Biography: Kate Arnold BA(Hons) Dip ION MBANT - Nutritional Consultant
Kate trained as a Nutritional Therapist at the renowned Institute of Optimum Nutrition in London. She is currently continuing her research with an MSc at Middlesex University.As well as one to one consultations Kate offers workshops on nutrition for groups of four or more in an office or home environment,food shopping trips, and family consultations. Kate has seen thousands of people over the years with ranging health problems, but specialises in digestive disorders, heart and mental health and fatigue disorders.
With over twelve years of clinical experience in nutrition, Kate has built a varied and vast knowledge base and regularly gives advice to the National Press. She has worked with Rethink, The Princes Trust, schools, colleges and local government as well as media and music personalities,
A regular contributor to Wellbeing Magazine, see stories below.
We now know that weight loss is not a "one size fits all" fad, it needs to be tailored to the individual's needs: these may include metabolism, what medications people are taking, financial and social conditions.
Calorie counting and low fat diets only seem to work for a short space of time, and we now know low fat diets are not good for long term health.
The BBC2's "The Men That Made Us Fat" and Channel 4's" Dispatches - The Myths about your 5 a Day" highlighted exactly what is wrong with the food industry, who has the power and how we as consumers are manipulated by advertising and marketing.
As we bounce in to Summer I know some of you have been struggling (or know someone struggling) with fatigue and odd vague symptoms so this month we are focusing on the thyroid gland.
Kate Arnold was diagnosed as lactose intolerant about 17 years ago. It took six years to get a diagnosis in the days when she knew nothing of nutrition and health! In the last ten years I've seen a surge of lactose and fructose intolerance patients that are mistakenly diagnosed with IBS. Without the proper test, diagnosis, treatment or diet strategy, the symptoms won't necessarily go away.
Although we are now firmly into spring, sleep is still vitally important all year round and often people find it harder to sleep in the summer due to the excess light and noise.
This month Kate Arnold looks at diagnostic testing, not only available from many therapists, but also what's on the high street and whether it's any good.
Taking the time to look at someone's outward appearance can be hugely important in not missing a health condition. When I see patients on a one to one basis, I'm pretty much assessing them as soon as they come through the door,
Most people I see in my clinic have Type 2 diabetes and are on Metformin. Often, with a strict diet regime, some patients can get off Metformin and get their diabetes under control with diet and exercise.
Are supplements really a waste of time and money? Is there a real need for them in 21st century living? With the threat of many being banned in the coming years, should it be under the control of our GP to prescribe vitamins or should our health be in our own hands? Should we be allowed to choose?
The subject of cholesterol has been one of the most controversial health issues in the last twenty years. There are over seven million people in England taking statins and this number is expected to rise steeply. If you are concerned about your cholesterol or going on statins I hope the below helps.
For a long time now I've been aware of corn syrup in our diet, but recently it's hit the media in a big way, particularly after the documentary film, Food Inc.
Intensive farming is big business. Demand outstrips supply, and with this comes not only growing produce out of season but also in huge quantities. To achieve this often requires growth hormones and antibiotics, which can cause many animals to be overdeveloped and deformed, in order to produce more milk or appear plumper.
Having just had a week off work I found myself meandering slowly round my local supermarket (I usually do a mad dash) and reading food labels. I do this from time to time to see if anything is easier for the consumer to understand.
Dr. Hans Selye, the stress expert and author of Stress without Distress said that it is not stress that is harmful but distress. Distress occurs when unresolved emotional stress is prolonged and not dealt with in a positive way.
How much water we need on a daily basis does vary. According to how much exercise you are doing and what your diet is like, roughly 1.5 litres to 3 litres daily is recommended.
Bread is the most common food that my patients talk about. It seems to be causing digestive problems like bloating, headaches, fatigue, nausea, IBS etc. More often than not bread is avoided due to a self diagnosis of wheat/gluten intolerance without really knowing what grain is causing what symptom, and is it actually the grain but something else entirely that is causing the problem? So what's going on?
As my regular readers are now no doubt aware, good nutrition can play a vital role in the prevention of disease and the reduction of symptoms. Arthritis and osteoporosis cost the NHS billions each year and much can be done to help prevention and alleviate pain. There are many factors to be taken into consideration with these complicated diseases and wear and tear and hereditary factors also have a role to play.
