I
write news, reports and features for regional, national, online and overseas publications,
largely in my main areas of expertise – health, food and nutrition. I am especially
interested in food allergy, food intolerance, coeliac disease and other gut or digestive
disorders, as well as issues concerning food ingredients and labelling, weight
loss and obesity, antioxidants, omega oils, functional foods, food and diet
trends, and future nutrition.
Besides
these subjects, I also write regularly on pregnancy and parenting issues –
including infant and childhood nutrition, healthcare and learning – as well as on
dermatology and skincare.
Past
and present clients in the UK and Ireland include The Guardian, The Guardian
Weekend, The Times Educational Supplement, The Irish Times, Vegetarian Living, Health &
Fitness, You Are What You Eat, Allergy Magazine, Women’s Running, Optimum
Nutrition, Natural Health, FoodsMatter.com, Lighter Life, Organic
Life, Pregnancy Baby & You, Maternity & Infant, Junior, The London
Career Guide, NHS Choices and Writing Magazine, among about thirty other publications.
As
for overseas publications, I’ve worked for the Telegraph’s Body & Soul
(Australia), Business Day (South Africa), and Grocers’ Review, Essentially Food,
and the Herald (all New Zealand), among many others.
My
stories are imaginative, topical and thought-provoking, and my writing is
driven by a desire to inform and motivate readers to take positive action for
their own health. Topics relating to food and health are a constant in the
media, with doctors, scientists and nutritionists often in disagreement about
what we should and should not be eating and doing to maintain our well-being.
This, when combined with contradictory or sensationalised research findings,
can baffle or alienate the consumer.
I
aim to reassure and draw in the reader – and clarify even complex issues in an
informative and entertaining way. In this respect, I place great value on
authoritative input: the experts I interview and quote are specialists in their
respective fields, who can be relied upon to provide excellent soundbites and
comment.
For
further information, to see PDFs or scans of published work, or for a detailed
CV/résumé of journalism, pleasecontact me.