Food Safety – How safe is your food ? Food handling is a critical part of ensuring food safety during cooking, preparing, serving, packing, displaying and storing food. SAFE FOOD HANDLING All foods, if handled properly, can be safe. Most instances of food poisoning do not have to happen at all, and can be avoided
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Coping with the lockdown blues After many weeks and months in lockdown or heavily restricted, it’s quite common to feeling a case of the lockdown blues. Less than 2 years ago, the very notion of having our movements and behaviours restricted would have been scoffed at, as something that could and would never happen,
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Top 5 Diets That Will Help You Lose Weight! Looking to lose a few of those extra pounds and become healthier and happier? We have the top 5 diets that will help you lose weight! If you’re looking to get in shape and lose a few extra pounds, then you can do a lot worse
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Nutrition Tips for vegetarian athletes Vegetarian athletes must be sure to eat a variety of food choices including protein-rich and carbohydrate-rich foods at each meal. Vegetarian sources of protein and minerals typically found in meat include lentils, dried beans and peas (ready-to-use products are available), tofu, tempeh, textured vegetable (or soy) protein, and ready-made nut,
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Ten things you need to know about vegetables Are you getting your five serves of vegetables a day? And your daily dose of all those vitamins, minerals like iron and calcium, plus phytonutrients? Or are your storage, prep and cooking methods removing too many nutritious goodies before they even reach your plate? Here’s some tips
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Protein intake for athletes From requirements to optimum adaptation Opinion on the role of protein in promoting athletic performance is divided along the lines of how much aerobic-based versus resistance-based activity the athlete undertakes. Athletes seeking to gain muscle mass and strength are likely to consume higher amounts of dietary protein than their endurance-trained counterparts.
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Contest Preparation for Natural Bodybuilding Contest preparation tips and guidance is an area many Personal Trainers are asked about by their clients due to the increasing popularity of Figure, Fitness and Bodybuilding competitions. Competitors are judged on their aesthetic appearance and usually exhibit a high level of muscularity and symmetry and low levels of body
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