Our annual  Eat Right, Live Right Week is fast approaching.We have a number of fun-filled and health promoting activities planned. For units taking part, Healthy Option specials will be made available daily, with health badges appearing next any of our healthy alternatives for breakfast and lunch. A free body composition analysis checks will be held for one day during week. It will comprise of analysing muscle mass, body fat %, visceral fat, metabolic age, bone mass, total body water, BMI and ideal body [...] Continue reading…

  We were absolutely delighted with the turnout and our fantastic guests from The Happy Pear at our Healthy Lifestyle event in The Restaurant at Brown Thomas on Tuesday the 3rd of February. The ever energetic guys from The Happy Pear last Tuesday gave our audience members sage advice in terms of healthy diet and sustained weight loss. An incredible night enjoyed by all with lots of tasty (and of course healthy) treats and tips shared.  

  Happy New Year – Here’s wishing you Good Health & Wellbeing in 2015! It’s Resolutions Month again, meaning it’s time for a new season of RTE’s Operation Transformation. For those of you who are following the show and using it as motivation for your own change in lifestyle we have good news. Starting Monday 19th of January, selected units will be spurring you on by offering special daily Healthy Choice menu options for the duration of OT and informational posters. [...] Continue reading…

  “Ah, sure it’ll be grand.”-  This is a common saying amongst many an Irish man in most aspects of their life, including health. However, this “Laissez Faire” attitude that can lead to poor lifestyle, bad eating habits and late presentation of health issues to the health services. This may be the very cause of local men dying on average four and a half years younger than their female counterparts. Men’s Health Forum Ireland wants to help. They are a [...] Continue reading…

  Are you getting enough? More often than not many of us do not get our daily dose of the sunshine vitamin. Which is worrying as vitamin D has many roles that help normal functioning of the body. One very important job for vitamin D is that it promotes the absorption of calcium to help with the growth and development of bones. Making sure to include vitamin D rich foods in our meals is particularly important for those of us [...] Continue reading…

“Listen to your gut” is sage advice, however,  many Irish people ignore it in more ways than one.  Without meaning to many of us are ignoring our bowl and digestive health which can really have a knock on impact on our over all health. Low fibre diets are prevalent throughout the country which can lead to serious consequences if not improved. Irish Cancer society want to help raise awareness of bowel cancer and the steps to take to reduce your [...] Continue reading…

“Spill salt, spill sorrow”, says the superstition. But maybe those ‘old wives’ were on to something. Salt is used so prevalently in modern food that you are often blissfully unaware of how much you are eating every day. Excess consumption of salt could be damaging your health without you realising it. World Action on Salt and Health (WASH) want to help. They are a global group with a simple mission: “Improve the health of populations throughout the world by achieving [...] Continue reading…

Happy New Year – Here’s wishing you Good Health & Wellbeing in 2014! It’s Resolutions Month again, meaning it’s time for a new season of RTE’s Operation Transformation. For those of you who are following the show and using it as motivation for your own change in lifestyle we have good news. Starting Monday 13 Jan, selected units will be spurring you on by offering special daily Healthy Choice menu options for the duration of OT. All The Best, KSG. [...] Continue reading…