Category: Nutrition

Managing PMS

5/3/2019

Following on from the previous article, “How to Take Advantage of Your Menstrual Cycle,” we learned that up to 80% of women report symptoms such as acne, bloating, fatigue, and mood changes in the couple of weeks leading up to menstruation. These symptoms qualify as premenstrual syndrome in 20-30% of pre-menopausal women, with symptoms severe enough to interfere with social functioning and life activities, they meet clinical criteria for premenstrual syndrome (PMS) (1,2). PMS is characterised by recurrent, moderate-to-severe affective, physical, and behavioural symptoms that develop during the luteal menstrual cycle and disappear within a few days of menstruation (3). This article will look at the possible causes of PMS and methods to help alleviate the symptoms associated with it.

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Fast Food Restaurants Can Be Your Best Choice For Fat Loss When Eating Out

23/1/2019

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If you've been trying to lose body weight/fat -or even just trying to maintain a healthy level - there's a fair chance you've found deciding what to choose when eating out to be a tough endeavour. Even those familiar with tracking calories can be left scratching their heads; giving their best estimation of the caloric content of a meal - a method that can be grossly inaccurate. Two recent studies set out to determine the average caloric content of the most popular meals across the world and in the UK. Their findings were startling. On average, fast food restaurants were lower in caloric content per main meal compared to full-service (conventional) restaurants!

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How to Take Advantage of Your Menstrual Cycle

11/1/2019

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When it comes to the female body, it’s safe to say how we feel, look, think and perceive things can change dramatically over the course of our cycle. Our body’s hormones control everything from our metabolic function to our pain threshold, to how we eat, and even to how much training we can tolerate. Up to 80% of women report symptoms such as acne, bloating, fatigue, and mood changes in the couple of weeks leading up to menstruation (1,2). Understanding what happens throughout the phases of your cycle can give you valuable insight into why we feel strong and powerful during one phase, to weak and weepy in the other.

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5 Tips to Stay On Track This Christmas

18/12/2018

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This is the time of the year where people start to freak out. There’s the fitness fanatics that start to sweat with anxiety about the parties they have to go to, and there's yo-yo dieters who throw their hands up into the air and yell ‘screw it’ as they face plant into cake and momentarily blackout. It can be a stressful time for those concerned about their physiques, but it really doesn’t have to be. There’s many tricks to help stay on track and prevent doing serious damage, or having to avoid social occasions for the fear of indulging. Here are 5 simple tips and tricks.

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