As a personal trainer and person who is generally obsessed with nutrition I am often asked what do I eat? Here are 10 things you’ll always find in my fridge & cupboards.
1. Green Veggies – These provide you with serious health benefits. They’re rich in folic acid, vitamin C, potassium, magnesium, fibre and phytonutrients. Growing [...]
What exactly is protein? We know it comes in the form of chicken, eggs, red meat, fish, bean, etc. but what is it really?
Essentially proteins are : Any of a group of complex organic macromolecules that contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and usually sulfur and are composed of one or more chains of amino [...]
What you think is a healthy drink might not be so healthy after all.
Here are 5 of the most misleading so called health drinks:
1) Fruit Smoothies: Many of these smoothies contain 11 grams or more of sugar in those tiny little 100ml bottles. If that isnt’ bad enough the process that the fruits go [...]
Our portion sizes have sneakily become distorted over the last couple of decades.
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Were you shocked at your results? Were you shocked at how hard you have to work to burn a few calories?
The average adult should be consuming between 2000 (women) – 2500 [...]
Our bodies detox naturally everyday; they work hard to eliminate and neutralise toxins in order to keep us healthy. Although this is a natural process, we often over load our bodies with chemicals and toxins.
We over load our systems by drinking too much alcohol; smoking; breathing in pollutants; consuming too much caffeine; eating refined carbohydrates [...]
Most of us lead a very busy lifestyle with little time to prepare meals. We eat highly processed convenience foods that make us feel full but often leave us feeling lethargic shortly after.
It doesn’t need to be this way! You can eat not only to feel full but also to look good, feel good and [...]
Most adults have vivid childhood memories of their parents giving them spoonfuls of codliver oil; just the thought of it is enough to make you gag. Unfortunately for this reason many people stopped taking fishoil; however our parents were on to something and you could be missing out on many health benefits by not taking [...]
Put down your high calorie, artificial, sugary sports drinks that will do you more harm than good and pick up a container of refreshing coconut water!
What’s so great about coconut water?
Coconut water contains more electrolytes than most sports drinks. It is full of minerals including potassium, magnesium and calcium. In fact one glass of coconut water [...]
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