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Disordered Eating Specialist Dietitian 🍴 Promoting evidence-based nutrition messages & a healthy relationship with food 🥙

Maeve is a Registered Dietitian specialising in disordered eating and supporting those who want to heal their relationship with food. She is passionate about evidence-based, weight-inclusive nutrition messages and care. Maeve also provides nutrition consultancy services and provides talks and webinars. For more information head to: www.dietetically speaking.com

22/10/2026

My mission to bring more balance, evidence & reason to fears around additives continues!

Read the full article via the link in my bio or on dieteticallyspeaking.com

Maeve x

20/10/2026

Post 1 of a my Spooky Season Mini series all about additives 🎃

E-numbers have such bad PR that we hardly see them on food labels anymore, even though they’re still there and aren’t inherently bad.

Read the full article “How Scary Are These Common Additives” on my website (linked in my bio) 🕸️

14/10/2026

Which of these do you most need to hear today? 🤍

Save this for a harder day, or send it to someone who might need it.

If food is taking up too much of your headspace, you can book a discovery call (comment or DM HEAL) - I have 1 new client slot left for October, and my team of wonderful dietitians have availability too.

Maeve x

12/10/2026

Correlation doesn’t = causation 🦈🍦🙅🏻‍♀️

Observational research is absolutely important for nutrition research but it doesn’t reliably show us the driving factors and this is really relevant to the news stories we hear about UPFs.

In part 2 I’ll dig into some of my favourite UPF studies, so stay tuned!

And if you’re really struggling with UPF anxiety right now that’s so understandable, myself and my team are here if you need support ❤️

Maeve x

28/09/2026

TLDR; You can ABSOLUTELY eat UPFs & still be healthy

I was delighted to share my thoughts on UPFs for this article as the messaging and conversation around these has gotten way out of control.

When in reality the evidence is far from conclusive, it’s a broad and confusing category, it doesn’t change what we already know about nutrition but it DOES promote fear, obsession and black & white thinking about food which is not good at all 😫

Watch this space for more if you struggle with UPF anxiety ❤️

09/09/2026

So now we’re being told that certain foods aren’t even food - make it make sense?!!!

This kind of hyperbole infuriates me as I see the real life consequences all the time with the clients I support and the people who reach out to me on Instagram. 😩

What are your thoughts on this?

07/09/2026

What the supermarket influencers don’t want you to know…

You can save this post for anytime you need this reminder ❤️

And if you’d love to have a healthy relationship with food but don’t know where to start, you can download my free guide First Steps to Food Freedom from my bio 🎂

Maeve x

21/08/2026

New Recipe: Prawn Tacos With Tangy Cabbage Slaw

This feels like the old days of instant sharing a few photos and a recipe - I forgot to take videos so here we are!

I’ve been obsessed with this easy and tasty slaw as it’s so versatile and handy to have in the fridge. And the tangy fresh flavour goes nicely with the richness of garlic chilli prawns 👌

Swipe for the best ingredients and recipe (couldn’t fit it all in one caption, it’s also up on my website).

Let me know if you give it a go!

Ingredients (Serves 3-4)

For the Prawns:
500g frozen raw king prawns (peeled and deveined)
2 tbsp olive oil
2 cloves of garlic
1 tsp smoked paprika
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp chilli powder (and/or chilli flakes adjusted for heat preference)
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp lemon or lime juice

For the Slaw:
~500g of red cabbage (1 small head or 1/2 a large head of red cabbage)
2 carrots
1/2 small red onion
1/2 cup coriander (fresh or frozen)
3 tbsp of lemon or lime juice
1 tsp honey
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp mayo
1/2 tsp salt

To Serve: 8-12 corn tortillas
Optional extra toppings: refried beans, hot sauce, avocado or guacamole.
Optional extra sides: corn on the cob, nachos or chips.

Instructions:

1. Defrost and dry the prawns: Place the frozen prawns in a bowl of cold water (never hot). They will fully thaw in about 5–10 minutes. Drain them completely and pat them thoroughly dry with kitchen paper.

2. Marinate the prawns: In a bowl, toss the dried prawns with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, the minced garlic, smoked paprika, cumin, chilli powder, and salt until evenly coated. Set aside.

3. Make the slaw: Thinly slice the cabbage and onion and add these to a large mixing bowl. Then grate the carrot and add to the bowl along with the coriander. In a small cup, whisk together the citrus juice, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, honey, mayo, and salt. Pour the dressing over the vegetables, toss well, and let it sit to soften while you cook.

4. Warm the tortillas: Heat a dry frying pan over medium-high heat. Warm each corn tortilla for 30 seconds per side until pliable and lightly charred. Wrap them in a clean tea towel to keep them hot and soft.
Sear the prawns: Get a large frying pan smoking hot ov

19/08/2026

Getting the chop for the 💇🏻‍♀️

This charity do such great work making wigs for children with cancer, you can support them or donate via their Instagram & website.

Thank you so much for being the best hair-dresser/photographer/videographer/sister-in-law ❤️

17/08/2026

Tres chic 😘

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