Bath Nutrition & Wellness Centre Provide Nutritional Advice to Bath Rugby Ladies team.

Bath Nutrition & Wellness Centre was recently appointed to provide nutritional advice to Bath Rugby Ladies team and is also a kit sponsor.

Cobrafit is now in Bath Nutrition & Wellness Centre

Cobrafit orientation day on the 2nd of November at Skipton was amazing. So I have decided to train a cobra fitness instructor Loose 500 calories in 40 minutes Keep watching for my launch dates.
 
Since last November I have been training in every aspect of this incredible new style of exercise and my #Bath #CobraFit workout classes will be COMING SOON to #Bath Nutrition & Wellness Centre!. 
If you want to get into the best shape of your life but don’t have much time and hate working out alone, then #Bath CobraFit in Nutrition & Wellness Centre is for you.

#Bath CobraFit is a special high intensity resistance training system designed to give you an all over body workout with particular emphasis on strengthening your core. Each workout will burn up to 500 calories in just 40 minutes.
But Bath CobraFit is more than just a workout. It’s all about the right workout in combination with the right nutrition to get you into the best shape of your life.

I have been practicing using the 5Kg & 8Kg bags, the training material from the November session as well as some DVDs and I can't wait to get fully qualified so that I can provide this incredible opportunity to my clients. I will ensure that it complements their nutrition programs and provides a fresh active life style that is tailor made to my clients' needs.


For more information on Bath CobraFit call me on: 01225 571361 or visit http://www.nutritionandwellnesscentre.co.uk/cobrafit/

Reduce Your Body Age and Lose Weight in Just 6 Weeks...

Reduce Your Body Age and Lose Weight in Just 6 Weeks...

On 19th of Sep Bath Nutrition & Wellness Centre introduces Younger Body Age Challenge, a unique

and effective way to Fight Body Ageing and Lose Weight. This Challenge is backed up by the latest research, to help You fight and reduce your body age and lose weight and shed your excess Visceral fat (abdominal fat also known as organ fat) simply by feeding your cells and keeping them young. We will work on your metabolic age (reflecting your physical health) by developing a healthy nutrition program and suitable fitness routine – tailor made to your specific needs and goals. I believe that after 6 weeks on our Challenge, you’ll feel and look so great that you wont want to go back your old ways ever. So Take the first step to changing your body shape and health for good.



The course covers topics such as:

•  Immunity, anti-oxidants and free radicals

•  Understanding your body composition

•  Vitamins and minerals

•  Metabolism

•  Alkalinity & Acidity and your PH

•  Water

•  Importance of fibre

•  Eating out Healthily

•  Digestive health

•  Fitness

•  Healthy snacking

•  Good carbohydrates

•  Digestive health

•  Good and bad fats

•  Understanding food labels

•  Importance of protein

•  Hidden Sugers & Addictions

•  Heart Health and more

What you will get?

•  A warm, supportive environment

•  FREE One-to-one session for 1 hour and 30 minutes at the start of the challenge to record all your stats and to set your personal goals (normally £45)

•  Wellness evaluation with all your measurements (height, weight, fat%, muscle%, water%, metabolic age, BMI, resting metabolic rate)

•  Free weekly fitness sessions (group)

•  Weekly group sessions discussing the topics above

•  Free healthy snacks in class to enjoy

•  Delicious healthy recipes and diet plans

•  Weekly measurements and prize for the biggest loser

•  Individual support – I am at the end of the phone and encourage my clients to contact me for advice – day and night (within reason)

•  Folder containing all the literature and hand-outs

•  Your before and after photos

Where and when do the challenges take place?

Courses are run at the  Bath Nutrition & Wellness Centre, London Rd, Bath BA1 6AD. There is free council parking at the back.

To book your place and for more info, please contact the Bath Nutrition & wellness centre on 01225 571 361. 

Or visit  http://www.nutritionandwellnesscentre.co.uk/

My Long Journey with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Before, during and after going to the Nutrition & wellness centre.‏

Mick Palmer Wrote..

