If you’re a woman over 40, I expect you’ve heard about the importance of building muscle. Muscle mass starts to decrease after 30, and more so as we get older and less active. So it’s important to build muscle through strength-building exercise and resistance training. However, an often overlooked component when it comes to womenContinue reading “Can You Build Muscle Through Diet Alone? The Role of Nutrition in Muscle Growth and Maintenance”
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Building a Balanced Plate: Visual and Practical Tips for Creating Balanced Meals that Include All Essential Nutrients
By now you’ll know my core message is ‘balance’. When we achieve balance in life, whether in our diets, work, wellness, social life, relationships etc, life just works. When it comes to eating a balanced diet, it should be easy – eat plenty of veggies and cook from scratch. Yet there is so much conflicting advice, scientific studies and nutritional information (and disinformation) outContinue reading “Building a Balanced Plate: Visual and Practical Tips for Creating Balanced Meals that Include All Essential Nutrients”
Sustainable Weight Loss Strategies for over 40s
As a health coach specialising in helping women over 40 lose weight and regain their confidence, I understand the unique challenges women face when it comes to weight gain around this time. The truth is the metabolic and hormonal changes that occur as we age can make weight loss more challenging but not impossible. I hear so many stories of women either saying they started putting on weight in their 40s,Continue reading “Sustainable Weight Loss Strategies for over 40s “
Nourishing Your Immune System: Nutritional Strategies for a Balanced Diet
As I write this, I’m giving myself a much-needed sunshine boost in New Zealand. At home in the UK, it’s still very much winter, the time of year when our immune systems tend to be less effective! The older I get and the more I learn, I realise that our fast-paced world does not support the humanContinue reading “Nourishing Your Immune System: Nutritional Strategies for a Balanced Diet”
A Personal Journey Through Hair Thinning and Recovery
As many of you know, the past two years have been challenging for me. Most significantly dealing with the terminal illness and subsequent passing of my father. I’m not telling you this to get pity but to let you know how emotional stress and grief can affect our health and well-being. We all lose loved ones and haveContinue reading “A Personal Journey Through Hair Thinning and Recovery”
Eating for Energy: Foods that Boost Vitality
Who wants more energy? Wouldn’t it be great to jump out of bed in the morning feeling refreshed and sustain that energy throughout the day? The secret to this is less about sleep, and more about what and when you eat. As we move into the winter, with the darkness and colder temperatures, you mayContinue reading “Eating for Energy: Foods that Boost Vitality”
Understanding Metabolism Changes after 40 and how you can Boost it
“I never had to watch what I ate until I hit 40 – that’s when everything changed…’ How often have you heard that? Maybe it’s the same for you – I know I had to be more conscientious about my choices after 40. Given the amount of changes our body goes through it’s no surprise. Continue reading “Understanding Metabolism Changes after 40 and how you can Boost it”
Signs you are Not Getting Enough Protein
There are lots of misconceptions around protein and what makes up ‘enough’. Gone are the days when meat was our primary source. With vegetarian, vegan and raw diets very much a part of our lifestyles, it’s important to know you are eating enough protein and from the right sources. Once women hit 40, we startContinue reading “Signs you are Not Getting Enough Protein”
Ways to Overcome the Afternoon Slump
Feeling tired in the afternoon and reaching for sugary snacks? Perhaps wondering if you can get away with one more coffee to keep you going? If you can relate and you often feel tired in the afternoons, wondering how you are going to get your work done, then this article is for you. Many of us getContinue reading “Ways to Overcome the Afternoon Slump”
Hair Loss and Thinning
Is your hair thinning or are you experiencing higher than average hair loss? Our hair is constantly rejuvenating itself and we normally loose between 50-100 hairs a day. When we think of hair loss, we usually associate it with men as many become bald or experience some hair loss as they get older. However, hairContinue reading “Hair Loss and Thinning”