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Secrets of your Supermarket Food on C5, an honest rant
It’s been brought to my attention there’s a new food show, C5’s ‘Secrets of Your Supermarket Food’, that’s spouting nonsense, so cue rant. Shows like this make me really cross because I’m trying my best to help people become healthier and fitter through real evidence based nutritional science and I spend so much time […]
Continue readingAre these popular diet trends worth the hype?
With every year that goes by a new popular diet crops up, but is there any merit to these new diet trends or are they just silly fads? Protein snack company Seven Bars asked what I thought of 7 of the most popular diet trends; Have you tried any of these? Low carb Reducing […]
Continue readingAre tomatoes why you look pregnant?
If you look pregnant after eating certain foods chances are you have IBS. But while most people look to common culprits like dairy or gluten, nightshade vegetables such as tomatoes and peppers can be a problem for some people. Yet ‘nightshades’ are very unknown. I should know, I have an intolerance and I have to […]
Continue readingNutrition Basics with Mark Sleight (podcast)
Chances are you’re making this whole healthy eating, diet and weight loss process way more complicated than it has to be, so in this podcast Mark and I cover all the nutrition basics, and I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised to hear how simple it is. Mark and I share a lot of values when […]
Continue readingAvoid Antidepressant Withdrawal
It’s no secret I’ve battled mental health problems for years and have taken medication for it, but I’m very thankful I didn’t suffer with Antidepressant withdrawal symptoms like many people do. In fact 4 million people are at risk of withdrawal symptoms in England every year, yet only 25% say they got advice on […]
Continue readingNew #FITFAM Fitness Magazine!
This is a fitness magazine put together by a student I helped out recently. It’s packed with great, valuable, celebrity and professional endorsed entertaining content, and I know you’re going to love it. Amber Lovell is a talented University student who’s own health and fitness journey inspired a health focussed magazine for her dissertation; […]
Continue readingStress and Exercise – should you take a rest day?
The links between stress and exercise usually refer to working out being stress relieving, but if you’re already stressed, should you be exercising at all? Exercise, while good for you, is another stress on your body. In fact it’s this stress that make it fitter and stronger, as your body adapts to be able […]
Continue readingToddler Feeding; Bedtime snacks and calorie needs (Mother and Baby Magazine)
Toddler feeding advice is hard to dish out (see what I did there?!) as all children are different, but I offered my best advice to Mother & Baby Magazine when three Mums asked for help. What works for one child won’t be relevant to another, and as a Mum you may have your own […]
Continue readingCould Exercise Help Your PMS Symptoms?
You might feel like binge watching Netflix with a family size bag of chocolates but doing some exercise could really help ease those horrible PMS symptoms. The figures show that getting active can really improve the physical and psychological symptoms of PMS. One study, analysing young women over an eight week period, found that exercise […]
Continue readingEvery thought about starting a blog?
The fit mum formula: behind the content with Pollyanna Hale Pollyanna Hale helps Mums lose weight, get fit, and have more energy and body confidence with online coaching and programmes, books and a free Facebook community group. A Mum of two young girls, Polly understands how hard it is for us Mums to […]
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