About Mostly Eating

In brief: I’m Sophie, a nutritionist from Oxford, England, where I live with my husband Nik and two cats. I write about fitting together healthy eating and sustainable food choices. Mostly Eating is also my personal recipe notebook.

It would be great to hear from you if have some comments about the site or ideas for something you would like me to write about. My email address is sophie AT mostlyeating DOT com

The long version: What is Mostly Eating about?

This blog is essentially about all those thought processes that go into choosing what to eat, where to buy it and how to cook it, something that many of us are starting to spend more and more time on. I am a nutritionist so healthy eating is major theme running through this blog and the other being my efforts to shop a little more ethically. I’m finding that sometimes the two go hand in hand and sometimes they really don’t...

Occasionally I write about particular nutrition topics but not often; mainly this is a blog about the food itself. I’ve got a thing about tweaking dishes we cook regularly to make them a little bit healthier – have a look at the recipe reinvigoration section for a taste of this. I’m nearly always a busy bee (like most of us) and so quick to prepare meals are often the order of the day; many of my recipes take less than twenty minutes to make. There are no ‘superfoods’ in the recipes, just normal foods that normal people eat. And even nutritionists deserve a treat once in a while so there might be a little bit of chocolate and wine around occasionally too.

About the information on this site (and a disclaimer):

This is very much a personal site but I do my best to make sure that all of the information on here is scientifically correct (I have a postgraduate degree in nutrition to help me along the way). Most of the sources that I use for writing the site are those that I use every day: information from non-commercial organisations such as professional bodies and health related charities, peer -reviewed scientific journals and lots and lots of well-thumbed books. On the ethical shopping side I’m very much like everybody else – just feeling my way through all of the advertising and scare stories.

I may not be able to keep all of the older posts up-to-date but let me know if you spot something in serious need of updating. The nutritional information on here is relevant to healthy people who want to stay that way - obviously it is no substitute for professional medical advice, particularly if you have a medical condition. If you are looking for diet advice related to a particular disease or illness the best person for you to go and speak to would be a registered dietitian.