Understanding Food Labels; Part 4, Fats

The most energy dense of the macronutrients weighing in at a whopping 9kcal for every gram, fat is often seen as the evil lord of the macronutrients often getting bad press in the media compared to its more glamorous counterparts protein and carbohydrate. So is fat inherently bad and should you eliminate it from your [...]

Understanding Food Labels; Part 3, Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates provide the most readily available energy source for your body and contribute to the largest proportion of your daily energy intake. Carbohydrates can be classified as either simple carbohydrates (sugars) or complex carbohydrates (starch).  Simple carbohydrates are foods such as fruit, biscuits, and fizzy drinks where as complex carbohydrates are typically grains, pastas, rice and [...]

Welcome to my Blog

Hi Everyone and welcome to Fitstar Coaching’s Health and Fitness Blog ! My desire is that you will find loads of interesting and useful stuff in here that will help you achieve your health and fitness potential. Whether you are after advice for yourself or for Children you invest in then I sincerely hope that this [...]