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 Emily Fawell | Oct 9, 2015 | Corporate Wellness, Health Issues, Losing Weight
Recent research has revealed just how different people with the same BMI can look, and calls into question the medical profession’s reliance on it as a measure of health. BMI – Body Mass Index – is simply your weight in kgs divided by your height in cms, squared. A...
by Emily Fawell | Oct 2, 2015 | Health Issues, Health tests, Losing Weight, Nutrition tips
Those of you who have been to see me for a consultation will know that I often use tests in my practice. I don’t like to work with assumptions, so if the budget is available I will always encourage my clients to take a test to explore underlying causes of their health...
by Emily Fawell | Mar 12, 2015 | Health Issues, Healthy Foods, Losing Weight, Nutrition tips, sugar
“The problem with sugar and how to cut down on it” is our newest corporate seminar. We can come to your business, perhaps over lunchtime, and deliver a range of seminars covering health topics such as “Making your food work harder for you”,...
by Lisa Patient | Feb 24, 2015 | Losing Weight
My fantastic Zumba teacher Enrico @MaticoZumba is working us really hard to get our bodies in shape for summer. Emily and I totally agree with his longer term approach to health and weight, as crash diets and last minute exercise binges aren’t sustainable and...
by Emily Fawell | Jan 20, 2015 | Losing Weight
Did you watch BBC2s Horizon programme “What’s the Right Diet for you?”. If you didn’t it’s still available to watch on Iplayer for the next 24 days. If you did you will know that they divided their 75 participants into 3 types of eaters...