Easy Tips For Meal Prep Success
“I want to eat healthier, but I just don’t have the time” is something I commonly hear, both in clinic and from others too. Time can be a very real hurdle, but the key is to work with this, as opposed to against it – this is where meal prep comes in.
11 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your Plant-Based Diet
With an increasing focus on sustainable diets, more and more people are deciding to go plant based.
How Weight Loss Works
So, you are looking to lose weight and are unsure of where to start? Overweight and obesity are the most common nutritional disorders globally. Yes – even more prevalent than undernutrition across the globe. This means that more people than ever are actively trying to lose weight.
Important Nutrients For Athletes And Where To Find Them
Life is busy and finding time to eat a nutritionally balanced diet can be a struggle. We live in a culture of convenience foods which may not always be packed with the essential nutrients that your body requires; especially if you are active regularly. Couple that with conflicting and confusing sports nutrition available and it can be an absolute mission trying to figure out what to eat and when. If you train a lot or partake in competitive sports, then having a basic understanding of eating to fuel your activity is essential.
Today our head dietitian, Michelle, wants to highlight some key nutrients that are worth prioritising in your diet if you take part in regular activity and where to find them.
When To Opt For Orthotics
It’s a pretty universally accepted truth that the older we get, the more we experience little inexplicable aches and pains. Most of the time, we just accept that this is a natural part of life and go about our day, as long as the pain is not unbearable. But while this “natural process” mentality may be right a lot of the time, there are also times when it can cause us to write off things that maybe deserve a second look.
Your Festival Foot Guide
It may not be Christmas, but the festival season is certainly upon us. Glastonbury, arguably the biggest festival of the season around these parts, may have just wrapped up, but there is still a long line of festivals all across Ireland and Europe that will be taking place this summer. As enjoyable as these events are, most fans will agree that they are not exactly easy on the body.
Is Organic Food Worth The Price?
Every year, the EWG publish their Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce, colloquially known as the “clean fifteen” and “dirty dozen”, which ranks the health and safety of certain foods based on the pesticides used in their production, and whether or not they are genetically modified organisms.
Healthy Eating Tips For Anaemia And Iron Deficiency
Anaemia is known to be the most common nutritional deficiency affecting an average of 1.62 billion people worldwide. Anaemia generally occurs when the body lacks a sufficient amount of red blood cells.
Top Tips To Take Care Of Athlete’s Foot
Tinea pedis, more commonly referred to as athlete’s foot, is a fungal infection of the feet, usually affecting or beginning at the skin between the toes. Athlete’s foot is a form of ringworm (which, despite the name, involves no actual worm), and is most commonly found in people whose feet are tightly compressed and sweaty.
The Truth About Fungal Nails
Onychomycosis refers to the fungal infection of one or more nails, usually the toenails. While the condition may not be a major threat to your health, fungal nails can be painful, inconvenient, and embarrassing. Fortunately, onychomycosis is relatively easy to treat, and a few simple steps can prevent it from coming back in the future.
Diet And Dental Health: Nutrition Strategies For Healthy Teeth
Anyone who remembers the 90s can tell you how much Ireland has changed over the past 30 years. But while you may hear plenty of comments about the influence of the Catholic Church, or how all those houses used to be fields, there is one area people will usually overlook: dental health. It may not be obvious, but the state of dental health in Ireland has improved dramatically since 1990. This is thanks in part to significant investment in the sector, but the impact of lifestyle changes shouldn’t be ignored.
Gout Diet: What To Eat And What To Avoid
As May is Arthritis Awareness month, we at Spectrum Nutrition aim to spread awareness on the diseases that may affect the overall health of many people within the Irish population.
If you have been suffering with severe and prolonged joint pain, you may be at risk for having gout. Almost 1 in every 20 people in Ireland suffer from gout; this means that there are over 140,000 people who face this form of chronic joint pain. This whopping number constitutes for around 4% of the population and it seems that the number of people with this condition has been increasing at an alarming rate.
The Importance Of Good Footcare For Diabetics
Different conditions require different amounts of care and treatment in order to be properly managed. Diabetes is a condition that falls towards the more-demanding end of the spectrum, with things like diet, glucose levels, and insulin injections needing to be tracked and monitored on a near-constant basis. But there are many more than just these three examples that people living with diabetes need to be aware of, and it is all too easy for people to become weary and let their attention wane.
The Benefits Of Bare Feet
We’ve spoken at length about the different kinds of shoes and the effects they can have on your feet. We’ve looked at topics such as which shoes are best for various sports, which shoes are beneficial for people with diabetes, as well as how to assess which shoes are best for your own feet in general. We’ve even looked at how different socks can affect your foot health in different ways. But one topic we have rarely touched on is that of bare feet.
4 Things To Know About Shin Splints
Shin splints are when the muscles, tendons, and bone tissue around the tibia become inflamed. Also known as medial tibial stress syndrome, shin splints are a form of overuse injury, with pain typically manifesting around the inner shin. Shin splints are most common in runners, particularly when they begin to push themselves more during their workout.
Why Choosing The Right Sports Socks Is So Important
The more seriously a person takes their exercise, the more willing they are to shell out for the proper gear. There will always be the odd few people who try a sport once, buy all the flashy gear, and then never touch it again, but in general, a well-equipped athlete is one who puts a lot of thought and hard work into their exercise.
Why We Should Make More Of An Effort To Eat Seasonally
Eating is one of the few things in the world we can safely safe everyone does, so it is no surprise that it has been dissected in so many different ways. What we eat is one of the most influential factors in determining our lifelong health, a fact that can be scaled up to show different trends across nations and particular demographics.
5 Things To Know About Ankle Injuries
Ankle injuries can be a very frustrating thing. While they are usually not the most serious of health problems, they can be extremely inconvenient. Without being able to simply put some weight on our foot, we suddenly find it very hard to get around, and our whole lives are disrupted. And if you play sports, the recovery time alone can destroy your ability to practice and set you back quite a bit. Unfortunately, ankle injuries are a fairly common occurrence, so here are a few things you should know.