Aim to eat most of your food at home choosing mostly wholefoods. Always have healthy snacks on hand particularly when you are busy and under pressure. 3.Plan meals and snacks in advance. 4.Include healthy protein foods and fats into all meals and snacks for satiety and important nutrients – most clients I see overeat on …
I experience many challenges dealing with breast cancer and often I find that the mental drain can overshadow the physical one. Thankfully as a nutrition and behavioural change coach I have learned many life skills and tools to help me live a live of great wellness in spite of an illness. I use these tools …
Make the healthier party choices and boost your mood and energy. Before the party/event Don’t skimp earlier in the day to save calories for later – just eat wholefoods and avoid refined carbs during the day. Make sure you include some protein to balance your meals so you will have more energy and so …
Do you struggle to stick to a healthy routine? Do you find you do relatively OK earlier on in any diet or lifestyle programme and then after a while all your good intentions go out the window? That’s totally normal. There are lots and lots of simple things you can do for yourself that can help you change your habits or help you take up a new behaviour …
Are you suffering the withdrawal symptoms of sugar? You may have a headache, maybe your cravings have a reached an all time high or perhaps you feel stressed and out of sorts. The best advise is to ride the storm – this will pass. Try some of the following to ease the discomfort:- 1. …
Previous summer months consistent exercise has being a bit hit and miss for me. I would lose a certain amount of fitness over the summer and it would take until October to really get back into it. Does that ring a bell? Now that all my chlidren are just about teenagers I can’t use no …
Easter Weekend Survival Guide for the Female Chocoholic (15 Things you can do to stay sane and not overindulge) Created by a Reformed Chocoholic Nutrition and Health Coach! Are you one of those people who when they get started with the chocolate find it difficult to stop? Is it always just one more …
When the sun it out just get out and soak up the rays NOW!!. Living in the Northern Hemisphere and in particular here in Ireland sunshine is the exception rather than the rule. So when the sun is out it is in all our best interests to soak up a few rays. Our understanding of Vitamin …
Patrick Holford Leading Nutritionist and expert in maintaining a healthy blood sugar balance. Click link below httpss://www.patrickholford.com/topic/low-gl 2. Harvard Medical School Publication on managing a healthy blood sugar balance. Click link below for a handy food list Glycaemic index and glycaemic load of 100+ foods
Halloween Survival Guide Whether you have kids are not chances are over this weekend and in the coming days you will tempted by sweet treats, cakes and biscuits as part of the Halloween celebrations. All you have to do is step into a shop or supermarket and you are practically engulfed by sugar. Also if …