by Ulrika Ballinger | Oct 5, 2021 | Behaviour Change, Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Fitness is Medicine, Food is Medicine, Lifestyle is Medicine, Nutrition, Science
What are the lifestyle factors that have a massive impact on your health outcomes if you catch Covid? And what should you do to prepare yourself? Tune into our podcast below, as Prof Grant Schofield talks with Paul Taylor, Neuroscientist, Exercise Physiologist,...
by Catherine Crofts | Oct 4, 2021 | Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Lifestyle is Medicine, Prevention is Cure, Science
For many older adults, especially women or those with type 2 diabetes, the risk of fracturing bones is real, and it has a significant impact on quality of life. Understanding more about why bone might become more fragile is the first step in preventing it or reducing...
by Ulrika Ballinger | Jul 22, 2021 | Food is Medicine, Nutrition, Science, Weight-loss
One of the most common nutrition questions is keto, or the ketogenic diet, safe long-term. Prof Grant Schofield and Dr Caryn Zinn answer this question here. What we do know is this – low-carbohydrate diets, including ketogenic diets, improve people’s health, and...
by Catherine Crofts | Jun 23, 2021 | Science, Science in a Minute
Dr Catherine Crofts has co-authored a paper about the importance of getting your insulin levels down and keeping your vitamin D levels up to help with Covid-19. More than a quarter of New Zealanders have inadequate amounts of vitamin D throughout the winter period. I...
by Ulrika Ballinger | Jun 17, 2021 | Food is Medicine, Nutrition, Science, Science in a Minute
Prof Grant Schofield takes a look at this research paper, published in the Journal of Atherosclerosis, on the effects of protein – the forgotten macronutrient – and the difference that protein can make. The study is centred around the protein...
by Grant Schofield (PreKure Chief Science Officer) | Mar 20, 2021 | Fitness is Medicine, Food is Medicine, Friends are Medicine, Lifestyle is Medicine, Nutrition, Science
Fluctuations in mood are normal in humans and essential to a good life. But what causes low mood and what can we do to help us feel better? Prof Grant Schofield, Chief Science Officer at PreKure, has released a white paper on the biology of mental wellbeing, to help...
