Biography: Kate Arnold BA(Hons) Dip I.O.N MBANT - Nutritional Therapist
Kate trained as a Nutritional Therapist at the renowned Institute of Optimum Nutrition in London, under Patrick Holford. She is a member of The British Association of Nutritional Therapists and is also a member of the Guild of Health Writers. Kate 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, and food shopping trips.
With over nine years clinical experience in nutrition, Kate has built a varied and vast knowledge base and regularly gives advice to the National Press.
She is the resident nutritionist with Healthy & Organic Living magazine.
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.
More than 6 million people in the UK have painful Osteoarthritis in one or both knees. 1 in 5 adults between 50-59 yrs and 1 in 2 adults aged 80 yrs + have OA in their knees.
When I called Mind the other day for up to date statistics on mental health, I was astounded to find that one if four of us are likely to suffer with some sort of mental health problem in our life time.
Heart attacks affect one in four deaths in men and one in six deaths in women in the UK. The risk factors for heart disease include high cholesterol, high blood pressure, bad diet, obesity, lack of exercise, excess alcohol intake and high levels of stress.
In the last ten years the rise and rise of eating eco-friendly food saw organic food sales go through the roof. In times of economic growth it seemed a small price to pay to save the planet.
Your immune system is the most complex and remarkable in the body. It is key to your health and longevity and without it you would quite simply die. The immune system is what fights off bugs, bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa. Bacteria are part of life, some harm us others help us, however the most important point is that the bugs are under control.
As a nutritionist I believe if you start young, you can prevent many of the diseases that plague the western world; no smoking, plenty of exercise, a good diet, low levels of stress and great genes can take you a long way.
Controlling your blood sugar is the key to sustainable weight loss, says Wellbeing's Nutritionist Kate Arnold.
Nearly one in two people are overweight or obese in the UK today. It's easy to assume that this is solely due to an increase in calorie intake but it's actually more to do with the types of food we are eating. Over the last fifteen years, the average British calorie intake has actually fallen. In China, where obesity is still rare, the average calorie intake is 2,630 kcals per day, this is more than the Americans who consume a daily average of 2,360 kcals.
A nutritional therapist isn't just someone you see if you want to lose weight, they can help to prevent and cure all manor of conditions, boost your energy levels and improve your overall health. Wellbeing's Nutritionist Kate Arnold sets the record straight.
