How Your Family Can Become More Active
Your body is made to move and yet we are becoming more sedentary than ever. Most people view physical activity and exercise as a chore, and we know that kids don’t like chores, so the goal is to change the way that we view exercise. The key is to make exercise fun because let’s face it, it can be boring. Here are some tips to get you and your family more active today.
Top Tips For Healthier Takeaways
It’s looking like it will be a longer wait before we can get back to restaurants and most of us are sick of our own cooking at this stage, turning to the plethora of takeaways and meal kits now available.
Why You Shouldn’t Fear Fat
Should you cut out fat in your diet to improve your health? Dietitian Michelle is here to bust some myths! For further reading on sustainable weight loss by Michelle, click here.
What If Food Isn’t The Problem?
Food is the easiest scapegoat when it comes to managing weight, but it’s not always the root issue. Dietitian Michelle shows us other factors to consider and to look at the picture as a whole first.
5 Tips To Help Your Snacking Habit When Working From Home
Dietitian Michelle has some great tips for curbing mindless snacking as we work from home and we’ve made a handy infographic to go with her useful video.
3 Reasons To Prioritise Your Water Intake
Dietitian Michelle is here with some top tips for you on why you should prioritise staying hydrated. We all know the benefits but sticking to the habit (especially when we’re out of routine) can be difficult. Why not try it for a week and notice the difference in how you feel?
Boost Week 5: Maintaining Healthy Habits For Life
Well done on getting to week 5 of the January BOOST challenges! By now you will hopefully be drinking more water, eating 5 fruit and veg a day, sleeping more and moving your body regularly. These healthy habits are not only manageable, realistic additions to your day-to-day life, but they will have a huge impact on your health long-term. From physical to mental health, each of these habits will help to BOOST your energy and health long-term.
Boost Week 4: Are You Sleep Deprived?
Welcome to week 4 of the January BOOST challenge. To recap, we have covered the importance of staying well hydrated, getting your 5 a day and being physically active when it comes to optimising your energy. Are you starting to reap the benefits? Take a minute to compare where you are at now energy-wise to how you felt prior to starting the BOOST challenge.
Boost Week 3: Exercise For Better Energy
Well done on making it to week 3 of 5 of the January BOOST challenges! By now you will hopefully be working on adding more water, fruit and veg into your daily routine and have started to notice the positive changes in your health. Please get in touch with us to let us know how you are getting on. Who knows, you might even inspire someone else to get started on their own BOOST journey.
Boost Week 2: Getting Your 5-A-Day Every Day
Welcome to week 2 of the January Boost challenge. Hopefully week 1 went well for you and you are already creating a healthy habit of staying hydrated. Drinking more water is an easy way to boost energy.
5 Weeks To A Healthier You This January
It is that time of year again. Feeling lethargic and drained after the Christmas holidays, most people will be resigning themselves to extreme New Year’s resolutions. New Year’s resolutions are usually unrealistic, and research shows that over 80% of people fail to sustain their new habits past the 30-day mark.
5 Easy Tips To Feel Your Best This Christmas
The countdown is on. With only days left until Christmas Day, it is easy to get caught up in the non-stop festivities. From chocolates around the office, Christmas drinks and meals out, it can feel like a losing battle when it comes to making healthy decisions and feeling at your best.
How To Create Healthy Habits For Your Children
A letter to the editor of the Irish Examiner newspaper was published recently about the importance of building healthy habits for our children and their future. Our head dietitian, Michelle Loughlin, has written a response to it by highlighting the importance of the issue and how best to tackle it.
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.
