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And what happens if you miss it? It’s often called the most important meal of the day, but skipping breakfast has become a popular trend in recent years. What’s the deal with our morning meal? Here’s where you can get the facts – and pick up some top breakfast tips...
There are many ways in which you can work on improving your ability to concentrate on a task. Social media has taught us to blink and scroll without even giving something a second thought. Fair to say our attention spans have got shorter and shorter. So what can we do...
A great way to get ahead on your health for 2022 or the perfect gift for a loved one who may appreciate the thought STEP 1: Cell Blueprint - online questionnaire But what is the cell blue print I hear you ask! Well, it asks a series of questions all aimed at getting...
Magnesium – the fourth most abundant mineral in the body – is in your bones, teeth, and red blood cells. It is essential for proper functioning of the nervous, muscular and cardiovascular systems, helps maintain bones, promotes normal blood pressure and open airways...
Add this to your next blood test to assess heart risk Cardiovascular disease remains one of the biggest health threats to Americans. For years, LDL (“bad”) cholesterol levels have been the measuring stick for cardiovascular risk, but recent studies have indicated that...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...