Childhood Obesity: What Can Parents Do?
It’s no secret that childhood obesity in recent years has become an ever increasing, and extremely worrying problem! If you’re a parent, what can you do?
Healthy eating and exercise habits are usually established in childhood, therefore a healthy home environment can promote healthy habits, which continue into adulthood.
But, it seems that many parents feel ‘guilty’ [...]
25 Easy Breakfast Ideas for the Bleary Eyed!
Do you wake up too bleary eyed in the morning to think about breakfast? There’s an old saying, which says, “Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dine like a pauper!”
The truth is however that most people don’t eat a suitable breakfast, never mind eating “like a king!”
Breakfast literally means “breaking the fast,” [...]
What Is Coeliac/Celiac Disease?
If you’ve been diagnosed with coeliac disease you’re not alone. The prevalence of the disease is 0-1% in the international population, and it is one of the most common chronic autoimmune disorders.
Initially the diagnosis may seem a little daunting however, with the correct treatment, your condition can be managed very successfully.
What is coeliac disease?
15 Effective Stress Banishing Tips
Stress is a reality for most of us from time to time, and it has even been suggested that a little is in fact normal, and can improve our performance.
However, when it becomes something more permanent, instead of protecting us, it can eventually make us more vulnerable to health problems, including headaches, high blood pressure, [...]
Confessions of Five Doctors: Dietitian’s Refute!
Have you ever wondered what doctors really think about their patients? Are they afraid of catching what you’ve got? Or, what do the medical notes really say about you?
Well, earlier this week I came across the article Medical Confessions, published in the Guardian newspaper.
The article indeed makes for gripping reading, however to say I was [...]
