What is seasonal affective disorder? The shorter daylight hours of the autumn and winter seasons can affect sleep, productivity and state of mind. Light therapy (also known as phototherapy) may help. It uses specially designed boxes that emit full-spectrum light to...
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How to get your Omega 3’s up without breaking the bank
We all need essential fatty acids in our diets We all need essential fatty acids, especially the anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids, for optimum health. I recommend eating several servings of oily fish, such as wild salmon, per week as a dietary strategy...
Health Coach, Nutrition Coach, Nutritionist – What’s the difference?
Nutrition Coach (yep that's me at F4L) A nutrition coach is qualified to provide nutrition plans and advice for the support of health and performance. This differs from being a ‘Nutritionist’ in that the scope of practice for a nutrition coach doesn’t include treating...
Pre conceptions about personal training
Putting the personal in personal training It's been a long held belief thanks mostly to main stream media that a session with a personal trainer is going to be a smash fest! You are going to walk in and crawl out a sweaty mess. Now some people want that but often that...
How important is our microbiome?
We know the average human being has about 20,000 genes sitting on 23 pairs of chromosomes. They make us into the unique individuals that we are. Surprisingly, however, we also have many freeloaders – various bacteria, fungi and viruses – within our body that contain...
Midnight Snack? Not So Fast
Late night snacks could be messing with your sleep
Crispy Skinned Salmon with Apple Slaw
So as summer is around the corner my mind turned to food!!!
The barbie needs a clean up and a new gas bottle must be found!
We will be cooking outside across most of the summer I suspect and I have a go to with my meat of choice and that is a tasty slaw. Not just any old slaw but a tasty one that has a few more ingredients in it to make it taste different and little bit fancy!!
How to gain weight?
‘Don’t you just love Google analytics?
Well I do because it tells me what people are putting into their search box when they end up coming to my website! That’s nothing particularly special but I love the fact that I now know what’s on people’s minds when they are looking for health advice or support – so this blog is about PUTTING ON WEIGHT!!!
5 Mood Boosting Foods
The clever team a examine.com have put together a super article fully referenced about the 5 best foods to boost your mood. I thought I wold share as this is great stuff which links into the whole food diet being so important and keeping your levels of certain vitamins and minerals topped up for more than just function but mood – I think I need some more magnesium!
6 Appetite-Control Strategies that can reduce Overeating
It can be hard not to overeat. You eat a healthy meal at home, think you’re doing well, then you head out (to almost any destination) and are surrounded by junk food.