It’s looking like it will be a longer wait before we can get back to restaurants and most of us are sick of our own cooking at this stage, turning to the plethora of takeaways and meal kits now available.
Celebrating Pancake Tuesday
Why You Shouldn't Fear Fat
Should you cut out fat in your diet to improve your health? Dietitian Michelle is here to bust some myths!
For further reading on sustainable weight loss by Michelle, click here.
What If Food Isn't The Problem?
5 Tips To Help Your Snacking Habit When Working From Home
Dietitian Michelle has some great tips for curbing mindless snacking as we work from home and we’ve made a handy infographic to go with her useful video.
3 Reasons To Prioritise Your Water Intake
Digital Nutrition Consultations
For those unable to travel to our clinics, or who are isolating due to COVID-19 but are in need of treatment or advice, we are now offering video and phone consultations, supported with follow up meal and nutrition programmes. This consists of:
A 30-minute virtual appointment with a registered Dietitian or Nutritionist
A full assessment and range of tests (you may need a weighing scales and a tape measure)
Menu plans and treatment plans, where feasible, under the guidance of your Dietitian/Nutritionist
Clinical advice on improving your condition
Appropriate relevant articles/blogs on your condition to follow up post-appointment
This service is suitable for the management of most issues, including gut health, weight issues, food intolerances, family nutrition, and more.
A 30-minute session costs €50. We would be delighted to see you virtually and really appreciate your business at this time. To book, please call our team on 01 6111 740 or email info@spectrumhealth.ie.
Boost Week 5: Maintaining Healthy Habits For Life
Well done on getting to week 5 of the January BOOST challenges! By now you will hopefully be drinking more water, eating 5 fruit and veg a day, sleeping more and moving your body regularly. These healthy habits are not only manageable, realistic additions to your day-to-day life, but they will have a huge impact on your health long-term. From physical to mental health, each of these habits will help to BOOST your energy and health long-term.
Boost Week 4: Are You Sleep Deprived?
Welcome to week 4 of the January BOOST challenge. To recap, we have covered the importance of staying well hydrated, getting your 5 a day and being physically active when it comes to optimising your energy. Are you starting to reap the benefits? Take a minute to compare where you are at now energy-wise to how you felt prior to starting the BOOST challenge.
Boost Week 3: Exercise For Better Energy
Well done on making it to week 3 of 5 of the January BOOST challenges! By now you will hopefully be working on adding more water, fruit and veg into your daily routine and have started to notice the positive changes in your health. Please get in touch with us to let us know how you are getting on. Who knows, you might even inspire someone else to get started on their own BOOST journey.
Boost Week 2: Getting Your 5-A-Day Every Day
5 Weeks To A Healthier You This January
It is that time of year again. Feeling lethargic and drained after the Christmas holidays, most people will be resigning themselves to extreme New Year’s resolutions. New Year’s resolutions are usually unrealistic, and research shows that over 80% of people fail to sustain their new habits past the 30-day mark.
5 Easy Tips To Feel Your Best This Christmas
How To Create Healthy Habits For Your Children
A letter to the editor of the Irish Examiner newspaper was published recently about the importance of building healthy habits for our children and their future. Our head dietitian, Michelle Loughlin, has written a response to it by highlighting the importance of the issue and how best to tackle it.
Easy Tips For Meal Prep Success
11 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your Plant-Based Diet
How Weight Loss Works
Important Nutrients For Athletes And Where To Find Them
Life is busy and finding time to eat a nutritionally balanced diet can be a struggle. We live in a culture of convenience foods which may not always be packed with the essential nutrients that your body requires; especially if you are active regularly. Couple that with conflicting and confusing sports nutrition available and it can be an absolute mission trying to figure out what to eat and when. If you train a lot or partake in competitive sports, then having a basic understanding of eating to fuel your activity is essential.
Today our head dietitian, Michelle, wants to highlight some key nutrients that are worth prioritising in your diet if you take part in regular activity and where to find them.
