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Healthy eating for cancer prevention

Ninety nine per cent of people simply do not consume enough food calories and are eating the wrong food. It happens time after time and someone will ask me how to gain weight, my first question is: “What have you eaten today?” and without a doubt most will say not much. You have to eat to fuel the body, plain and simple. Most men do not consume sufficient amounts of protein, complex carbs, fats, and they keep feeding on simple carbs that won’t help in weight gain and muscle gain.

Slender, a naturally based range from Lifes2good, offers a complete programme for weight management. The Slender programme works 24 hours a day, helping reduce fat, maintain and improve muscle tone, and give measurable inch loss results.

An almighty platoon of young Mayo farmers is homeward bound to learn about the importance of eating their five-a-day. Primary schools in Mayo are cultivating five crops of Irish fruit and vegetables in the classroom for the National Incredible Edibles growing challenge, developed by Agri Aware.

Mention healthy eating and most children will groan. They equate “good” foods with boring, tasteless meals which lack the allure of their favourite treats.

Easter has a habit of throwing even those with the best intentions off course when it comes to healthy eating. However, all that chocolate need not mean an end to healthy eating.

Dear Breda

Colleen Fitzpatrick is a Nutritional Therapist practicing from Westport Clinic, High Street, Westport. Colleen trained at the Institute of Nutrition & Health, Bray, Co Wicklow and graduated with a distinction in Nutritional Therapy and is a member of the British Association of Nutritional Therapists. Colleen also studied psychology for six years and holds a Masters Degree form University College Dublin.

A public meeting on Type 2 diabetes will take place at the Maldron Hotel, Oranmore, on Thursday January 28 at 7.45pm.

The economic recession could lead to higher levels of alcohol consumption by some Irish people as “cocooning”, or home drinking, grows in popularity. This is one of the key findings of an extensive research project undertaken for MEAS, the alcohol social responsibility organisation, on the drinking culture of 18 to 29-year- olds in this country.