We know that treating our heart with care is crucial to life. When we are overweight or obese, we rare actively contributing to potentially inducing ailments such as high blood pressure, clogged arteries and heart attack, all of which are a serious risk to life. Dr...
We have all heard about body fat and how bad it can be for our health, but what are the ins-and-outs of it? Dr Charlotte Norton, Medical Director of The Slimming Clinic, explores the subject and tells us, body fat isn’t all as bad as it seems! What is body fat?...
We regularly hear about how having a healthy BMI is one of the key factors to overall health and that if you are carrying more weight, you should aim to lower your BMI in order to reduce your risks of obesity-related illness. With an NHS survey illustrating that 67%...
“COVID-19 has reminded us how much our health matters” the NHS Better Health campaign states. But the truth is, most of us knew already how much our health mattered, but the global pandemic has heightened our, and now the government’s, need to prioritise our health...
You may have seen in the news that in a bid to protect the NHS and beat COVID-19, the government has announced stricter regulations on ‘unhealthy’ foods in their new obesity strategy with Public Health England – named ‘Better Health’. The new regulations due to come...
Over the last week, we’ve had a number of questions surrounding Ramadan and how patients can fast whilst sticking to their weight loss journey and when they do eat, what sort of foods they should be looking to, to ensure a healthy, balanced diet that ensures...