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Nutritional Concepts aims to educate people in the Carlow and Kilkenny areas regarding diet and nutrition based on current scientific evidence. Whether someone requires specific medical advice, weight loss advice, sports nutrition or healthy eating guidelines, each person is dealt with on an individual basis.
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About Sabrina
Sabrina Doyle
PgDip Dietetics, MINDI, MSc Nutritional Sciences, BSc General Nursing, RGN
From Carlow, Sabrina graduated from Waterford Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in General Nursing. As a nurse she worked in Waterford Regional Hospital in a variety of clinical settings, including medical, surgical and care of the elderly wards. It was during this time that Sabrina worked in close contact on a daily basis with dietitians and became increasingly more interested in this area of expertise.
As a result, Sabrina took active measures to pursue her goal and undertook a Masters in Nutritional Science at University College Cork, following this Sabrina was accepted into Leeds Metropolitan University where she successfully completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics. During her time in the UK, Sabrina worked at North Tyneside General Hospital Newcastle, City Hospital Sunderland and James Cooke Hospital Middlesbrough. These opportunities have gained Sabrina a wide range of experience in different medical fields.
To date Sabrina has worked in both the UK and Ireland in a variety of medical settings, including hospital wards, outpatient departments, community clinics and GP practices, with a diverse range of patients and age groups. These experiences have enhanced Sabrina’s knowledge and skills in a broad range of medical settings and make her ideally suited to service the Carlow and Kilkenny areas across the private, business and sports sectors.
Sabrina feels it is a privilege to have a career that allows her to help people in the Carlow and Kilkenny areas and educate them to take better care of their health through the food that they eat.
Sabrina also has a keen interest in health promotion and nutrition education talks and presentations to companies at health and wellbeing seminars and consultancy for food companies. The corporate services provided by Nutritional Concepts are focused on the health and wellness of employees, schools, teachers, parents and group weight management programmes.
Sabrina is eager to assist sports teams and GAA clubs particularly in the Carlow and Kilkenny areas to reach their peak performance by providing up-to-date scientific based sports nutrition education and advice to suit their specific training needs. Nutritional Concepts can provide up-to-date scientific based sports nutrition education to clubs, teams and coaches, in the Carlow and Kilkenny areas. Advice throughout the season includes; events preparation, training diets, information on sports drinks and hydration.
To fulfil the needs of both individuals and organisations in the Carlow and Kilkenny areas Nutritional Concepts was created by Sabrina to offer an extensive range of services in relation to nutrition.
Nutritional Concepts is committed to educating individual adults and children, sports teams, schools, health professionals and businesses about diet and nutritional issues. We provide a vast range of nutrition and dietary advice on weight loss, sports nutrition, healthy eating guidelines, food labelling, specific medical related dietary advice and much more.
Latest Blog Posts
We post regulary to our blog regulary to our blog with lots of nutrition tips and advice, recipes etc.
How to Eat Out Healthily on Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day might mean that there is a chance you’ll be eating out. However, eating out usually means that we have little control over how the food is prepared or how large the portion is. Unlike packaged food, foods bought from cafes, restaurants etc. don’t have to carry nutritional information and so opting for the [...]
Posted on 13 February 2012 | 3:00 pm
How to Eat Your Way to Good Skin
Golden rules to keep your skin looking youthful – the best way to do this is by choosing the right diet. Eat your 5-a-day Fruit and vegetables contain powerful antioxidants that help to protect against the cell damage caused by free radicals, which include smoking, pollution and sunlight. Vitamin C is one of the most [...]
Posted on 30 January 2012 | 3:00 pm
Good Nutrition when Planning a Pregnancy
Good nutrition is important all through life and particularly so when trying to become pregnant. It is a good idea to make any changes to your diet and fitness in plenty of time before you become pregnant (at least 3-4 months beforehand). This helps to boost your fertility and makes sure that your stores [...]
Posted on 16 January 2012 | 3:00 pm
Psychological Tricks to Keep you on your New Year Diet
So it’s the time for New Year Resolutions again! As I researched the content for the first blog of 2012 I came across this video on the BBC website and decided to share it with you all. It gives us an insight into the psychological impact of sticking to New Year Resolutions. I hope this [...]
Posted on 2 January 2012 | 3:00 pm
Healthy Eating for the Christmas Party Season
It’s the Christmas party season again! How can we avoid putting on extra weight while having a great time? The following are some holiday eating tips to help you do just that so that you can still look good and be healthy in January. Don’t go to a party hungry. We often eat [...]
Posted on 19 December 2011 | 3:00 pm
Vitamins – part 2
Vitamins regulate a variety of essential bodily functions. They are crucial in many of our metabolic processes so that we can benefit from the energy in our foods. Vitamins are also very important in helping to build our bones, teeth, skin, blood and many other vital body tissues. Vitamins are classified as either water soluble [...]
Posted on 5 December 2011 | 3:00 pm
Vitamins – part 1
Vitamins regulate a variety of essential bodily functions. They are crucial in many of our metabolic processes so that we can benefit from the energy in our foods. Vitamins are also very important in helping to build our bones, teeth, skin, blood and many other vital body tissues. Vitamins are classified as either water soluble [...]
Posted on 21 November 2011 | 3:00 pm
Calories, so what are they?
A calorie is simply the unit that we use to measure energy. All foods have a ’calorific value’ and this is simply the amount of calories (energy) that a food will supply your body when it is eaten. Food labels on packaged foods usually list the energy content in two units; one is kcals (calories) the other is in kj (joules). [...]
Posted on 7 November 2011 | 3:00 pm
Pumpkin cake
Preparation: 10 mins | Cook: 1 hour Ingredients 200g plain flour 1 ¼ teaspoons bicarbonate of soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg 255g pureed pumpkin 200g dark brown soft sugar 110ml buttermilk 1 egg 2 tablespoons butter, softened Method Preheat oven to 180°C. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda, [...]
Posted on 24 October 2011 | 2:00 pm
College students – healthy eating tips
When you go to college or university it may be the first time you’ve lived away from home and been fully independent. To have enough energy to study and enjoy student life to the full you need to eat regularly and healthily! What does a healthy balanced diet really mean? Eat regularly and base your [...]
Posted on 10 October 2011 | 2:00 pm
Sports Nutrition
Good nutrition is essential to perform at your best. It can help to delay fatigue, improve skill and concentration and prevent injury and illness. Good nutrition is essential to help you train, and recover from training and to help you compete and keep on competing. Sabrina is eager to assist your team, or GAA club reach its peak performance.
Nutritional Concepts provides up-to-date scientific based sports nutrition education and advice to suit their specific training needs. Nutritional Concepts can provide up-to-date scientific based sports nutrition education to clubs, teams and coaches, in the Carlow and Kilkenny areas. Advice throughout the season includes; events preparation, training diets, information on sports drinks and hydration.
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