How often do you stop and try to control your breathing? What happens if you do? It feels strange, right? Not normal? Your breathing gets out of sync, difficult even? What about if you try to hold your breath underwater? How long can you do it before the need for air is so desperate and […]
Diet culture is a belief system that focuses on and values weight, shape, and size over well-being. This often means that you evaluate your self-worth by how much you weigh and what you look like compared with others This may also include rigid eating patterns that, on the surface, are in the name of health, […]
I was chatting with a client the other day and she asked me when and what I have for breakfast. It got me thinking about what is often dubbed as the most important meal of the day …š¤ For some, it could be. If you wake up hungry, skipping it is probably not wise.Ā š¦ […]
Whilst is it a myth that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, a good breakfast can certainly set you up for the day, especially if you have a busy one ahead. Two of the biggest mistakes that my clients make are the following: They don’t plan ahead, leave the house on an […]
Making sure you eat well at work is not always easy, especially if you are on the go a lot and have a busy home life thrown in to the equation. Yet, preparing your midday meal at home can have a huge impact on your waistline, not to mention your overall health, energy levels and […]
Whey protein is commonly used in the fitness industry to help meet daily protein requirements and increase muscle growth. It is often dubbed as a supplement when it is in fact a ‘performance food’.Ā This is because it is essentially filtered milk, there is nothing added to it to enhance or complete it. Two of […]
The Alkaline Diet is one that has sparked a lot of media interest in recent years following huge celebrity endorsements. Followers of the diet claim that replacing acidic foods with more alkaline ones has huge benefits to health and can even help to fight cancer! Interestingly, the doctor behind the 2010 publicationĀ āThe pH Miracleā, who […]
The one and only way to lose weight is by creating a calorie deficit; this is the fundamental PRINCIPLE of weight loss that is governed by the law of thermodynamics, as I explain here. If you have ever managed to lose weight, you will have done so by consuming fewer calories than you burn, whether […]
The Ketogenic diet has taken the nation by storm with many Hollywood A-listers following this āfashionableā way of life.Ā But, how does this extreme nutrition plan work – does it really have āmagicalā powers?Ā And what are the implications on our health? The theory behind Keto The Keto Diet is an extremely low carbohydrate, high […]