Laura Fitness

Diets, argh, I hate that word.  If I could ban any word from the English language, it would be the word 'diet'. Why? Because, time after time, day after day, I hear stories from men and women who are tying themselves up in knots. They are unsure what they should be eating, following the latest fad, generally gaining more and more weight, whilst increasing their stress levels, declining the state of their health and losing more and more confidence in themselves because the latest "fix all diet" hasn't worked. But who do they blame? Certainly not the diet, or the celebrity that sold them the idea.  They blame themselves for being weak and just not good enough. Diets are everywhere, high carb, low carb, high protein, low protein, low sugar, low fat, juice diets, low calorie, diets with supplements, the cabbage diet, crash diets, detox diets, the list is endless. STOP! There are two types of product on your supermarket shelf. Firstly there is 'food...

Protein drinks. You've been to the gym, you've worked hard, you need a protein drink, right? For the vast majority of gym bunnies, no, you don't! Sorry to be so blunt, but for the majority of people, including a vast number of people working in the industry, you don't need to be drinking your protein. What you need is a balanced diet filled with nutritionally rich foods that provide you with all the macro's (carbs, proteins and fats) your body needs alongside, guess what, vitamins and minerals!  Your protein needs can come in the form of meat or plant based proteins.  Yes that's right, you can get all the protein you need from plants! The protein shake industry has been incredibly clever in their marketing campaigns, making us all believe we need these expensive, processed, 'fast food' style drinks. Let me ask you this, have you EVER heard of someone medically suffering from a protein deficiency? No? Neither have I. However, I have hea...