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Welcome to my blog, and thank you for stopping by. I hope you find it informative, and if there is anything I have missed or you would like me to talk about please drop me a line of suggestion. After seeing a nutritional therapist I decided from the improvement of my own health that I would like to be there in the same way for others, therefore, I studied two degrees; one in Nutritional Therapy and another in Bioscience Nutrition so that i could be equipped to support a number of health conditions. I now work for a supplement company on a clinical team supporting practitioners and keeping upto date with all new scientific information and provide private consultations too aswel as keeping my blog going :)

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Tuesday 26 January 2016

Weightloss Tips


The festive season has passed and our waist size may have expanded slightly from all the treats we have snacked on. It’s now the New Year and with that comes plans for the new us, the pre-Christmas streamline version!






Here are some of our favourite weightloss tips:

Get a blood glucose monitor
These are great, you can buy them online or in Boots and they often link up with smartphones. You can take simple skin blood prick tests throughout the day to monitor your blood glucose levels so that you are eating when you need to. Sometimes you will think you need to eat, but your blood sugar is high, meaning the best you could do is fast at that time and go for a walk to get the metabolism going!
   
Avoid instant sugar hits
...such as chocolate.  Sugar is stored in all the wobbly bits such as the tummy and thighs. When you eat sugar, and it isn’t used up immediately for energy, such as when you exercise, your body can be in danger of going into hyperglycemia which can cause you to pass out. To prevent this, your body thinks ahead for when you may need some food and cleverly stores the sugar like a packed lunch in your fat cells ready for when you need a big surge of energy. Alas the energy surge is often not that frequent leaving you with lots of prepacked packed lunches to get through!

Cinnamon is your new buddy that goes everywhere with you
Carry this in your pocket and sprinkle a small amount on your food or in your drinks. This slows down sugar release into the blood stream keeping you feeling fuller for longer and less likely to gain fat.

Chromium
This little mineral is known to have the GTF (glucose tolerance factor) which means it regulates glucose in the blood after eating or when experiencing cravings, making it a popular ingredient to have when hungry or just after eating, to encourage satiety.

Insoluble fibre  
Fibre such as Konjac, alongside water, swells inside the gastrointestinal tract. The swelling makes the body feel full by triggering appetite suppressors.


Get your Zzzs
Sleeping and appetite can easily get confused. There is an appetite stimulator called ghrelin - think of it as the little hunger gremlin in your tummy which makes that rumbling noise. Ghrelin is stimulated by two things, hunger and sleep deprivation to encourage sleep, which can easily confuse you in to thinking you are hungry.


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