by Lisa Patient | Jan 22, 2019 | Health Issues, Losing Weight
Ever wondered why your GP is focussed on your BMI? This article written by Lisa for the Optimum Nutrition Magazine, #ion_nutrition, explains what BMI is and the pros and cons of this unit of measurement. “This should be the final nail in the coffin of BMI” says the...
by Lisa Patient | Nov 5, 2018 | #ion_nutrition, Health Issues, Healthy Foods
Often (incorrectly) referred to as vegetables, all mushrooms are fungi — but out of the more than 14,000 identified species, of which about 2,000 are edible, only 12 are used as food supplements (1). This means that more than 10,000 species of mushroom are inedible...
by Lisa Patient | Aug 21, 2018 | Health Issues
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization estimates that 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted annually, so keeping food fresh for as long as possible is vitally important for the economy and the environment. But how safe is the plastic packaging that we...
by Lisa Patient | Jun 11, 2018 | Corporate Wellness, Health Issues, sugar
One of the keys to good energy levels and reducing your risk of diabetes is to have good blood sugar control. Follow these tips, taken from our seminar How to Have Great Energy All Day and you should soon feel a difference: Don’t skip meals or allow yourself to...
by Lisa Patient | May 2, 2018 | Health Issues
There are plenty of jokes about so-called man flu, even comedy sketches on YouTube dedicated to the subject. But could biological sex really affect how hard we fall ill? Read Lisa’s article, published in #ion_nutrition Optimum Nutrition Magazine in Spring 2018....
by Lisa Patient | Mar 29, 2018 | Children's Health, Health Issues, Healthy Foods
Atopic conditions such as asthma, eczema and allergic rhinitis (runny nose), along with allergic conjunctivitis, usually begin in childhood; but could diet during pregnancy help to allergy-proof future generations? Lisa Patient investigated this issue in the Summer...
