What is NOSH - delicious & responsible eating?

NOSH is a recipe book that has been developed by Julie Leeper, a Christchurch based NZ Registered Dietitian.  Julie worked for 9 years as a Community & Health Promotion Dietitian and saw a gap in the market in regard to providing practical solutions to encourage people to eat well in order to prevent and manage lifestyle diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease.  Julie believes that healthy recipes are an important part of helping individuals create healthy eating habits.

For a recipe to be healthy it should be low in fat, particularly saturated fat, and sugar AND contain nutrient dense foods such as fruit, vegetables, legumes, wholegrains, nuts and/or seeds.  One of the most popular dietary myths is that healthy food tastes bland and boring.  It will, if fat and sugar are significantly reduced in a recipe without replacing these ingredients with other flavoursome foods.  The recipes in NOSH not only focus on nutrition but equally on taste and visual appeal. We tend to eat with our eyes, so the visual appeal of the food that we are eating is very important. 

NOSH is currently helping at least 6000 people, in NZ, eat better.  Feedback indicates that people are using NOSH on a regular basis because it is simple to use, the recipes contain everyday ingredients, the food looks and tastes great and - it’s healthy!

Julie currently works as a Consultant Dietitian, for Dietary Specialists, and marketing NOSH. 

For more information, please visit www.nosh.net.nz

Julie Leeper
Dietitian
NOSH
P O Box 29231
Christchurch 8540
Phone 03 351 4134