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It was good news all round for local business Hanna’s Secret recently, as the very week the bakery moved into its new premises and created four jobs, it was also nominated for a prestigious national award.

There are three main keys in genuine weight loss - food, exercise and correcting your metabolism faults. Your metabolism refers to a complex series of chemical processes that convert food into energy as well as establishing the rate at which your body burns calories.

There are three main keys in genuine weight loss — food, exercise and correcting your metabolism faults. Your metabolism refers to a complex series of chemical processes that convert food into energy as well as establishing the rate at which your body burns calories.

A recent survey by probiotic experts Yakult reveals that over half of us are eating for two on a regular basis, while a third of us have no idea what our daily calorie limit should be. The Yakult survey, in association with www.loveyourgut.com to mark Gut Week (August 22 to 28), found that Irish people are eating double or more what we should be of foods such as potatoes, cheese, chips, and chocolate.

1. Your metabolism is the master controller of your weight loss — even more than diet or exercise. Metabolism faults (like high blood sugar, constipation, bloating, sluggish liver, hormone imbalances, and sluggish thyroid) will limit or stop your weight loss no matter how much dieting or exercise you do. Addressing your metabolism problems opens the door to better and easier weight loss.

A. This is all down to changes in your metabolism. As we get older our metabolism is rapidly changing. Thyroid function declines, male and female hormones decline, our digestive function declines, liver function declines, blood sugar rises, and these are just a few of the changes. These are all critical factors for weight loss.

You go on a diet to lose weight but end up being the same weight or else, even worse, you gained weight on your diet. And now, you lack energy, crave sugary foods and you do not like what looks back at you from the mirror every day. How would you like to drop a dress size in four weeks while eating more, having no cravings, and doing realistic exercise that suits your lifestyle?

You might be dropping the pounds fast. You might find the shortcuts appealing. You think everything is going well. You are probably just focusing on your weight only. However your weight loss plan is more than likely cheating you and seriously damaging your shape, body, and health.

You might be dropping the pounds fast. You might find the shortcuts appealing. You think everything is going well. You are probably just focusing on your weight only. However, your weight loss plan is more than likely cheating you and seriously damaging your shape, body and health.

Dietitian Heather Miller, who holds clinics in Balla, Castlebar, and Ballindine, this week talks about how certain foods affect our mood.