By Hannah Buckland, Healthy Hearts Care Planner Today’s topic, fats, is one that many find confusing and difficult to understand. We realise that for some of you, nutrition may be the last thing on your mind right now, but for others you may find you have...
By Shirin Nargis Fatima Ahmad Respiratory infections are headline news these days, with the new disease Covid-19, caused by a coronavirus, taking centre stage. Coronaviruses are a family of viruses which get their name because they look like they’re wearing crowns (divas, I know!), and settle in people’s airways, where they multiply...
In light of the current situation with COVID-19, we would like to inform our all our community partners that Kick It Stop Smoking (which includes Healthy Hearts) has now moved to a remote offering for Healthy Lifestyle and Stop Smoking programmes. We would like to reassure you...
By Hannah Buckland - Healthy Hearts Care Planner We just want to take a moment to say that, due to the current situation around Covid-19, we realise that diet may not be top of your priority list – and we completely understand. We also acknowledge that...
By Hannah Buckland, Healthy Hearts Care Planner When it comes to calories, there tends to be a lot of confusion. How many calories should you be eating as part of a healthy lifestyle? Or is it the quality of those calories that really matters?...
By Hannah Buckland, Healthy Hearts Care Planner Where do you obtain your healthy lifestyle information? These days, more and more people are turning to online sources. For sure, the Internet is one of the quickest and easiest ways to find the answer to any and every...
6 myths about nutrition busted There are so many myths about nutrition that it can be hard to know where you stand. Do you need to be eating expensive miracle berries? Should your diet be low in fat? We asked nutritionist Cassandra Barns to tell us what myths...
Staying active in colder months can feel like a near impossible task. You get home from a long day at work, it's dark and drizzly outside, and there is no part of you that feels like getting out and going for a walk. Next thing...
Many of us feel that eating a healthy diet means expense. If we choose to shop at a boutique delicatessen this can definitely be the case. If we go for exotic, unusual or the latest fad we can certainly spend more than we mean to. But,...
I first started smoking around 25 years ago at the tender age of 24. I started smoking out of pure boredom whilst serving in Northern Ireland. Initially I smoked around 10 a day, but this eventually grew to a solid 20 a day. Over the...