fibre

Plenty of us eat fairly healthy fare for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but when it comes to snacks, sometimes the munchies can get the better of us, and we end …
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October is breast cancer awareness month. Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women, with 1000 new diagnoses every year in Northern Ireland and one in ten …
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How regular are you?

Are you regular? One of the questions I always ask my 1-2-1 clients is how often they poop. It can tell a lot about a person’s …
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When it comes to diet and nutrition, the rules and restrictions of healthy eating can seem overwhelming – and quite honestly, entirely off-putting. One week, headlines tell us that we …
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Yesterday was Father’s Day, so it’s the perfect time to talk about optimum nutrition for men’s health. Unfortunately, men tend to draw the short straw in the health stakes from …
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The term ‘superfood’ is often used to describe exotic foods that are relatively new to our diet, with exotic names like acai, goji or chia, but there are a group …
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It is estimated that about one in eight people in Northern Ireland have high blood pressure, although many of us may be symptom-free and don’t even realise it is affecting …
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We know it keeps us regular and helps to prevent constipation, but apart from the effects on bowel health, did you know that getting sufficient fibre in our diet is …
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Dietary fibre may not be the most glamorous subject in the nutrition world but there may be more to this indigestible substance than keeping us regular. Getting sufficient fibre in …
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Grumblings, rumblings, farts and poo. Gut health is not something we usually discuss in polite conversation, so how do you know what is normal, and what is not?

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