This week’s blog is all about how to prepare your body for food. It really comes down to the preparation you do to the body physically before you have a meal. The optimal way to digest is in what we call a parasympathetic dominant state. The body has its central […]
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This blog is all about digestion, the fifth aspect of what we call the Six Signals® which includes sleep, mental health, energy, body composition, digestion and fitness. I want to talk about a question I’ve been asked quite a lot recently, which is, “How can I get over this bloatedness?
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This week’s blog is all about energy, how you can create more energy, how to pace yourself and get more out of your energy levels. I want to firstly introduce the concept of an energy jar; it’s not a literal jar in the body obviously, but the idea that we
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This week’s blog is all about mental health, but more specifically how you can get more deliberate rest to create a better balance with your mental health. I recently interviewed Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, researcher and author of the book, Rest, a brilliant book which talks about how we can get
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A question that I’ve asked many times. In fact, I used to have a very dismissive attitude towards napping. I wouldn’t have it. I thought no, I don’t need to sleep. Sleep’s for the evening. But, actually I completely changed my mind. I equate sleep to going out for a
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This is a question I get asked a lot, and obviously it varies from person to person, and you need to make it personal. It needs to work for you. You know that old question, what’s the best type of exercise? Well, it’s the one that you can maintain. Consistency
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Bodyshot are now including a gut test with all our coaching packages as we believe that health starts with the gut. We’ve already touched on this with many of our packages, but we’re actually going to start with the gut. As a result of talking to functional medical practitioners like
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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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Energy is obviously something we need for everyday life, it’s vitally important for our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. But what are the best types of food that we can eat for energy? Food is not just a fuel, it’s not just a source of energy. It’s a way
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There can be several reasons for this. It’s actually really common to find that people have anxieties around exercise. One reason might be that you’re new to it. You don’t know what to expect. You don’t know if you’re going to be any good, how you’re going to get on
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