by Sorcha | Jan 25, 2021 | Nutrition
Fasting has been used for different reasons over the years, mainly for religious/spiritual purposes, but also for political reasons like the 1981 Irish Hunger Strikes. Intermittent fasting is currently one of the most popular weight loss trends worldwide (Gunnars,...
by Sorcha | Jan 18, 2021 | Pilates
Mairead Mc Goldrick is a Pilates instructor who was kind enough to do an interview on the many benefits of Pilates on both our mental and physical health. With a lot of people having to be at home more, and now with the wintery weather setting in, Pilates is a great...
by Sorcha | Jan 18, 2021 | Blog, Nutrition
The Paleo diet is a diet based on what we might have eaten during the Palaeolithic era, which was about 2.5 million to 10.000 years ago (Mayo Clinic, 2020). The theory behind this diet is that our bodies haven’t evolved to cope with the modern diet, in other words,...
by Sorcha | Jan 13, 2021 | Lunch
Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil1 large onion chopped400g (14oz) tin of mixed beans, drained and rinsed1 tsp dried oregano400g (14oz) tin of chopped tomatoes1 tbsp tomato purée1 tsp ground cuminA few drops of tabasco sauce (optional)4 wholegrain tortillas50g of grated...
by Sorcha | Jan 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
There are so many diets out there, all of them promise you the moon and the stars, but do any of them work? This blog will look at the two main low carb diets out there at the minute, the Atkins diet and the Keto diet. First let’s look at the Atkins diet. The Atkins...
