Nutrition For Field Sports
Field sports such as soccer, Gaelic football and hurling are characterised by high intensity bursts during game time separated [...]
Nutrition Guidelines For Older Adults in Ireland
Ageing is associated with biological decline, but there are choices we can make to push back against this process. It [...]
Fibre
What Is Fibre And Why Is It Important?Fibre is a plant based source of carbohydrate. We derive it from foods [...]
What Is A Nutrition Coach?
I'm sure people wonder what exactly it is that I do, and I do asked from time to time. [...]
The Health Scientist Podcast
I was lucky enough to be invited on to the Health Scientist Podcast which is run by Richie Kirwan [...]
Chemicals In Food Are Bad For You. Or Are They?
This is something you may here from time to time, ‘don’t eat anything you can’t pronounce’, or ‘don’t eat [...]
Do Detox Diets Work?
People usually try some kind of detox or cleanse diet for a pair of reasons; 1. They want to [...]
Folic Acid
What is Folate/Folic Acid?Folate is a water soluble B vitamin that is naturally present in some foods and added to [...]
What Happens In A Calorie Deficit?
Here are some of things that happen and why it's not a simple thing to implement. A Calorie Deficit [...]
Rates Of Weight Loss
Here is a short video (5 mins) just briefly explaining some thoughts on rates of weight loss related [...]
Guest Post – Rabin Das
Ageing Well: Three Ways to ‘Future-Proof’ Yourself Ageing is quickly becoming something that we are actively trying to fight [...]
Energy Balance Explained
Energy Balance The most important concept that you need to understand when it comes to managing your weight over [...]
The Knowingly Adherent Achiever
This was one of my favourite slides from Mac-Nutrition, and I think it provides an eye opener as to [...]
Is Vegetarianism Healthier Than A Diet Containing Meat?
The Vegetarian Society defines a vegetarian as follows:"A vegetarian is someone who lives on a diet of grains, pulses, legumes, [...]
Living At Maintenance And Thresholds
**Client progress and history is important in the context of this situation. With dieting, once you put work in [...]
Everybody Needs A Coach
Back at the start of 2017 I knew I wanted to hire a nutrition coach. Everybody needs guidance, and at [...]
Guest Post – Richie Kirwan
The idea came about for getting an interview with Richie after seeing him swoop in on some of the [...]
Barbell Squat Warm-Up
This is a warm-up routine I use before I have a barbell back squat session. There are many different [...]
Guest Post – Alex Ritson
Social media can be such an incredible learning tool if used properly. I try and follow the accounts of [...]
Abdominal Obesity – The Negative Impact On Health
I am definitely not any kind of expert in this area. If you are well versed and feel anything [...]
The Importance Of Sleep
Sleep is a hugely overlooked aspect of leading a healthy, stress free life.I'm sure we all recognise lack of sleep [...]
Hydration – The Guidelines
Water accounts for approximately 50-70% of a person’s body weight. Females are slightly lower down in that range, and males [...]
Supplements For Health
I am not a qualified medical professional and it is beyond my scope of practice to offer advice or prescribe [...]
Healthy Ageing And Protein Intake
When you are older, ten, twenty, or thirty years down the line, the sum of all the lifestyle decisions you [...]
Does Fruit Make You Fat?
Consistently being in an energy surplus makes you put on weight, and unless you have your nutrition and training [...]