By Hannah Buckland, Healthy Hearts Care Planner As Covid-19 continues to spread and impact our lives, people are, understandably, searching for ways to protect themselves from the virus. Unfortunately, pseudoscience has a tendency to spread during times of uncertainty, and high levels of desperation and fear...
By Hannah Buckland, Healthy Hearts Care Planner Superfood seems to be the new buzzword in town. Acai berries, coconut oil, green tea, turmeric – all these foods (and many more) have been assigned “superfood” status; their high nutrient densities believed to provide a plethora of health...
By Hannah Buckland, Healthy Hearts Care Planner Having already written about carbohydrates and fats, it’s only right that we take a look at the third macronutrient: protein. Although it seems to spark less confusion than the others, there is still a common perception that you cannot...
By Hannah Buckland, Healthy Hearts Care Planner Today’s topic, fats, is one that many find confusing and difficult to understand. We realise that for some of you, nutrition may be the last thing on your mind right now, but for others you may find you have...
By Shirin Nargis Fatima Ahmad Respiratory infections are headline news these days, with the new disease Covid-19, caused by a coronavirus, taking centre stage. Coronaviruses are a family of viruses which get their name because they look like they’re wearing crowns (divas, I know!), and settle in people’s airways, where they multiply...
In light of the current situation with COVID-19, we would like to inform our all our community partners that Healthy Hearts (which includes Kick-It Stop Smoking) has now moved to a remote offering for Healthy Lifestyle and Stop Smoking programmes. We would like to reassure you that...
By Hannah Buckland - Healthy Hearts Care Planner We just want to take a moment to say that, due to the current situation around Covid-19, we realise that diet may not be top of your priority list – and we completely understand. We also acknowledge that...
When it comes to calories, there tends to be a lot of confusion. How many calories should you be eating as part of a healthy lifestyle? Or is it the quality of those calories that really matters? As is often the case with nutrition, there...
By Hannah Buckland, Healthy Hearts Care Planner Where do you obtain your healthy lifestyle information? These days, more and more people are turning to online sources. For sure, the Internet is one of the quickest and easiest ways to find the answer to any and every...
6 myths about nutrition busted There are so many myths about nutrition that it can be hard to know where you stand. Do you need to be eating expensive miracle berries? Should your diet be low in fat? We asked nutritionist Cassandra Barns to tell us what myths...