Mel Nolan Health

19/06/2024

Aim for 30 minutes a day (minimum of 150 minutes a week) of walking at moderate intensity. In other words, walk at a "oh no, I'm going to be late!" sorta pace. :)

'Walking is the best medicine,' as Prof Shane O’Mara explains to Simon Mundie.

08/06/2024

“The more these patients changed their lifestyle in the prescribed ways, the greater was the beneficial impact on their cognition and function.”

▪️Eat plant-based
▪️Exercise 30 minutes a day (walk)
▪️Manage your stress
▪️Surround yourself with good people

Advice I have been spreading for years. Finally the science is there to say it works.

A healthy lifestyle is the best medicine/ protection against disease.

For the first time, a randomized controlled clinical trial has demonstrated that an intensive lifestyle intervention, without drugs, may significantly improve cognition and function in many patients with mild cognitive impairment or early dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease. This multisite clinica...

21/05/2024

For our clinical dietetics practical session we hade to modify a chicken roast dinner to a dietary requirement. Our group got level 4 diet - puréed.

Going to be honest this wasn’t a task I was looking forward to, ya know, with having to cook with animal products and all. But, in the end I really enjoyed learning about dysphagia and how to adapt food suitable for swallowing difficulties. Plus, I love spreading and piping (the mash and carrots are mine 😁) so it was nice to get a bit creative.

Other groups had to modify their meals for: heart health, gluten free/ celiac disease, high protein high calorie, and renal. Really interesting and useful session.

31/01/2024

Here we go! student dietitian! Ready for my ward simulation in Birkenhead. Very exciting!