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Every single day, bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites come at us. We are living in a germ jungle! The most common sickness we tend to see colds coughs influenza sinusitis tonsillitis throat infections ear infections Luckily, our immune system has got a plan. When faced with foreign attack, it works hard to defend us. Without…

My trainer keeps telling me I need to keep my blood sugar levels steady through the day! What does this mean? The food that we eat is digested and broken down into essential nutrients that the body can use as fuel, including glucose. Insulin, produced by the pancreas, is a hormone that helps glucose enter…

Myth: Eating smaller regular meals throughout the day is better for the metabolism Many popular nutritional plans lately claim that eating smaller regular meals throughout the day helps you burn more calories and allows the metabolism to run better. This is not actually the case. Up Until recently with the sudden abundance of food the…

MYTH: The healthiest diet is a diet low in fat and high in carbs and grains. For decades we have been told that a well-balanced healthy diet should consist of lots of carbohydrates and grains, a little protein and even less fat. If we look at the food pyramid that most of us learned in…

Last week, I attended The REPS Ireland Convention (Register of Exercise Professionals) as a panellist discussing weight management and nutrition. It’s always great when the leaders of the industry come together to discuss topics and give their views on best approach from their wealth of experience. The consensus still seems to be how fooled people…

The skinny on fats. Myth: Eating Fat Makes You Fat… so if You Want to Lose Weight, You Need to Eat Less Fat Fat is the stuff that is under our skin, making us look soft and puffy. Therefore it seems logical that eating fat would give us even more of it is this really…

MYTH: All calories are equal, it doesn’t matter which types of foods they are coming from. Calories coming from alcohol, fats, carbs & protein are all very different. They all have different nutrients/ vitamins/ minerals & carry out different functions in your body. Surely everybody knows that if your daily average cal count is between…

This month, owner of Catwalk Model Agency in Dublin and Galway, Mandy Maher, gives us a sneak peek into her fridge and takes us through her average daily dietary pattern and exercise routine. Body Stats: Height: 5’6’ Weight 8 ½ Stone Size 8 Food Diary: BREAKFAST: I have had very bad stomach problems over the…

Whether beginner, intermediate or advanced, warming up is an essential part of any running plan.

1. Feeling after workout This is number 1 as there’s no feeling to match that post workout high, the endorphins produced whilst training have a profound effect on the body and really can’t be matched by anything else! Studies have proven that exercise can have an anti depressing effect on the body and mind, achieving…