"I had been suffering from a stomach condition (IBS) for roughly ten years before I first went to see Heba at the Nutrition and Wellness Centre. In this time I had gone from doctor to doctor, had numerous hospital visits, had tried acupuncture, meditation, Chinese medicine drinks, hypnotherapy, and many others tactics all to no avail. I found doctors were often dismissive and tended to try and attribute the causes to stress. I came up against this brick wall so many times. I would complain about my stomach, or pull out of some social occasion because I would feel too sick and people just could not understand – “oh you’ll be fine after a while” they would say, or, “you’re just anxious, it will go”. Despite my protests that this was not all psychological, I still felt like family, friends and professionals did not understand what I was going through.

After several trips to hospital I grew even more despondent. I would wait up to 16 weeks for an appointment only to go home with no answers, having made no progress, finding myself feeling frustrated and worried that I may never find a solution.

During this time, as my symptoms grew worse, my condition began to take control of my life. As someone who has always loved food and cooking, I found that I was losing my passion for it completely. It had become an automatic response to the thought of food to think “is this going to make me feel ill for few hours or (sometimes) days?” This became so habitual that I would often put off eating for fear of it making me ill. I would not eat before leaving the house and would avoid eating out.  Those times that I didn’t have a choice and had to eat out, I would find myself getting anxious before eating and after would feel so intensely ill I could not carry on a conversation. I would feel nauseous, sometimes in pain, and just concentrate on breathing, and trying to appear normal. No easy task. But if I tried to explain why I was not myself I would get the same response as always – “oh you’ll be fine in a bit, just let your food go down”.

So eventually I started just backing out of social occasions completely. Whilst my rational mind told me not to let my condition take control of my life, another part of me just did not want to purposely put myself in a situation that would make me feel so uncomfortable.

The longer this cycle went on, the worse my health became. I stopped sleeping properly, I wasn’t eating properly and I often had no energy. I was unmotivated, irritable and felt utterly powerless to do anything about it. I was in my final year of my degree, for which I had worked incredibly hard, and all I could think about was that my condition had become so debilitating that I truly believed I would not be able to get a job once I finished, let alone hold down a job, because of my condition.

This was probably my lowest point. I felt I had tried everything and nothing had worked. Around this time, I was leafing through the Bath Chronicle and came across an article about Heba and the recently opened Nutrition and Wellness Centre. I had seen a nutritionist briefly once before and they had promised they would “fix” me within a month. I left £80 poorer, and absolutely terrified to eat anything – no soya, dairy, nuts, seeds, Quorn, etc etc. The list was huge, and for a vegetarian immensely limiting.

However, the article highlighted Heba’s qualifications and experience which made me decide to try one more thing. This, it turns out, was the best decision I had made in the ten years I had suffered from this condition.

From the very first phone call onwards Heba radiated positivity, energy and enthusiasm for what she did. In our first meeting I finally felt, after all this time, that someone was listening, and really understood what I had been going through. This was such a huge relief. And immediately made me feel at ease with Heba, and most importantly made me feel I could trust her.

When I left that first meeting I felt positive about my situation for the first time in a long time. I felt like I could beat it and eventually return to my normal self. This was entirely due to Heba’s ability to empower and motivate. Whilst everyone I had seen previously talked in very vague terms and never offered any concrete solutions, Heba was confident, factual, and knowledgeable about what needed to be done.

Over the course of six months I saw Heba roughly every one to two weeks. I found each appointment boosted my energy and motivation and helped me work harder towards taking control of my condition. And it was work, for both Heba, and me. Following Heba’s great advice at times can be challenging. It requires strength and willpower, and sometimes it can be difficult. It can be tempting to lapse back in to old habits. But knowing what would be in store for me if I did, and also out of fear of undoing any work we had already done, I stuck to Heba’s advice. What made this easier were our meetings where we would discuss how I had been for the previous week, would review my food diary and check my weight and muscle mass. To see a change on the scales each week was fantastic – more muscle and less fat. This gave me the drive to work just as hard at it the next week so I could see an even better result.

