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Member Testimonial – Claire Palmer
I need to make a confession……………………………………………………………………………….. I joined Inspire Fitness earlier this year. It sounds so easy doesn’t it, but it wasn’t. I had booked with Carolyn to come and look round after Christmas. I had been unwell for a few months and recently been...
Need a Mood Boost? Eat This
There’s no doubt that what you eat can have a big impact on how you feel, right? Mental health and brain health are complex. So are the foods we eat, and the ways our bodies interact with those foods. While we don't know the exact mechanisms how food and nutrition...
Good (aka Healthy) Fats and “Not-So-Good” Fats
Lot’s of people avoid fat in their diets believing it will make them fat, raise their cholesterol and cause heart disease BUT… Not all fats are created equal! Fat is one of the three critical macronutrients; along with protein and carbohydrates. Some fats are...
Avoid bloat and keep your tum happy naturally
Do you ever feel a bit “overextended” in the belly after a meal? Perhaps “gassy?” Have you ever carried a “food baby?” Well, bloating is common. Up to 25-30% of people experience it regularly. It happens when you have trouble digesting. The symptoms come from excess...
Why am I always hungry?
If you always seem to feel hungry, you are not alone! There are many reasons to feel hungry. Of course, the most obvious one is that you are actually physically hungry. Perhaps your stomach is empty, your blood sugar has dropped, and your hunger hormones are having a...
Salt, sodium, your health and high blood pressure!
Salt and how it can effect you. There are lots of different kinds of salt: pink, iodized, kosher, sea, etc. They either come from salt mines in the ground, or from evaporating the water out of salt water and what all salts have in common is they contain the mineral...
Healthy Food Swaps For Autumn Weight Loss
It can feel harder to eat healthy at this time of year. We think of salads and light meals in summer but come the colder weather we start to think of heavy, stick-to-your-ribs, warming foods and often our calorie consumption creeps up. But, there are some simple...
Food As Comfort: Stop Bad Eating Habits And Emotional Eating
Even those people who follow a strict diet and understand the calorie content of everything they eat (who are these people!) can still have a bad day and slip with their nutrition. In our society, emotional eating is such an ingrained and normalized behaviour that we...
How to Build Emotional Resilience
This is definitely a testing time and even the most positive amongst us are finding it hard to stay resilient in the face of all the challenges we’re currently experiencing. It is possible to build resilience though and if you’re experiencing excessive negative...








