It is Bank Holiday weekend again with another one just around the corner. This means that many of us are lucky enough to have an extra day off work. For many of us, this means plenty of eating and drinking with family and friends. If you are trying to lose a few lbs though, this […]
You know which foods are good for you, right? You know that McDonalds is bad, that you shouldn’t eat a whole pack of biscuits, that you should eat more veg and do more exercise? So, why are you struggling with your weight? Why do you feel tired and rundown most of the time? Why are […]
We all understand that we should be eating whole foods full of vitamins and minerals to help keep us healthy, energised and young at heart. You have also probably heard of antioxidants and seen the plethora of products out there being marketed as full of antioxidants that are essential for good health, help ward of […]
Can what you eat really affect your mood? This is a really interesting area of research that is developing and the data we have to date is promising. Food is the body’s essential fuel. Alongside oxygen and water, without food, a human being cannot survive. As science has evolved, people are slowly waking up […]
In this article we are going to look at energy balance and how it dictates whether we gain, lose or maintain our weight. What is Energy Balance? So, what is energy balance? Well it is the relationship between what we consume through food and drink vs the energy that we use each day. Calories are […]
If you read my ‘Diets Stripped Bare’ blog, you will now be equipped with some facts about ‘dieting’ and understand how most ‘quick-fixes’ don’t work in the long-term. This is all well and good, you may think, but what steps do you need to take now and more importantly, how do you keep the weight off? Good questions!! […]