how much sugar is it OK to eat?
Consuming too much energy – whether from fat or carbohydrates, including sugar – will make you gain weight. If left unchecked, this excess weight increases your risk of lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and some cancers. In recognition of this, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends adults and children...
We can avoid weight creep – here’s how
Many of us enter a new year reflecting on where we have been and our plans for the future. For some, this will mean acknowledging that a couple more kilos have crept on over the past year. Others will have health on their hit list for 2019; resolving to eat better and lose weight could be part of that. It can be difficult to lose weight and...
Detox diets make amazing promises of dramatic weight loss and more energy – all achieved by flushing toxins from the body. Toxins have very little to do with it; detox diets “work” because of the very severe dietary and energy restrictions they require someone to follow. Detox or liver-cleansing diets have been around for many...
Permission from a Health Coach
Are you one of those people that hates being told what to do? Like, if you’re told not to do something it’s only going to make you want to do it more and you’ll simultaneously get mega-peeved at the person for trying to put limitations on you? Because, uch! If so, we’re two of a kind. As a Health Coach, I feel like I’m supposed to post...