Most people tend to gain weight as time goes by, and the causes of this are many and varied. On one level it really is straightforward – if you eat more food than your body needs then you will gain weight. On another level it’s quite complicated! There are almost a hundred reasons [...]
Have you ever watched competitive eaters fight it out to be the one who can scoff the most in any given time, or be the first to clear their ridiculously overloaded plate? If you have, you will probably have noticed that they place a great deal of emphasis on eating as much as [...]
Have you ever been ‘on a diet’ before? At The Freedom Clinic we don’t like the idea of going on a diet. It should go without saying that we want you to lose weight when you’re with us, but it’s far more important to us that along the way you should acquire the [...]
Imagine the scene – it’s 5.30am and your alarm clock rudely interrupts your blissful slumber to announce that if you want to go for a run before work, then the time is now. When you set your alarm last night you had every intention of bouncing out of bed and hitting the streets, [...]
One of the big causes of weight gain can be prescription medications. This can be a tricky area to manage! Most of the medications that are associated with weight gain are either things that you really need to be taking in your circumstances, or things that doctors don’t prescribe easily because there are [...]
Have you ever said ‘It’s not my fault that I gained weight and now I can’t lose it, it’s in my genes. Everyone in my family is ‘big’’. Well – you’re probably right, but please don’t get despondent, help is at hand! This is when people start talking about nature versus nurture – [...]
