Prevention is Cure Blog

Listen in as our Dietitian, Dr Caryn Zinn, talks fibre.   1. What is fibre?2. Where do we get it from?3. How much do we need? If any?4. Why do we need it?5. Key controversies Here's a link to our nutrition course Caryn mentions, and instructs PK102: Nutrition

SCIENCE IN A MINUTE: Dr Caryn Zinn reviews the latest research published in the British Medical Journal comparing breakfast eaters to non-breakfast eaters and the effects on weight and energy intake.Is the current mantra 'Breakfast is the most important...

A Summary of the American Society of Cancer’s Blueprint for the Primary Prevention of Cancer A recent series of articles has appeared in the “A Cancer Journal for Clinicians 2018” describing trends in cancer rates, scientific evidence on cancer prevention, early...

How do you cut through the confusion and know how to eat healthily? Our Dietician Caryn Zinn gives us her top tips, including walking around the outside of the supermarket, having a full fridge, empty pantry and going low human interference. If you want to read more...

Food is medicine Every single cell in your body depends on what you put in your mouth. For the last 50 years, we’ve been formally guiding people on how to eat. We’ve been telling them what percentage of each nutrient, and how many servings from each food...

Get started back into fitness this year the PreKure way! We've put together for you a little pack containing: Our PreKure Fitness Guidelines - based on science Beginners to intermediate level 3 Week Fitness Plan -  to help get you into #fitnessismedicine....

We want to wish you a truly healthy and happy Christmas this year. The Christmas and New Year holiday season is a great time to work on some on the non-physical aspects of our health & happiness. A time to step away from work stresses and relax mentally, and often...

SCIENCE IN A MINUTE: @Caryn Zinn Nutrition reviews the latest Lifestyle Medicine research released two weeks ago in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on weight-loss maintenance. Which diet works best for maintaining weight loss? Find out... #foodismedicine...

    SCIENCE IN A MINUTE: Professor Grant Schofield reviews the latest Lifestyle Medicine research released this week in JAMA Open Cardiology on fitness and all-cause mortality (fitness and the risk of dying of anything). Can you exercise too much, can you be...

One thing Lisa believes we are not talking about enough is sleep. Sleep Medicine is a rapidly evolving science. When we sleep our immune system is most active. If you're sleep deprived your Natural killer cells, or NK cells, which patrol the body removing...

November 14th is World Diabetes Day – a day to promote action to confront diabetes as a global health issue. Over 425 million people are currently living with diabetes. Most of these cases are type 2 diabetes, which is a lifestyle disease. What that means...

Louise shares an embarrassing story about what her young son told his entire kindergarten! If you're using alcohol as a way of relaxing and recovering from a stressful busy day at work watch this quick tip from Louise.

Food is medicine. Every single cell in your body depends on what you put in your mouth. For the last 50 years, we’ve been formally guiding people how to eat. We’ve been telling them what percentage of each nutrient, and how many servings from each food group they...

Professor Grant Schofield and Dietitian Caryn Zinn breakdown the facts and myths behind the different diets out there. Learn more about the diet you fuel yourself with, and about why we eat what we eat.