Body Composition

How to maintain your weight over Christmas

Welcome to this week’s blog, as it’s coming up to Christmas, it’s all about body composition – the way your body is composed of fat, muscle, water, and of course, bone. With it getting so close to Christmas, you might be thinking that you’re going to eat a lot and […]

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How having a consistent wake time can help you to sleep better

This week’s blog is all about sleep. I’ve got a tip for you which i’m going to credit to Nick Littlehales. He’s written a small book called ‘Sleep’ and it’s fantastic! Along with Professor Matthew Walker’s book, ‘Why We Sleep’ have really helped to shape our ideas and inform a

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What to do if your fitness levels have plateaued

The body is an extremely efficient machine when it comes to exercise. Initially, we might have to work very hard to perform a workout or complete a spin class. Quite rapidly the body will adapt to that volume and intensity of exercise and you’ll soon find it much easier and

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A simple tip to help you lose weight or maintain a healthy weight – without necessarily changing what you eat!

This week’s blog is all around body composition. I’ve got a real tip for you, for how you can maintain a healthy weight, or even lose a bit of fat, without actually changing anything at all that you eat. Here’s the trick. What most people under-appreciate is the amount of

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What’s the best way to measure body composition?

Body composition is the ratio of fat to muscle to water and bone in your body. What’s the best way to measure this is a question we were asked recently on a Q& A podcast we recorded. There are four ways you can measure body composition; BMI DEXA scanner, which

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What I’ve learnt recently about the importance of gut health

Digestion is a fascinating topic, and there is a lot of science around this now. It’s probably the greatest area of exploration in terms of health. If you listened to a couple of our recent podcast episodes with Dr Tamsin Lewis and Dr Christine Rosche, you’ll have heard all about

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The importance of body composition

This week’s blog is all about body composition; the ratio of bone to muscle to fat and water that you have in your body. We like to remove the guesswork in everything that we do at Bodyshot, and DNA testing is a key part of how we do that.  Many

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The surprising results of my recent gut test – and why I will be regularly testing from now on – with Dr Christine Rosche

I was recently introduced to Dr Christine Rosche, a Board Certified Nutrition Specialist and Digestive health expert, by Ryan Munsey when I interviewed him for my podcast. I set up a call with Dr Rosche and she sent me a stool test via Fedex, which I did. (Trust me, it’s

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How to avoid gaining weight in your 40s

We tend to think that gaining weight is something that happens with ageing, but this isn’t the case. It is, however, really important to monitor your body composition, in other words, your ratio of fat, water, bones, and muscle, as you get into older adulthood, to avoid putting yourself at

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