By Hannah Buckland – Healthy Hearts Care Planner It’s Diabetes Awareness Week, so what better topic to talk about than sugar? Sugar has been labelled by the media as toxic, addictive and even poisonous; blamed for everything from bad skin and tooth decay to depression, weight gain, heart disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer. As a result, the...
We’re all in a period of unknown, trying to understand and make sense of a global pandemic. The message hasn’t been clearer – smoking cessation is incredibly important for your health and those around you. It's equally important for lessening your chances of catching Covid-19...
By Hannah Buckland, Healthy Hearts Care Planner It is a common perception that eggs are a cause of high cholesterol. Although that theory has since been discredited, the idea that eating eggs will increase your cholesterol still persists. We take a look at the evidence to...
By Hannah Buckland, Healthy Hearts Care Planner It’s Mental Health Awareness Week, which seems like a great opportunity for us to reflect on some of the challenges Covid-19 and the lockdown have imposed upon us in the past few months. It has been an incredibly stressful...
Eat Healthy With Healthy Hearts The most commonly consumed foods by Prophet Mohammed were milk, dates, lamb/mutton and oats. Healthy foods mentioned in the Holy Qur’an are fruit and vegetables, such as olives, onions, cucumber, figs, dates, grapes as well as pulses such as lentils. Complex carbohydrates are foods...
By Arjun Kumar, Quit Coach Here we are now, adapting as best as we can, to our new lives in this present moment, and in the midst of this present situation. Naturally, this new way of living can have an impact on quitting smoking attempts – more time at home without our usual...
By Hannah Buckland, Healthy Hearts Care Planner Coconut oil has become, for many, a store-cupboard staple. Considered a ‘superfood’, it has been speculated to provide a long list of health benefits. Proponents swear by its ability to promote fat loss, boost brain function and reduce hunger;...
By Hannah Buckland, Healthy Hearts Care Planner As Covid-19 continues to spread and impact our lives, people are, understandably, searching for ways to protect themselves from the virus. Unfortunately, pseudoscience has a tendency to spread during times of uncertainty, and high levels of desperation and fear...
By Hannah Buckland, Healthy Hearts Care Planner Superfood seems to be the new buzzword in town. Acai berries, coconut oil, green tea, turmeric – all these foods (and many more) have been assigned “superfood” status; their high nutrient densities believed to provide a plethora of health...
By Hannah Buckland, Healthy Hearts Care Planner Having already written about carbohydrates and fats, it’s only right that we take a look at the third macronutrient: protein. Although it seems to spark less confusion than the others, there is still a common perception that you cannot...