Patients may put on weight because of reduced activity, comfort eating or medication such as steroids. This puts an increased strain on the heart and joints and increases the risk of diabetes, all of which can make both mobility and breathing even worse. Claire’s advice is to reduce your portion size by switching to a smaller plate, to increase your fruit, salad and vegetables whilst reducing the carbohydrates and meats.
Many patients however, lose weight with a lung condition due to loss of appetite caused by the strain of breathing/coughing which also burns more calories. Claire’s advice for this is to eat little and often and snacking between meals is very much encouraged if you are losing weight. Milky drinks and cheese are encouraged also, not just for the extra calories but for the extra calcium which is beneficial.
Claire played a ‘sort the snack’ game with us to see how clued up we are in guessing the calories in various popular snacks. The top rated one, from a calorie vs benefit perspective, is a small packet of dry roasted peanuts. Nuts are high in calories but have actually been shown to help reduce cholesterol in the body because they contain omega-3 fatty acids. They are also rich in protein, vitamins, minerals and are packed with anti-oxidents. From a heart-health perspective unsalted nuts should be chosen.
Wednesday 9 January 2013
Snack Attach
Our January meeting was the first in our new hall at Herne and members were very pleased with the warmth of it and the parking and voted it a hit. We also welcomed a new member which is always a delight. Our speaker was Claire Addis a dietician assistant to the Community Dieticians Team who was very enlightening. Claire explained to us that having a lung condition can affect a persons’ weight in either direction and the team like patients with a lung condition to have a BMI of between 20 and 30.
Patients may put on weight because of reduced activity, comfort eating or medication such as steroids. This puts an increased strain on the heart and joints and increases the risk of diabetes, all of which can make both mobility and breathing even worse. Claire’s advice is to reduce your portion size by switching to a smaller plate, to increase your fruit, salad and vegetables whilst reducing the carbohydrates and meats.
Many patients however, lose weight with a lung condition due to loss of appetite caused by the strain of breathing/coughing which also burns more calories. Claire’s advice for this is to eat little and often and snacking between meals is very much encouraged if you are losing weight. Milky drinks and cheese are encouraged also, not just for the extra calories but for the extra calcium which is beneficial.
Claire played a ‘sort the snack’ game with us to see how clued up we are in guessing the calories in various popular snacks. The top rated one, from a calorie vs benefit perspective, is a small packet of dry roasted peanuts. Nuts are high in calories but have actually been shown to help reduce cholesterol in the body because they contain omega-3 fatty acids. They are also rich in protein, vitamins, minerals and are packed with anti-oxidents. From a heart-health perspective unsalted nuts should be chosen.
Patients may put on weight because of reduced activity, comfort eating or medication such as steroids. This puts an increased strain on the heart and joints and increases the risk of diabetes, all of which can make both mobility and breathing even worse. Claire’s advice is to reduce your portion size by switching to a smaller plate, to increase your fruit, salad and vegetables whilst reducing the carbohydrates and meats.
Many patients however, lose weight with a lung condition due to loss of appetite caused by the strain of breathing/coughing which also burns more calories. Claire’s advice for this is to eat little and often and snacking between meals is very much encouraged if you are losing weight. Milky drinks and cheese are encouraged also, not just for the extra calories but for the extra calcium which is beneficial.
Claire played a ‘sort the snack’ game with us to see how clued up we are in guessing the calories in various popular snacks. The top rated one, from a calorie vs benefit perspective, is a small packet of dry roasted peanuts. Nuts are high in calories but have actually been shown to help reduce cholesterol in the body because they contain omega-3 fatty acids. They are also rich in protein, vitamins, minerals and are packed with anti-oxidents. From a heart-health perspective unsalted nuts should be chosen.
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