Hypertension and DietByJaime Rose Chambers08 June 2023High blood pressure occurs when the force of blood pumping through the arteries is considered too high and puts pressure on the vessel walls. This can make you feel dizzy and give you a headache, but long term it can lead to serious health conditions like stroke, heart disease and kidney disease. Diet plays an integral role in controlled blood pressure and one of the best diets in the world, known as the DASH eating plan has been shown to be comparable with medication in helping to reduce blood pressure. Category:Nutrition, General Medical, Healthy LivingRead More0 Comments
Delicious Healthy Eating Made Easy with a Mediterranean DietByTammy GeorgeIf you’ve heard about the impressive health benefits of eating a Mediterranean diet, it could be for you. Category:Nutrition, Healthy LivingRead More0 Comments
Top 10 Nutrition Tips for a Healthy HeartByJaime Rose Chambers18 March 2023It has long been recognised that there is a strong link between what we eat and the health of our heart, but traditional guidelines could be hard to follow as they weren’t practical. Recently, the guidelines have shifted to focus on overall eating patterns rather than individual foods and nutrients. It also considers the practical aspects of eating such as our environment, as people are commonly eating outside of the home. As a heart healthy diet is a healthy diet for everyone at every stage in their life, these tips can benefit most of us. Category:Nutrition, Healthy Living, Heart HealthRead More0 Comments
The Pros and Cons of Adding Superfood Powder to your DietByTammy GeorgeYou may have heard of the superpowers contained in a bottle of superfood powder but it’s worth weighing up their advantages and disadvantages.Category:Nutrition, Healthy LifestyleRead More0 Comments
Vegan BBQ Shredded Tofu Tacos ByJaime Rose Chambers14 November 2022These tacos are an easy, meat-free meal any night of the week. Vegan and non-vegans will be pleasantly surprised with this BBQ shredded tofu recipe that is packed full of flavor.Category:Recipes, NutritionRead More0 Comments
Top Tips for Eating with Diabetes and Pre-DiabetesByJaime Rose Chambers09 November 2022Diabetes is a disease that is diagnosed when the sugar in our blood is too high. Pre-diabetes is the stage before this, when blood sugar levels are high but not high enough to be diagnosed with diabetes.Category:Nutrition, General MedicalRead More0 Comments
Nutrition and Bone HealthByJaime Rose Chambers13 October 2022Nutrition is a key component to bone health because certain nutrients form the structure of bone and play a role in bone development. Low bone mineral density is known as osteopenia and as bone density decreases further, it is known as osteoporosis and increases the risk of bone fractures. This occurs over time, when the body uses more calcium that it’s able to replace. Osteoporosis can be a debilitating disease with high mortality rates. Making sure to eat foods every day that meet specific nutrients needs, such as calcium, vitamin D and protein, can help to prevent brittle bones later in life. Category:Nutrition, General Medical, Later in LifeRead More0 Comments
WHEN You Eat Can Affect Your Mental HealthByScott Henderson10 October 2022A new study suggests that when you eat can be just as important as what you eat when it comes to regulating your mental health, and timing your meals to perfection improves mood and reduces the likelihood of depressive symptoms developing.Category:Nutrition, Mental HealthRead More0 Comments
Nutrition at Every Age and StageByJaime Rose ChambersAt certain stages in our lives, our body goes through growth, development and changes that alter the requirements we have for specific nutrients. We all need to eat a variety of foods from the five food groups, but when a baby starts solids, or a teenager goes through a growth spurt, when a women becomes pregnant, hits menopause or when we become elderly, our energy needs and the needs we have for nutrients like iron, calcium, folate and protein can change. Category:NutritionRead More0 Comments
5 TikTok Cooking Hacks That Are Low-Key GeniusByScott Henderson25 August 2022Ashamedly, once you discover TikTok, it’s a slippery slope towards addiction. Yet perhaps even more ashamedly, it can be quite entertaining and useful. Here are some of the more useful cooking tips and tricks I've stumbled upon, given a try, and mastered... to varying degrees of success.Category:Nutrition, Healthy LifestyleRead More0 Comments
Top tips on what to eat to stay healthy over winterByJaime Rose Chambers20 May 2022It can be tempting to retreat indoors and hibernate as the cold weather hits but by prioritising our nutrition and health over winter may help to support our immune system to fight off any bugs we may come into contact with, or at least reduce the severity of sickness.Category:NutritionRead More0 Comments
How To Meal Prep 10 Meals For Under $40ByScott Henderson15 May 2022Having finally come face-to-face with addiction to fast food, I recently decided to jump back on the meal-prep bandwagon I had adopted pre-COVID. This meal prep hack will save your health, wallet and time.Category:Recipes, NutritionRead More0 Comments