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What causes Weight Gain and increases Food Cravings?
Ultra processed foods include breads, potato chips, sugar-sweetened drinks, processed meats, french fries, ready-meals, biscuits and cakes. Characteristics that identify Ultra Processed Foods include : They are made in factories with extracts from meat or plants with over 10 ingredients and usually in plastic-type packaging where some or all of the following ingredients are added thickeners, gums, glues, emulsifiers, hydrogenated
Fasting Helps You to Lose weight and Keep it off
Recently there has been a lot of talk about short-term fasting for weight loss. More specifically, intermittent fasting (IF), when you eat your daily calories within an Eating Window, opening it at a set time then closing it at a set time. An 18:6 means you eat for 6 hours and fast for 18 hours. A 20:4 means you eat
Carbohydrates for Exercise during Weight-Loss
When clients start a Low-Carb eating plan, they frequently worry that they will not have enough energy to get about their daily tasks or to exercise. In the first 3 weeks of the Low-Carb plan I discourage intensive exercise, as you will need time for the body to adapt to burning fat. In recent weeks I have a few clients who
Plan for an enjoyable Easter holiday
Try not to lose the plot this Easter Since the age of 10, I have craved chocolate and especially at Easter because eggs are bigger than bars. I know, I’m greedy! It took me until my 40’s to get a handle on chocolate. By that I mean I switched to dark chocolate 70% +. Imagine, every single day of my
Changing Food Habits & Behaviours
Setting yourself Up to Not Fail Can you imagine a landscape artist driving a car through a beautiful countryside and not stopping along the way to soak in a scene? The urge to capture and maybe later paint it, is likely to be overwhelming. Now imagine someone who loves cake going into a bakery, hungry and they are giving out
Bariatric Surgeon discusses Food & Weight
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/jan/04/why-do-some-people-find-it-harder-than-others-to-lose-weight A reporter for the Guardian, talks with Dr Andrew Jenkinson, a bariatric surgeon in London and Dubai. Click on link above to listen. He has been working with obese and morbidly obese (20 stone +) people for 15 years. Following is what I took away from the Podcast People may have an obese gene but it is the environment
Gut Health – Buying Probiotics?
A Probiotic is a supplement of bacteria that humans can eat or drink that positively impacts our health. They come in capsules, powder or drink forms. A Prebiotic is a food. Note the ‘Pre’ and ‘Pro’ difference. Can you imaging asking your Health Store or pharmacist for the following criteria before you buy a probiotic supplement? To qualify as a
B Vitamins & Magnesium protect you from some of the side-effects of Stress
The higher your metabolic rate, the more calories you burn for Weight-Loss
Are there things you can do to improve your Metabolism? Recently, 2 clients asked me about metabolism. Around the same time I saw a supplement being advertised for weight-loss and in the picture, the product clearly stated ‘metabolism booster for rapid weight-loss’. False promises can disrupt a weight-loss journey, offering false hope. There is no one healthy food or foods
Water, Alcohol and Mondays
Irish people talk about ‘the fear’ on Mondays after a sociable weekend There is one really simple step you can take to reduce this. Rehydrate properly before going to bed. If you go to sleep without drinking enough water to rehydrate after alcohol, your brain shrinks (dehydrates). As a result, the chemicals responsible for mood, sleep, energy, motivation just do
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