By Chloe McLeod on August 30, 2013

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about the effect sleep has on our appetite hormones, and how lack of sleep can increase risk of weight increase. ...

By Chloe McLeod on August 23, 2013

As this post goes up, four of my colleagues, the HerOes are running the 100km Oxfam trail walker. Myself and one of our other dietitians, Monica, ...

By Chloe McLeod on August 16, 2013

Thanks to freedigitalphotos.net for the picture Can sleep really affect my weight? In a word, yes. It all comes down to the amount of sleep, and some ...

By Chloe McLeod on August 9, 2013

This week we had a professional photographer come to the clinic to take new pictures for the website, and as you can expect, we all ‘suited up’ so to ...

By Chloe McLeod on August 2, 2013

I recently wrote a blog about the positive health effects fish oil supplements can have on your health, but one thing we didn’t discuss was the ...

By Chloe McLeod on July 26, 2013

Turmeric has long been used in Indian cooking to add flavor and colour. In traditional Indian medicine (Ayerveda), it is often used for it’s ...

By Chloe McLeod on July 19, 2013

‘I want to get big’. A statement many a dietitian has heard. And yes, some athletes, and people do need to gain muscle mass. But how much weight gain ...

By Chloe McLeod on July 12, 2013

‘ Play the way you train ’, a mantra many an athlete has heard before. I first saw this video a couple of years ago, and was then shown it again when ...

By Chloe McLeod on July 5, 2013

Constipation. It’s one of those common things that most of us don’t like to talk about. Frequently I find clients come in, and it is often only ...

By Chloe McLeod on June 28, 2013

There are so many different products claiming to improve your performance, and make you better than [insert name of favourite athlete] that it is ...