Great British Bake Off's Candice Brown: 'Baking Is Good For Mental Health'

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Baker CandiceBrown chats to Grazia about the Instagram lessons she's holding for kids who are being homeschooled due to the coronavirus pandemic

and Candice Brown doing Instagram live lessons to do their bit and help. Joe - aka The Body Coach - has been waking the nation up with 9am workouts every week day, meanwhileGreat British Bake OffEarlier this week, the former teacher completed her first lesson - teaching kids how to cook shortbread. She says, due to the current situation, she has been keen to use recipes which include ingredients that people are likely to already have.

When she used to teach, Candice actually used to teach PE - but she says she that's a lesson she's happy for Joe Wicks to do. ‘I thought I'll leave that to him,’ she laughed. ‘One things I do know and enjoy is that baking has always been quite therapeutic as well. It's been quite good for mental health - it’s kind of two birds with one stone really.’

Like a lot of people, the baker - who is open about her experiences with clinical depression, chronic phobia and post-traumatic stress disorder - says that her mental health has taken a 'dip' due to the pandemic, but she tells Grazia that it’s important to remember that we’re all in this together. ‘It’s tough for everybody,’ she says, ‘everyone's kind of in that same boat. And I think those who struggle with mental health possibly are going to struggle a little bit more. And I find it's taken a little bit of a dip. But I think we really just need to remember we're all in this together, we will come out the other side.

 

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