The Wellness with Serena Journal

Slow reading for a Mediterranean life.

Recipes, research and reflections on returning to the roots of good health.

Olive Oil: the cornerstone of the Mediterranean table

Why a good olive oil, generously poured, well stored, drunk with the meal, is the single most important thing in a Mediterranean kitchen.

6 min read

Women's Health

Why bloating gets worse in your 30s, and what actually helps

Hormones, stress, the way we eat in a hurry. A grown-up look at bloating and the slow, Mediterranean answers that work.

8 min read

Longevity

Lessons from the women of Sardinia

A Blue Zone, a slow lunch, a glass of red. Notes from a country that has figured out how to live well into a vibrant old age.

7 min read

Recipes

The frittata that saves any weeknight

Six eggs, whatever vegetables are tired in the fridge, good olive oil. A ten minute dinner that behaves like a proper meal.

4 min read

Weight Management

Losing weight without ever going on a diet

Why restriction keeps failing intelligent women, and what steady, food-first weight change actually looks like.

9 min read

Gut Health

Feeding the thirty odd trillion guests in your gut

Fibre diversity, fermented foods and the unglamorous habits that rebuild a resilient microbiome.

7 min read

Nutrition Science

What the research really shows about the Mediterranean diet

A plain-English read of the landmark trials, what they measured, what they found, and what it means for your kitchen.

10 min read

Italy

A week in Puglia, and what it teaches about eating

Whitewashed towns, orecchiette rolled on a doorstep, tomatoes eaten warm from the sun. Notes from the heel of Italy.

6 min read

Cooking

Cook with fewer ingredients, and better ones

The five techniques that make simple Mediterranean food taste like it took hours, and none of them take hours.

5 min read

Seasonal Produce

Eating with the seasons on the Gold Coast

A subtropical take on a Mediterranean habit, what to buy each season here, and why it tastes better and costs less.

6 min read

Lifestyle

In defence of the long lunch

Eating slowly, sitting down, with people. The least measurable habit in nutrition, and possibly the most important.

5 min read

Mediterranean Living

How to build a Mediterranean plate

Half vegetables, a palm of protein, generous olive oil, something fermented. The simplest framework you'll ever need.

4 min read

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