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Fortified Foods

Put simply fortified foods are when certain nutrients are added into them. This can be because its required by law (in the UK this applies to white bread) or voluntarily by the food manufacturer. Some of the most common examples of fortified foods are flour, spreads and cereal. This is because these foods are such...
26/06/2020,

The Hunger Hormones

In almost every post lately what I’m writing about seems to effect either leptin or ghrelin. So this post is mostly for reference. The reason they come up so often is they are the two key hormones regulating hunger. Ghrelin signals to our brain to increase appetite, while leptin is a major appetite suppressor and...
25/06/2020
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Sleep

How's your sleep? It’s an area of our lives often overlooked. Feeling fatigued? Oh you need this supplement. A bit run down after burning the candle at both ends? Here’s another cup of coffee, power through!
22/06/2020

Successful Diets

We often hear the rhetoric “all diets fail”. Firstly, lots of diets are successful. Most people who have tried to lose weight have achieved at least some. Where the diet’s fail line comes from is that so many put the weight back on. Firstly that’s ok. This isn’t about shaming anyone for their size. Maybe...
17/06/2020

Diet Breaks

There are a few reasons to consider diet breaks. One is simply because you need to stop dieting! Maybe for a few weeks, or a few months+ for some. The second is as a strategy to break up a dieting phase. Long term dieting has many negative effects. These include physiological, such as metabolic adaptation...
14/06/2020

Client 12 Week Cut

Amazing result from Mike on his 12-week diet cut. He came to me just over 3 months ago to help work out a plan for his diet. He wanted to go from 83kg to 76kg, to then build up strength to compete in the lower 74kg powerlifting class. Previously he’d always done his dieting phases...
09/06/2020

Metabolic Adaptation

Also known as adaptive thermogenesis. This is when you lose weight & your metabolism drops to a lower rate than expected. It’s normal when dieting for your metabolism to slow down. So don’t worry when it does. However it is something to take into consideration, & why people can think they’ve hit a plateau.When you...
05/06/2020,

MNU Module 4

Phew another module down, and can’t believe there are only 12 lectures left ?. And yes I’m already super nervous for exams! Anyway we’ll get to them in due course. For now, back to module 4. This has been my favourite so far. This module really highlights how @macnutrition is at another level in how they teach...
03/06/2020

Legumes

Following on from whole grains I thought I’d do a quick post on legumes. The two are very often paired together, in the context of “eat more whole grains and legumes” as part of a healthy diet. Before we get onto the health aspect lets look at what they are. There is a large variety...
02/06/2020,
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