7 Tips To Reduce Acid Reflux / Heartburn
Acid reflux is caused by acid in the stomach which travels up towards the throat. People often describe this feeling as heartburn, and it can be quite an unpleasant experience.
Managing Your Weight At Christmas Time
The festive season is truly in full swing, and so to the consumption of all the Christmas goodies we love – the chocolates, mince pies, Christmas cake, and delicious festive meals and drinks out with friends.
5 Key Nutrients For Pregnancy
A healthy and balanced diet is important at all stages of life, but what specific nutrients should you pay special attention to during pregnancy? Check out the 5 essential nutrients for pregnancy!
Understanding Type 2 Diabetes – World Diabetes Day
Diabetes affects millions of people worldwide and about 250,000 in Ireland alone. It is a serious long-term health condition that causes high blood sugar levels. The most common type of diabetes in Ireland is type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes can be prevented or managed with help from healthcare professionals, like registered dietitians.
Well-Designed Vegan Diet – World Vegan Day
The 1st of November marks World Vegan Day, and to celebrate Spectrum Dietitian Dillon Griffins talks us through the key nutrients that need some extra consideration when following a vegan diet, to ensure nutritional intake is being optimised.
Pumpkin and Ginger Soup Recipe
Halloween is almost here, and perhaps you are feeling at a loss of what to do with all your pumpkin carving leftovers! How about trying our delicious and super quick spooky pumpkin and ginger soup recipe? Suitable for all the family!
Diet and Lifestyle Tips to Support Bone Health
Osteoporosis affects bone health, causing them to become brittle and break easily – even as a result of a minor fall, a bump or sudden movement. Fractures caused by osteoporosis can be life-threatening and a major cause of pain and long-term disability.
5 Tips to Keep Your Heart Healthy in Menopause
Menopause can increase cholesterol levels, redistribute the fat in our bodies to increase our central adiposity (fat) which increases the risk of developing heart disease.
5 Tips For Bone Health During Menopause
Menopause and perimenopause can result in a number of new changes to the body, including to our bone health and density. We reach peak bone density at around 30 years old.
Managing Weight During Menopause
Many women report that they find it difficult to manage their weight during menopause, and menopause weight gain is very common. During menopause, muscle mass reduces and body fat redistributes.
Super Simple Healthy Granola Recipe
Our super simple healthy granola is a great way to start your morning. It is high in protein, fibre, slow release energy and healthy fats, giving you everything you need to energise you for the day ahead.
Tips For Losing Weight Sustainably
Karen Greer, Clinical Lead Dietitian at Spectrum Nutrition, talks us through her top tips for sustainable weight loss.
Tips For Healthy Eating On A Budget
The current cost of living crisis is affecting us all but with some careful planning, eating healthy and tasty food on a tight budget is still possible.
Chilblains and How to avoid them
As the winter has arrived, it is time to take out all those warm clothes we had set aside during the summer months. It’s that time of the year where we want to keep the feet and every other part of the body warm to prevent medical conditions associated with the cold, such as Chilblains.
Diet & The Menopause
Menopause usually occurs in people who menstruate between the ages of 45-55. Menopause happens when no period has occurred in 12 months. Menopause can happen naturally due to hormonal changes but also following surgical removal of the ovaries or uterus or due to treatments like chemotherapy.
The Link Between Diet And Gallstones
The Link Between Diet and Gallstones What are gallstones? Gallstones are small stones that form in the gallbladder and are normally made from cholesterol. For most people they don’t cause any symptoms and do not require treatment. Common symptoms of gallstones Gallstones can cause symptoms when they become trapped in a duct inside the gallbladder. This […]
Stress eating: How to understand and overcome emotional eating
Emotional eating is something that most of us have experienced, but how severe and how frequent this is can vary a lot between different people or at different times in our life. This article explores what emotional eating really means and how we can respond to this in a compassionate and helpful way.
Lunch Time Ideas
As we are preparing ourselves to settle into a more regular routine again in the coming week, it’s a great time to plan ahead on the grocery front.