Heba’s nutritional advice has been invaluable. I have learned so much about eating properly – for years (as a vegetarian) I thought I was eating pretty healthily, but it turns out a large amount of the food I had been eating had been perpetuating my condition. As part of building up my appetite again by eating regularly, and eating healthily, Heba recommended a number of Herbalife products. These made adjusting to new routines so much easier. They taste great, are quick and easy to eat and are really healthy. I still use Herbalife products every day.

All of this contributed to the changes I saw over the period of six months.

By the time I had finished my degree I was almost back to my old self again, and it felt great. People commented on the difference in how I acted and looked, I had more energy and was feeling more positive. Most importantly I felt I could work and hold down a job, which I now am.

I look back now at how difficult the last year with this condition was and to how I felt when I truly believed I would not be able to work. The change has been immense. And Heba was not only the catalyst, but was a constant driving force behind this change, and working hard at it with her has made a profound difference.

The great thing about the Nutrition and Wellness Centre and Heba is that it could work for anyone who just wants to eat healthier, feel better and have more energy. There are many positive points to the Nutrition and Wellness Centre, but what really sets it apart from other places is Heba herself. She has such energy and enthusiasm for what she does. Heba is someone who truly does what she does because she is passionate about it. Her energy is contagious and always makes you feel positive and confident that you will succeed in your goals.

So if you want to feel better, eat better and live better, then you could have no better start than with Heba at the Nutrition and Wellness Centre."

Bath - 90 Day – Level 10 Body Transformation Challenge

90Day – Level 10 Body Transformation Challenge

WANTTO GET FIT AND FEEL HEALTHY?

WANTTO LOSE WEIGHT AND FEEL GREAT ABOUT YOUR BODY?

WANTTO INCREASE YOUR STRENGTH AND STAMINA?

The Level 10 Challenge combines an exercise programmeboth cardio workouts and strength training, personalised nutritional intake,ongoing coaching and regular body composition testing with a focus on gettingresults

The Level 10 Body Transformation Challenge encouragespeople to reach their ultimate goal and be the best they can be whether it beweight loss, body fat loss or even gaining muscle. Whatever the objective.

Anyone can join, it is about transforming your bodyand lifestyle

Ican help you!  

Each participant will get the following:

Personalised body composition analysis

Customised nutrition programme and meal plan

Regular consultations and coach support

Education bout nutrition and exercise

I aim to look at the FullBody Composition on a weekly basis. I do not want weight loss where Body Fatpercentage is increasing because of the Lean Muscle Mass wastage.

Achieving results is 80% Nutrition and 20% Workout. Have you got the right balance? 

A personalised Programmes will ensure you are improving on all levels from your Weight to your Body Fat, Visceral Fat, Muscle Mass, BoneMass, Hydration Levels, Metabolic Age 

Achieving results is 80% Nutrition and 20% Workout. Have you got the right balance? First Step. Get your nutrition foundation sorted

What will you achieve in the next 90 days?  

Join Level 10 Body Transformation Challenge – 90 Day to a Slimmer, Stronger, FitterYOU

Bath Nutrition & Wellness Centre

The importance of Vitamin D in preventing Osteoporosis

What is Vitamin D

Vitamin D plays several vital roles. It helps absorb and maintain the amounts of calcium and phosphate in the body. These minerals are needed for strong bones and healthy teeth. 

In the introduction to my M.Phil thesis, I researched the factors that influenced bone formation and reported that “the build-up of bone during childhood and adolescence including genetic predisposition, diet, physical activity, body composition and smoking (Cooper, Westlake et al. 2006). Genetics factors have been reported to account for almost 80 per cent of the variance in peak bone mass (Davies, Evans et al. 2005; Bonjour, Chevalley et al. 2007). 

As far as diet is concerned, certain nutrition components have been extensively examined in the literature. Calcium and vitamin D have received particular attention and their associations with bone health in children and adolescents have been studied”.

