by Women's Health | Dec 10, 2019 | Food & Nutrition
A well-balanced diet consists of essential vitamins, nutrients and minerals, but what does that look like on a plate? Xoliswa Nkosi is the group exercise manager for Virgin Active Gateway, a certified PT and one of our 2019 #whnextfitstar top five. She spends most of...
by Women's Health | Dec 3, 2019 | Food & Nutrition
When you want something healthy, crunchy and easy to nosh on-the-go, nuts of all kinds — almonds, peanuts, pistachios, cashews — are an easy go-to. And, given that nuts are good sources of fat, fibre and protein — along with a slew of different vitamins and minerals —...
by Women's Health | Nov 20, 2019 | Health
It’s party season. And while one part of you is eyeballing the glitter blush, there’s also a small voice whispering: Um, what are endless glasses of luke-warm vino, soft-cheese-and-fig-laden crackers and late nights going to do to my newfound fitness...
by Women's Health | Nov 18, 2019 | Food & Nutrition
Once upon a time, being a vegetarian was pretty black and white. You didn’t eat meat, and that was that. These days, though, there seem to be 50 different shades of vegetarianism. “There’s more of an emphasis now on plant-based diets, and a lot of people want to...
by Women's Health | Nov 15, 2019 | Weight Loss
Dieticians have weighed in on reasons why nuts could be the perfect low-carb snack. There’s a reason Regina George didn’t ask if nuts were a carb. Until the recent rise of low-carb-everything, no one worried about the carb content in these 10 healthy nuts....
