Firstly, let me clear one thing up that most of us have discovered to our embarrassment at one time or another – blue light doesn’t refer to a colour. It’s a frequency of light that is emitted by electronic devices and screens such as iPads, televisions, energy-efficient lightbulbs, etc. It’s […]
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I used fitness to help me through a very difficult time in my life. In March 2012 I was treated for alcoholism, and one of the ways I recovered was by focusing on my fitness. Instead of changing the way I felt by drinking bottles of wine, I used exercise.
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Anxiety can be caused by any number of things, but one area I’m really interested in currently is mental health, and specifically anxiety. Many people suffer from anxiety in one form or another, but increasingly we’re realising the link between anxiety and digestion. We’ve known for a while that there
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We’ve all heard about people who manage to lose weight, but how often do they maintain the new weight? Dieting is easy initially because you’re full of enthusiasm and can draw on will power for the energy required in the first few weeks. Will power is a finite commodity though
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One of the biggest challenges people face with energy is finding a balance between energy in and energy out, or what is called the energy balance. The amount of energy being expended on a daily basis must be matched by the amount of energy being put into the body. So
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The mind is a clever thing. It can play tricks on us, and it can fool us as well. When we’re feeling low, or under a lot of stress and worry, the mind might tell us we’re okay and even encourage us to ‘power on’ despite our feelings. But ultimately,
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This is one of the most popular questions about sleep that is asked on Google, which is interesting as I think it’s an under-appreciated aspect of weight loss. The fact is, sleep plays a major role in fat loss (and in muscle gain as well). Sleep is a critical factor
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In the last of my series of blogs on goal setting for lasting and sustainable change, I’d like to share with you how I track and monitor my health using just one simple number. Maintaining this number is one of my goals for 2018, and in keeping it simple, it
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I talk a lot about the value of small steps and how incremental changes can add up to a big impact, but I also think it’s important to have a big goal – something massive, something that initially scares you. Jim Collins, business author, calls these goals Big Hairy Audacious
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Here we are in mid January, a time where most people are still feeling pumped and enthused about the new year’s resolutions they’ve set. Usually those goals are related to some aspect of health, fitness or nutrition, and usually they last a few weeks before fizzling out. So, how do
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