Why is a healthy lunch box important for children? A sustaining nutritious lunch supports steady growth and development for children, supports their immune system and reduces the risk of chronic disease later in life.
To help support your nutrition while on holidays, this month we have compiled some advice to help reduce the stress you may feel.
This month I talk about understanding the common types of intermittent fasting, the potential benefits and the risks associated with it, to conclude if this approach is for you or not.
This month I talk about the dietary mitigations we can undertake at an individual employee level and at a workplace level to minimise the adverse effects of shift work and support health and wellbeing.
This month I talk through some of the nutrients and dietary patterns that have been linked with our neurological state. Research is growing in the area of nutritional psychiatry, and we are beginning to get a greater understanding of how nutrition affects mental health.
This month I talk through the reasons why we should try to get most of the nutrients we need from a varied diet where we can. Why and when we might need to supplement and the risks to be mindful of when we do as well as getting professional advice first.
The first question you might ask is, why encourage healthy eating in my workplace? There is significant research outlining that an unhealthy diet is related to an increased risk of chronic diseases, including heart diseases, diabetes and cancer.
Diet culture is ingrained in our daily lives, and this culture is often supported by social media seeking for us all to fit into an ideal aesthetic. In this month’s blog we look at diets, their sustainability, the mindset they create and how using a slow and steady approach in adopting health promoting behaviours is better for our wellbeing and health outcomes.
As we move through the final weeks of the year, many of us are tired and very much looking forward to having some downtime over the Christmas. However, we still have a few weeks to go, and this time can often be the most stressful with present lists, parties, family events and school plays to get through just to mention a few!
Did you know that men in Ireland have a shorter life expectancy than women! In 2021, life expectancy at birth for women was about 84.1 years, while life expectancy at birth for men was about 80.2 years on average, nearly 4 years less (1). The top three causes of death in 2022 were malignant neoplasms (cancer), diseases of the heart and arteries (cardiovascular disease (CVD)) and then lung diseases (2). This month’s blog is a focus on men’s health and how their diet can help improve outcomes for some of the key challenges men face.