Breastfeeding Nutrition – your queries answered by Rachel Conway
Breastfeeding is a privilege, but not one that comes without trials, tribulations and no end of well-meaning advice from friends, family and popular media. It can be difficult to tease out what is fact and what is fiction, particularly when your brain is muddled from lack of sleep. Let me break-down a few of the most discussed topics for you.
Hydrate for Peak Performance
It’s that hot and sticky time of the year again. You may be competing in one of the many summer season sporting events or you may be training through the hot season for an event later in the year. Keeping yourself well-hydrated in the hot weather and high humidity is particularly important for your training and competition performance.
Tips for Eating to Support Recreational Activity
1. Planning ahead
It mightened seem obvious but writing a food and gear list is essential – it was something Sir Edmund Hillary excelled at:
- make a list for each day of all the meals required and the food you need to take. What cooking gear do you need?
- how many mouths are you catering for?
Coeliac Awareness Week is 15-21 May
What is coeliac disease and what are the symptoms?
Coeliac disease is a permanent intestinal intolerance to dietary gluten, a protein found in some plants. It induces an autoimmune reaction in the lining of the small bowel which causes villous atrophy (flattening of the mucosa). Everyone is different, common symptoms can include stomach and joint pain, tiredness, vomiting or diarrhoea.
Good Nutrition for Long Distance Running - Countdown to the Hamilton Half
Training for the Hamilton Half Marathon and Auckland Marathon has begun! Here's some helpful advice on fuelling yourself to get the most out of your training.
School Food Alert
Planning and actively delivering on healthy family food is part of good parenting and bringing up our children. Setting an example is really important. Setting expectations about what is normal food to provide to share with others as part of social engagement is really important.
Recovery Nutrition after Exercise
What are the consequences of not following good recovery nutrition strategies?
Is Trim Milk OK?
There has been much said, written, posted and filmed about sugar. Products labelled ‘lite’ or ‘light’ may have extra sugar added when the fat content is reduced. That Sugar Film was brilliant in raising our overall awareness of sugar that is contained in processed foods. But what about milk?
Does your New Year’s resolution include a healthier you?
Do your New Years resolutions include a healthier you? Here are ten practical tips for living healthier in the holiday period and the new year.
Hefty Kids a Growing Trend
Young children joining weight-loss schemes but experts believe it's no solution.
Patient
Nutrition Care’s weight loss programme immediately caught my eye. I was very encouraged by my first meeting with Cathy~the programme she asked me to follow was simple and easy to fit into my daily life. After 7 months, I am almost at my goal weight and have now lost 14kgs! More importantly, I am focused on maintaining my healthy lifestyle and feel much happier, healthier and full of energy.
Craig Hughes
As Occupational Health Advisor for Solid Energy New Zealand in 2007 (based at Huntly East Coal Mine) we ran a wellness programme for staff at all three of the Huntly sites modeled on the TV program “The Biggest Loser.” I invited the dietitians from Nutrition Care along for the ride.
From the outset the dietitians at Nutrition Care were invaluable in assisting with planning and monitoring the competitors in the programme. They developed successful healthy eating plans for guys to whom salad was a dirty word, were well regarded by everyone they were working with and enjoyed great success over the 4 month competition.
One year on from the Biggest Loser and the majority of competitors still continued to follow advice and methods given to them by Cathy and Nutrition Care. I have also referred others to them on a one on one basis for a variety of health reasons.
Fiona Scott
After suffering stomach cramps, diarrhoea and significant weight loss for over 12 months, I was feeling anxious and needed some help. I found Cathy's telephone number in a healthy eating magazine and made a call that made a huge difference to my life.
I am so grateful to Cathy for her help. I have learnt so much about food and now feel that I am equipped with the tools to make the necessary adjustments to my diet if I find a certain food isn't agreeing with me. Best of all, I feel as though I have regained my equilibrium.
Kevin O'Brien
I started with Niki at Nutrition Care in September 2012 and have lost 20kg since that time (about 5 months). Niki has an ability to work around your personal traits and gradually change your lifestyle habits in a way that allows you to enjoy the things you have always enjoyed but to do so with moderation and an understanding of the impacts of poor diet.
I am now able to exercise as hard as I want and I am certainly reaping the benefits of being more active with my kids and more energy and drive at work.
Jude Bartram
The support that we received from Nutrition Care was genuine, and reassuring. The advice that we were given was researched, very specific and manageable. Cathy has given us the tools we needed to improve our daughter's diet and to make healthy choices for our family.
Diana Le Mon
Niki has been our Dietitian for the past few years and has always provided excellent service. In addition to auditing our menu and assessing clients in need, she also does some great training for our staff at very good rates. Niki is very approachable and flexible and is always professional and helpful. We are happy to continue using her services at our facility.
Helene
I first visited Cathy in September 2014, after a referral from my doctor to see if dietary changes rather than medication could improve some health concerns. From the very first consultation, Cathy was professional, pragmatic, compassionate and supportive.
I recall her words, ‘There’s no such thing as right food or wrong food, we’re here to work out which foods work best for you’.
After three months, all the health indicators in the ‘concerning’ range were either within or close to ‘normal’ range.
After six months, my biological age had reduced by 11 years – I’m now 5 year’s younger biologically than my ‘real’ age!
After nine months with Cathy, I’m now happy, healthy, vibrant, 20 kgs lighter and thoroughly enjoying my improved lifestyle.