Good sources of vitamin D

Our skin is our vitamin D factory and it needs an adequate supply of sunlight in order to make vitamin D. Our diet is the second source of vitamin D which is present in:

• oily fish, such as salmon and sardines
• eggs
• fortified fat spreads
• fortified breakfast cereals
• powdered milk

The problem with vitamin D sources, oily fish excluded, is that they all come with additional risks. Cholesterol control is a risk with an egg-rich and fatty spread diets. Breakfast cereals are normally sugar loaded and contain considerable salt content.

Not enough D and consequences

In a BBC article, it was proposed that we do not have enough sunlight in this country. Hence our bodies fail to get the adequate dose needed to absorb Calcium and Phosphate which are crucial to building and maintaining healthier bones. Therefore, we could be exposing our children to higher risks in contracting Rickets and exposing our elderly (particularly women) to higher risks of Osteoporosis. In my M.Phil thesis I concluded that “Vitamin D deficiency has been reported as the cause of rickets among children and acts to exacerbate osteoporosis in later life (Holick 2004).”

What is Osteoporosis?

Osteoporosis is a medical complaint affecting the bones, whereby they become weak and breakable under strains normal bones can withstand. The most common fracture sites are the spine, wrist and hips. Other possible fracture sites are the arm or pelvis. It is vital to build bone strength at a younger age and I reported in my M.Phil. thesis that both nutrition and “impact” sports are crucial particularly in the bone formation years part of life.

The importance of bone formation

The following is published in my thesis and highlights the bone formation years and their connection on preventing Osteoporosis in later life:

“Childhood and adolescence is a particularly important period in bone formation as the skeleton undergoes accelerated growth with increasing annual deposits (also known as Bone mineral density accrual) that enhance the bone’s mineral density. The annual Bone mineral density accrual reach a peak in late adolescence (Bonjour, Chevalley et al. 2007). Bone mineral density accrual (growth per year) peaks at 12.54 years for girls and 14.05 years for boys. At these ages the maximum amount of bone mineral density is deposited per year. The annual deposits then decline until no further additions are made when girls reach approximately 17 years of age and boys reach approximately 18.5 years of age (Cooper, Westlake et al. 2006). These bone deposits act as a reserve that is depleted throughout life. The bigger the deposits the better the person is prepared for bone fracture prevention in later life. The bone mass of an individual in later life depends upon the peak attained during skeletal growth and the subsequent rate of bone loss (Cooper, Westlake et al. 2006). The rate of bone loss is stable throughout early to mid adulthood then bone is gradually eroded with age with an accelerated rate during the 3-6 years of menopause in women (Bonjour, Chevalley et al. 2007). The graph below shows BMD variation with age (Bhattacharya 2010). It shows that BMD values accelerate rapidly after birth and then start to slow down to a peak which occurs roughly around 20 years of age. A plateau is then maintained to the late 40s followed by a rapid decline.

Figure ‎1‑1 Variation of BMD with age

Bone loss in later years of life may lead to a condition known as Osteoporosis which is characterised by low bone mass and the deterioration of bone’s micro-architecture thus increasing the possibility of bone fracture (Jordan and Cooper 2002). Osteoporosis is a very common condition and is often undiagnosed in clinical practice leading to devastating health consequences with fractures in later life (Cooper, Westlake et al. 2006). In women, the occurrence of osteoporosis increases with age and has been reported to affect 2 percent at 50 years of age and over 25 percent at 80 years (Bayly, O’Neill et al. 2006).

Figure ‎1‑2 The prevalence of osteoporosis with age in”

Recommended dose

The chief medical officer for England, Dame Sally Davies, recommended in January this year, that all pregnant and breastfeeding women, children aged six months to five-years-old and the over-65s should take vitamin D supplements. I quickly looked at Herbalife’s shake and the Multivitamin dose that I encourage my clients to take. As it turns out, they jointly provide almost 90% of Vitamin D’s RDA 

and over 100% of Calcium’s and Phosphorous RDA.

Heba Al-Zuhair (M.Phil in Nutrition Physical Activity& Public Health )