Healthy Heart!

How the heart works, a journey through the heart and how to keep your heart healthy.

Diet and exercise play a vital role in keeping your heart healthy as well as not smoking, reducing stress and keeping a healthy weight.

On paper this all sounds simple, but in reality people need to make an effort and make time to accommodate and implement these practices into a busy and sometime chaotic lifestyle.

Here are some practical suggestions to help you along the way.

But first we should start at the beginning and look at how the heart works

For the love of all things Cricket!

The population of the world is growing and climate change impacts the way we farm. So to counteract the inevitable situation of food insecurity the world needs to rethink ways we source food now and improve its approach to food sustainability in the future.

consultations, health and wellbeing, homecook, nutrition, nutritionistTheresa Gray27 August 2018#griloprotein #grilo #protein #cricketsasfood #sustainablefuture #iron #omega3 #fattyacids #probiotics #crickets #cricketproducts

To the Kitchen, with Love.

To the Kitchen, with Love

A love story not just about nutrition.

While, evidence suggests eating a healthy diet is beneficial to our overall health and wellbeing, how we buy, prepare, cook and eat this food is also important.

consultations, health and wellbeing, homecook, nutrition, nutritionistTheresa Gray15 August 2018#cooking, #eatingtogether, #family, #kitchen, #comfortfoods, #loveofcooking, #healthandwellbeing

The ketogenic diet: What is it?

The ketogenic diet:

What is it?

The ketogenic diet is a low carbohydrate, adequate protein and high fat diet. Say good bye to most grains, breads, potatoes, fruits and pasta and think lots of meat, fish, nuts and seeds, butter, cream, oils and non-starchy vegetables.

consultations, health and wellbeing, homecook, nutrition, nutritionistTheresa Gray9 August 2018#ketogenic, #ketos, #lowcarbs, #nocarbs, #lowcarbohydrates, #proteins

Perimenopause

There’s a monster that rages inside of me that’s not pretty.

It’s likely to show its head from time to time but most of the time I seem to be able to contain it.

Thank goodness for running and tiring it out.

But what is it?

Hormones and perimenopause:

consultations, health and wellbeing, homecook, nutrition, nutritionistTheresa Gray2 August 2018#perimenopause #rage #anxiety # menopause

Gluten

What is gluten?

Gluten is a group of proteins found in grains like wheat, rye, barley and spelt.

The two main proteins in gluten are glutenin and gliadin. In addition, gliadin is the main culprit with negative health effects with gluten.

consultations, health and wellbeing, homecook, nutrition, nutritionistTheresa Gray24 July 2018#glutenfree, #gluten, #diet, #glutenfreediet, #wholefoods

Nutritional Goal Setting

Be S.M.A.R.T

With Be Inspired Nutrition by Theresa Gray

The Be S.M.A.R.T goal setting tool is an excellent way to look at nutritional goals.

The acronym S.M.A.R.T stands for

Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely and supports the goal setting process.

Have you have ever made the decision to eat more healthily in order to improve your health and well-being but didn’t actually set a plan in place to follow?

How long did you last?

And how quickly did you abort mission?

consultations, health and wellbeing, homecook, nutrition, nutritionistTheresa Gray8 July 2018#goalsetting #goals, #nutrition, #Aimhigh, #food, #healthandwellbeing

Medjool Dates! What are they?

The Medjool date comes from Morocco and is known as the KING of Dates. It was once reserved only for royalty and their guests.

consultations, health and wellbeing, homecook, nutrition, nutritionistTheresa Gray8 June 2018#medjooldates, #dates, #sugaralternatie, #healthyfruit, #naturaldelights, #ramadan, #proteinballs

Why you should not lose weight just for body image!

Why you should never lose weight just for body image!

When I started exercising and dieting at the young age of 14, it was to look beautiful. I wanted to have the perfect body like in the magazines and to feel good about myself. I honestly thought with hard work and dedication I could achieve this.

consultations, health and wellbeing, nutrition, nutritionist, homecookTheresa Gray31 May 2018#exercise, #health, #loseweight, #eatingdisorders, #disorderedeating, #healthandwellbeing