Gillian Kolkman Nutrition

27/04/2024

We are ready! Kings Day 2024 🧡🧡

25/12/2023

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope your Xmas is filled with fun, love and laughter ###

18/09/2022

The clean up squad. We spent a few hours fishing out the rubbish that ends up in our canals, the kids were amazing and got right into it.

29/08/2022

Happy to say Nate and I completed the Kika Games at the Olympic Stadium yesterday and raised €320 for the children’s cancer charity. If you would like to donate you still can! Here is the link to our page.

https://www.kikagames.nl/nate-kolkman-captain-carrot?skip_cookies=true& =0

12/08/2017

Thom McDadeThom McDade realized early in his career that a lab was not the best place to study human development. As a young anthropologist, he traveled to the islands of Samoa, the deserts of Kenya and the rainforests of Bolivia to understand how kids grow up around the world. It was through these…

02/08/2017

Important notice from the Dutch news - High concentrations of a harmful pesticide have been found in Dutch eggs numbered X-NL-40155XX that they form an ‘acute danger’ to human health.

Read more at DutchNews.nl: Dutch food safety board issues urgent warning over a batch of eggs http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2017/08/dutch-food-safety-board-issues-urgent-warning-over-a-batch-of-eggs/

The Dutch food and product safety board NVWA has issued an urgent warning to consumers not to eat eggs from...

23/05/2017

With so many areas of health, the links with diet are just beginning to be recognised. Like mental health for instance, people suffering from depression often think of dietary changes as the last resort. I hope this BBC article about mental health and a healthy diet gets you thinking. Enjoy x http://www.bbc.com/news/health-39976706

As part of the fight against mental health problems we have a very much underutilised tool - food.

22/04/2017

So excited that my first podcast for 'Mum's the Word' has just been released on iTunes! This is a good episode for any pregnant mums as I discuss the often forgotten subject of postnatal nutrition. I also cover what to expect in those first few weeks of motherhood. I hope you enjoy it.
https://itunes.apple.com/nl/podcast/mums-the-word/id1066575778?l=en&mt=2

Download past episodes or subscribe to future episodes of Mum's The Word by The Wellness Couch for free.

06/04/2017

Since finding out I am pregnant I can't seem to get enough of my organic soft boiled eggs in the morning, yes you can eat them when you're pregnant. Happy days! So I wanted to share a great gluten-free alternative to bread soldiers for your eggs. Roasted vegetables like asparagus or courgettes are so much tastier than bread and delicious with eggs. Why not give them a try, you might find you love them. Enjoy your breakfast! x http://forkandflower.com/index.php/2016/03/26/soft-boiled-eggs-w-asparagus-soldiers/

I love breakfast. And though I'm not a brunch person, I think breakfast is a good time to invite people over and to come together for an informal, healthy, strengthening meal to kick off a…

27/03/2017

I know it's only Monday but here is a lovely relaxing bath bomb recipe with Epsom Salts, a great source of magnesium to relax any painful, stiff muscles or to help with poor sleep problems. Enjoy! x http://blog.paleohacks.com/muscle-relief-bath-bomb-recipe/

Draw a warm bath and get ready for some serious TLC.

20/03/2017

The importance of the health of the animal that you eat seems to be something quite often overlooked today. If you think about it, do you want to eat an animal who has been stressed out in cramped conditions (producing stress hormones which ends up in the meat), eating processed (man made grains) foods or one that has been allowed to run free in the fields, keeping active and feeding on fresh organic grasslands? Today's farmed animals have far greater amounts of saturated fats than their pre-domesticated, palaeolithic, wild ancestor's. Like humans, if animals don't exercise they also have more fat than muscle. This fatty meat is then ending up in our supermarkets and on the dinner table. When you are next shopping for your 'lean meats' ensure you go for organic, grass fed beef and please don't overlook the game meat that is starting to take up more shelf space in supermarkets. I would highly recommend trying some of this meat like venison (or hertevlees in Dutch) as it will be far leaner and healthier. Here are some tasty game recipes for you to try out. http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/game-recipes/

Game is often overlooked as a great meat It’s packed full of natural flavours – here are some mouth-watering recipes for game.

13/02/2017

What a fantastic experiment and one we don't see often enough to see what the affects of pesticides on our little ones bodies are. It's a short video and worth a watch...x

13/02/2017

02/02/2017

It was good to see on 'Trust me I'm a Doctor' last night on BBC 2 an experiment on 3 groups of people either taking supermarket probiotic drinks, kefir or just eating prebiotic foods and looking at their benefits on the good gut bacteria levels over a 4 week period. Kefir came out to be the winner for having the biggest influence on the variety of good gut flora found after 4 weeks. As we discussed last week at the Motherhood Project Event, fermented foods like kefir are a great way to support the good bacteria in your gut but also eating other plant based prebiotic foods is really important. Here is a list of the prebiotic foods that your good gut bacteria love to it.

Prebiotics are fuel for the microbiome of the gut. This article goes over the top 33 prebiotic foods for your digestive system

27/01/2017

Great to see everyone at the Motherhood Project Nutrition event last night! I know it was a cold night to get on your bike and cycle across town but pleased to hear so many of you enjoyed it. Thanks Ailsa for the lovely juices too. See you at the next one!

13/01/2017

I am often reminding clients about the importance of a good breakfast, this means including a protein. This is important for your kids too especially before school.
Have a read. http://www.gmouton.com/blog-2:-toxic-breakfasts.html

Dr Kellogg you have managed to make millions of people believe that to benefit from a decent breakfast they should buy, not a natural product, but instead one that has been processed and packaged in a factory.