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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...
Boredom is a factor especially when stuck at home in lockdown. However, there are also other drivers for wanting food when it seems like it may not be an appropriate time but we want it anyway! In one recent study, individuals responded “appropriately” by drinking...
Late night snacks could be messing with your sleep
I listened to a podcast recently. The guest on the show was Gareth Southgate the current England football manager. He has made some serious inroads into improving the England team's culture and their results have shown this. A world cup semi final for the first time...
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!!
Your eating habits impact how you sleep more than you may realise.
Late-night meals and snacks can affect the time it takes for you to fall asleep, your sleep efficiency, and even your REM and deep sleep numbers.
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!
There really isn’t anything that replaces the real thing but there are strategies we can deploy to help our bodies and minds recover and restore even when those elusive Zed’s are hard to capture in the usual way of a good nights sleep.