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Top 10 Tips to Keep you Gut Healthy

WEB5. Get active: Exercise can really help improve your digestive health. Carrying excess weight can really affect the digestive system – putting pressure on the stomach, or squashing food mixed with stomach acid back into the gullet, which can cause heartburn. 6. Five a Day: Rich in essential vitamins, minerals and fibre, ensuring you …

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SACN Carbohydrate and Health Report: What does it mean for me

WEBSACN is an expert advisory board for the UK government who were tasked with looking at the latest evidence for the links between the consumption of carbohydrates, sugar, starch and fibre in relation to health (i.e. heart disease, type 2 diabetes, bowel health and tooth decay). What are their recommendations?

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Why one diet doesn't fit all, the role of a dietitian

WEBEveryone is different; everyone has different health needs, different energy requirements for activities, different social situations. Therefore one diet does not fit all and is not suitable for everyone. When giving dietary advice, dietitians take all this into account and give personalised nutritional advice.

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5 a day or 10 a day

WEBThe study found that having 10 portions of a variety of fruit and veg (about 800g/day) compared to ½ a portion or less per day, was associated with: 24% reduced risk of coronary heart disease. 33% reduced risk of stroke. 14% reduced risk of total cancer. 31% reduced risk of premature death.

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Healthy Low Protein Breakfast Ideas

WEBIdeas include: Measured quantities of cereal with low protein milk plus chopped fruit or berries on top. Gluten-free bagel (GF products are often lower in protein so check the protein content) with fried mushrooms / tinned tomatoes. Low protein toast with cream cheese (mini Philadelphia tubs are 2.5 g protein)

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10 Myths About Food that Dietitians hear all the time!

WEB5) Sea salt is much better than normal salt. Myth. Sea salt is still salt even if its name sounds more natural and healthier. This is the same for other types of salt such as Himalayan pink salt! Too much salt is linked to high blood pressure which is a major cause of strokes and heart attacks.

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Dietitians, evidence and expertise: What is evidence based practice

WEBEvidence based practice. Evidence based practice (EBP) is used in all areas of medicine and healthcare. It involves searching for the evidence around the topic (scientific papers that report on research). Appraising the data (is it a good reliable study?) and then useing the most current and valid evidence as the basis for clinical decisions.

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An Update on Galactosaemia and Dietary Treatment

WEBGalactosaemia History. The first description of a baby with galactosaemia was over 100 years ago in 1908. In 1935 Mason and Turner were the first to report the successful use of a milk-free diet in an infant with galactosaemia (1).In the 1950s Luis Leloir identified the metabolic pathway in the metabolism of galactose (of which he won a …

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No Weigh Porridge

WEB1 cup of oats. Double the amount of milk. Some people prefer 1/2 milk, 1/2 water. Add a handful of raisins or other dried fruit (sualtanas, apricots) or fresh fruit (chopped banana, blueberries, strawberries). If you want more taste then you can add 1/2 teaspoon of spice. Simmer on the hob and keep stirring to make sure it doesn’t stick.

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10 Ridiculous Fad Diets

WEBHere are 10 popular fad diets and why it is not a good idea to follow them! 1. The Cabbage Soup Diet. This is a short term diet plan for 7 days, mainly consisting of lots of low calorie cabbage soup! You start the week with just cabbage soup and fruit and slowly over the 7 days add more foods. Of course you are going to lose weight as cabbage

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Red Meat and Cancer: The Facts

WEBThe evidence for red meat and cancer is not as strong; the limited evidence is linked to bowel cancer, but also prostate and pancreatic. They report if the link was found then they would suggest the risk would increase by 17% for every 100g of red meat eaten daily. 100g of red meat equates to: 2-3 slices of roast beef. 1 large lamb chop.

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Should I Be Vegan

WEBThis means no meat, fish, shellfish, insects or anything to do with animals i.e. dairy, eggs and honey. An individuals interpretation of this may vary. Protein sources are from beans, pulses, seeds and nuts. A vegan diet needs to be carefully planned so that all nutrients are accounted for in the diet especially vitamin B12, iron and calcium.

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Life of an inherited metabolic disorders dietitian

WEBMetabolic Disorders for life. Inherited metabolic disorders are genetic inherited conditions so people are born with them and they are treated for life rather than cured. This means they will have regular visits to clinic for treatment and review so we get to know our patients well. Working with adults with IMDs means we are at the forefront of

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Dietetics at the Start of the NHS

WEBDietetics has evolved. Over the past 70 years Medicine, Nutrition and Dietetics have evolved. Dietetics is a fairly young science and the first Dietetic department appeared at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in 1924. The first meeting of the BDA was in 1936 with 77 members (1). There are now 9,585 qualified working Dietitians in the UK …

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Dietetics in the 1940's

WEBEven in the 1940’s they knew that nutrition was very important in recovery. ‘Feeding sick people is a very important part of medical treatment and of nursing care alike. Recently a great deal of attention has been centred on the application of the science of dietetics and nutrition to the preservation of health and the prevention of disease’.

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TMAU: Diet to reduce a fishy odour

WEBVegetarian sources of protein are lower in choline (i.e. beans, lentils, chick peas, tofu, cheese, egg white, nuts and seeds) so aiming for a mainly vegetarian diet will lower the choline content. Eating meat / fish 2-3 times a week will provide essential nutrients such as vitamin B12, zinc and selenium.

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Why is it important to have diversity in dietetics and do we have it

WEBIt is also associated with: lower organisational commitment, lower job satisfaction, higher work tension, absenteeism, high employee turnover and loss of talented employees (3). Clearly these can impact both individual and organisational wellbeing. Diversity in dietetics is vital as we don’t necessarily resemble the melting pot of …

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