F4L Blog
The big debate: Macros v. Calories v. Quality – Which is right?
Calories always matter but they are not all that matter the other items in the heading are keys to success when it comes to weight loss or weight control, body composition and achieving your sporting or activity goals. I’ll discuss them each and provide a hierarchy and reasoning as to why that hierarchy is appropriate.
Habits for reducing stress
Today, many of us are living lifestyles where our day is packed full to the rafters. It’s hustle and bustle from the time we wake, till we hit the pillow. While some are able to cope with the high demands of life, others can be left feeling tired, overwhelmed and “stressed out”.
Four Powerful Adaptogens for Adrenal Support
Your body has two adrenal glands located just above each of your kidneys. As part of your endocrine system, your adrenal glands secrete more than 50 hormones, including aldosterone (which helps regulate your blood pressure and blood volume), cortisol and adrenaline, the latter two of which can become over-activated by stress.
Indeed, your hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is the system responsible for the management of stress.
A one minute (or less) exercise to alter your state
Accessing your peripheral vision provides you with an opportunity to experience a state of heightened sensory awareness and a feeling of calm. Better still, it’s quick.
8 Benefits of Walking and Running Barefoot on Sand
Who wouldn’t enjoy a barefoot stroll along a sandy beach? Even the thought of such a pleasurable outing will infect some people with a daydreaming sigh.
Why Low-Fat Diets Wreck Your Brain Health & What To Do About It
These days, we’re struggling with an undeniable epidemic of brain problems.
Anxiety, brain fog, fatigue, depression, ADD, autism, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Multiple Sclerosis — the long list of conditions affects nearly everyone in some way.
Resilience and Energy – how to you maintain yours!
I wanted to talk about a number of things which together may be able to make a difference to your energy levels but beyond that your wider general health, which in my book is very important.
My journey into depletion and back…
The thinking behind this initiative is that people will have the ability to compare the food they are thinking of buying to the amount of exercise they will have to do to burn it off.
Should food labels show physical activity equivalents?
The thinking behind this initiative is that people will have the ability to compare the food they are thinking of buying to the amount of exercise they will have to do to burn it off.
Winter Wellness Tips NZ
You see we look after our cars better than our bodies, DON’T WE. I noticed everyone around me was unwell. Coughing or sneezing – the room was full of it!
For a moment I felt uneasy, like I needed to leave the room full of germs, then I thought I had to do something about this.