Hey guys!

Welcome to another episode of the 'What should I eat?!' podcast. The podcast where we (NZ Registered Dietitians) answer all of your 'what should I eat?' questions!

In todays episode we answer the question .... what should I eat during lockdown and when working from home?

This is a follow on episode from an episode we did with @champschat podcast (https://www.instagram.com/champschat/). In our episode with champschat we discussed our tips around what to eat when working from home, how to adapt your eating to suit this new way of living post covid, and how to best support your immune system.

In this episode we discuss:

• What the research shows in terms of how eating habits & our lifestyles have changed since the pandemic started
•  & our tips on how to best stay on track with your healthy lifestyle & nutrition during lockdown and with working from home

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