Tips and advice from NZ Real Health on body health, natural health, recipes and nutrition.
No energy to get up in the mornings? Find yourself falling asleep around 11.00 am and 3.00 pm because you’re feeling tired (even though you ate breakfast and lunch)? Learning about the Glycemic Index may be your answer… Not all carbs are digested equally When you eat food your body’s digestive system breaks it down, …
As a personal trainer, people often find it so hard to believe me when I tell them they need to eat more. It takes a while for them to get their head around. They want to drop weight, and I tell them they need to eat more? It doesn’t seem to make sense. But to …
In New Zealand, a fighter is born around once every 14 hours. These are the 12 babies born with a heart defect every week, often receiving their first battle scar from open heart surgery in the first few days of their lives. August is @Heart Awareness Month, so it’s a great time to support the …
When looking at your nutrition habits, it’s important not just to address what you’re eating but also why you’re eating. Emotional eating, or responding to your feelings with ‘comfort food’ rather than responding to actual hunger, is an extremely common habit that can make losing weight almost impossible. The kicker is that many people don’t …
Also dubbed the ‘caveman’ diet, the paleolithic way of eating is based on evolutionary medicine. It’s all about approaching food as our pre-agricultural hunter/gatherer ancestors did – eating clean, unprocessed foods found in nature as we were intended to do. Now, we don’t endorse fad diets at NZ Real Health, but we do think it’s …
Want to make a real difference in someone else’s life? Take a dip in an icy pool to increase awareness and support for the 12 Kiwi kids born every week with a congenital heart condition. What’s involved? There have already been 12 Heart Stopper Challenge events held throughout the country this year, raising a total …
Snacking has been the downfall of many a person trying to achieve weightloss; so it’s important to know examples of healthy snacks and find ones that fit well into your normal eating habits and preferences. Here are some options for snacks (usually for around 10am and 3pm – those times in between meals when you …
When changing the way you eat, the best thing you can do is make small changes each week and work on building them up. Here are some ideas on how you can make your diet healthier and more nutritious: General healthy eating – Eat more fish, lean meat and nuts. – Have some carbs and …
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, yet it’s also the most commonly skipped one. It gives you energy to last you through your morning, kickstarts your metabolism, helps you concentrate, and having a healthy breakfast regularly makes you less likely to put on weight. So why would you miss it? Common excuses …
Our feet hold us up all day and help us get around, yet we tend to not give them the attention that they deserve! Here are some more reasons to take care of your feet and tips on how to do it. Why feet should be a top priority “Our feet are truly amazing – …
There is a saying, ‘you can’t out-train a bad diet’ and in most cases, it’s so true. Why is this? Simple: Calories in = quick (you can eat a lot in a short amount of time!) Calories out = slow (you usually have to exercise for a while to work it all off) A good …
Cooking at home is always going to be the best option healthwise (then again, suppose it depends on how good your cooking is!); you know what’s going into your food, you can make a bigger portion so there are leftovers for lunches, and it’s generally more cost effective. However, we know there are those times …