Louise Lynch Fitness

Women's Funding Tripled in Recognition of Triathlon Success - Life and Fitness Magazine Triathlon Ireland’s success in increasing female participation has been recognised with a substantial increase in funding from Sport Ireland. The state organisation has more than tripled its commitment to Triathlon Ireland’s Women in Sport initiative and for the first time ever, it has also pled...

Eat Your Way to Stronger Lungs - Life and Fitness Magazine Why do we need strong lungs? Without healthy lungs, the simple act of breathing can be strenuous, and speaking or laughing requires additional effort. Stronger lungs also allow us to do activities that lead to a fuller life with more ease, like exercise, hiking, cycling, and running. The reality, ho...

Back to basics

Top Three Sports to Help You Get Fit - Life and Fitness Magazine For the average person, sport isn’t just about winning. Instead, it can be a fantastically fun and effective way to both get and stay fit. However, with so many different choices on offer, it can be difficult to find the right fit for both your body and your timetable. With that in mind, here we g...

5 Reasons to Eat Eggs This World Egg Day - Life and Fitness Magazine There’s no better time to celebrate the humble egg than Friday 12th, a.k.a World Egg Day. One of the oldest foods known to man, what would we be without the egg? Scrambled, poached, or sunny side up, they’re a go-to for breakfast as much as a quick and easy lunch or dinner. From omelettes to …

The Last Belt Hole - A 60lb Journey - Life and Fitness Magazine by Thomas Leamy Creamy French onion soup, succulent pan-fried duck à l’orange, topped off with a vanilla mille-feuille that was so good, it could wake Napoleon. It was food heaven! My lovely fiancée, who is now my lovely wife, had just treated me to a showstopper meal in the quaint L’Abreuvoir...

Everything you need to know about Cooking Oils - Life and Fitness Magazine It was bad news for coconut oil last month after Harvard Professor, Karin Michels, blacklisted it as “one of the worst things you can eat”, dramatically claiming it to be “pure poison” for our health and contradicting so much of what we already know about this widely respected and enjoyed .....

Women Are Six Times More Likely To Die From Cardiovascular Disease Than Breast Cancer - Life and Fitness Magazine Low awareness of signs and symptoms of cardiovascular disease amongst women Statistics show that women are six times more likely to die of cardiovascular disease than breast cancer, the Urgent Cardiac Care Nursing Team in the Mater Private Hospital in Dublin have put together a list of signs and sym...

Weight-bearing activity also great for bone density

How Weight Training Is Helping Women Fight Depression - Life and Fitness Magazine Depression is a serious problem all around the world, and it is no different here in Ireland, which ranks second only to Iceland as the Western World’s most depressed nation. More worrying perhaps is that just 10% of depressed Irish women will likely report their condition. The reluctance is unsur...

Let’s beat the trend and encourage a higher spend on fruit and veg rather than treats for our kids START campaign is encouraging parents to ‘make a start’ at making one daily win on healthy eating for their children. Press release April 2018.

I love Darina Allen’s comment about buying food and not ‘food-like’ products. Difference in satiety of processed versus non-processed also interesting.

Almost half of food in Irish shopping baskets is ultra-processed Future generations will look at today’s food consumption in the same way we view sending children up chimneys, says obesity expert

Gentle reminder on how to keep energy levels up

7 Foods That Drain Your Energy What you eat can have a major effect on your energy levels. These 7 foods can all drain your energy.