When we read or hear recommendations about health, or healthy ways of living that we’ve heard over and over again, we often stop listening! We become a bit complacent, often saying to ourselves “I already know that, and I already do that”. This must certainly be the case with water! How many times have you heard about the importance [...]
Archive | June, 2010
Easy ways to get essential fats into the diet
A vast majority of people living in the western world are known to eat too much fat. However, it’s not just the amount of fat that’s often a cause for concern (and a cause of disease), it’s that we’re simply not eating the right kinds of fat. The fats we really need for good health [...]
Healthy Sunbathing – 9 Key Tips
* Firstly, consider the sun as your friend, and don’t be sun-phobic. Take advantage of all its beneficial effects while avoiding the damaging effects due to chronic excessive exposure. * Identify your skin type and sunbathe sensibly. Darker skins have more melanin, which filters out a lot of the UV rays. * Frequent, short exposures [...]
Vitamin D… Six useful facts
* Vitamin D is a hormone and is measured by assessing levels of 25-OH Vitamin D (the active form of vitamin D) in the blood. A healthy amount is 50-100 ng/mL. A deficiency is considered to be < 20 ng/mL and “insufficiency” is considered to be 20-49 ng/mL * An optimal intake of Vitamin D [...]
About Lucy-Ann Prideaux MSc BSc RNutr
A registered Nutritionist, Lucy-Ann gained an MSc degree in Human Nutrition, from Aberdeen University in 1997, following a first class honours degree in Sport & Exercise Science. As a past competitive runner, triathlete and personal trainer, she has vast experience and knowledge of performance nutrition at elite and recreational level, as well as in-depth knowledge of general health nutrition.
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