brilliantly nourishing muffins, designed to help support focus, mood and brain resilience!

My muffins are perfect for after-school, homework or exam snacks when children need steady energy and something delicious to keep them going.

They are also wonderfully simple to make, and with a quick mix, you can spoon these into cases and have a batch of brain-boosting muffins ready in around half an hour.

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25/11/2025

🌟The scoop on p**p! Understanding what your child’s poo is telling you🌟
When you become a parent, you quickly realise that the contents of your little one's nappies tell a story of what is going on inside.

The colour of your child's poo can reveal a lot about their digestion and their overall health. As a mother of three and with 30 years of experience as a family naturopath, here is what I have learned about poo (!) and why it is so vital to understand what each colour tone means.

It might not seem that glamorous to talk about your little one's bowel movements, but understanding what’s normal (and what’s not) can help you spot any niggling issues early on, and also give you the agency to seek out medical help or to work on their gut health through diet and supplements.

https://naturedoc.com/the-scoop-on-p**p-the-gut-immune-brain-link/

24/11/2025

🌟A bang on the head – nutritional strategies for concussion and head injury in young athletes🌟
Every year, around 700,000 children under the age of 15 attend Accident and Emergency after a head injury, which is a shocking number. While most of them recover quickly, a full recovery is not always straightforward.

Current estimates suggest that up to 30% of children who suffer a sports-related mild traumatic brain injury (mTBIs) go on to develop medium-or long-term symptoms.

These include difficulties with concentration and learning, as well as mental health challenges such as low mood and anxiety and even the inability to participate in everyday activities due to poor energy levels.

Understanding why some children bounce back while others struggle is critical. In this week’s blog, I explore what the latest nutrition research reveals, and I discuss practical steps to support healthy brain recovery after a head injury.

https://naturedoc.com/bang-on-head-nutritional-strategies-concussion-head-injury-teens-young-athletes/