I recently came aware of this fantastic campaign to improve awareness of the growing obesity problem by campaigning for healthcare professionals to be properly educated on lifestyle advice. To support the petition to  MAKE LIFESTYLE ADVICE A CORE THEME IN HEALTHCARE EDUCATION then visit  http://www.moveeattreat.org/the-problem/ Image linked from http://www.moveeattreat.org/

Here are two TEDx videos by Brené Brown that are well worth watching.

Which of the following contains in a half pint servinga) The Most Caloriesb) The Most Sugar1/2 Pint Regular Coke1/2 Pint Fresh Orange Juice1/2 Pint Mango & Passion fruit SmoothieAnswera) The Smoothie! There is 40 more calories in half a pint of mango and passion fruit smoothie than half a pint of cola. Orange juice is not so innocent either containing around 15 more calories in half a pint thank

Over the holidays I got sent a link to this fantastic video by Dr Mike Evans, it's certainly worth watching.A Doctor-Professor answers the old question "What is the single best thing we can do for our health" in a completely new way. Dr. Mike Evans is founder of the Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health

Saturated Fat has become a dirty word in health yet there is little scientific evidence to support its bad reputation. It is great for cooking as it remains stable and does not deteriorate when heated like mono and poly-unsaturated fats do. Throughout this year I will be looking at the evidence, in the mean time have a look at this:No scientific support for linking dietary saturated

Leptin is a hormone secreted by your white adipose tissue (fat) and is responsible for regulating fat storage. In doing so it plays a major role in controlling energy intake and expenditure. Leptin levels are monitored by the hypothalamus gland in the brain. If leptin levels are normal then it shows there is a adequate store of fat. When food intake is reduced the body burns fat as energy and so reduces

One of the biggest myths in the health and fitness world is that you need to do plenty of cardio to lose weight. This is simply wrong and here's why! Its not time efficient. The intensity which steady state cardio is done is too low to cause any major metabolic stress, meaning you don’t burn many calories compared to the time you put in.  It can make you fatter. doing lots of cardio

We live in an obesogenic environment and unless you know what your doing or one of the lucky ones you will get fat as sure as night follows day.Go around any supermarket and the shelves are full of foods which will cause you to overeat and it doesn’t end there we are surrounded by fast food, convenience foods, energy drinks everywhere we go.But why does it make you fat? And does it really make you

Relax , coffee and cake with a friend wont make you fat. That special meal, enjoy it it takes months, years to get fat, on day of indulgence wont kill you, stick to the 80/20 rule eating well 80% of the time. No "diet" drinks. Research has shown that people drinking diet drinks get fatter than those drinking the normal versions. This is due to the artificial sweeteners in drinks such as diet cola,

Smile! you need to enjoy what you eat, if you are trying to lose weight and forcing yourself to eat bland boring meals its going to be very difficult to stick to it. Remedy this by avoiding diet products and eating real foods concentrating on protein, fat and vegetable while cutting back on the carbohydrates.No scales! Weight doesn't matter, body weight can change daily depending on what foods you