Pure excitement consumed me as my husband and I booked our family vacation to San Diego for the end of May into/ June. Our youngest was turning 5, we were going to Disneyland and my best friend, who I hadn’t seen in over a year, lives there. How could I NOT be on cloud 9?! […]
This question seems to divide probiotic manufacturers more than anything else, with lots of conflicting advice and information. It really shouldn’t be like this though. To answer the question we just need to understand what situation will allow the maximum chance of the probiotic bacteria reaching where we want is to, the large intestine, alive. […]
Your bowels do much more than just transporting waste that’s flushed away down the toilet pan; they are also home to a staggering five hundred million bacteria. Some of these are good for us and some are downright bad and research suggests that achieving a healthy balance between these is crucial to maintaining optimum health […]
You can’t turn on the radio or flick through a magazine without hearing someone talking about the rise in obesity and type 2 diabetes. Insulin resistance is one of today’s hot topics and one of the biggest challenges to our health, as a key cause of diabetes, high blood fat levels and hypertension. The good […]
Black metal + black coffee + deadlifts; are there three finer things in life? Okay, black metal might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but caffeine, I think we can agree, is one of the most widely used and socially acceptable stimulants in the world. It is used by many athletes (both recreational and professional) […]
CrossFit has swept the nation like a 90’s yo-yo craze. No longer confined to the garages and industrial back corners of the rebel few, it is officially, 100% mainstream and all the cool kids are doing it. To prove it, we’ve put together this list of famous Crossfitters that might surprise you – it includes […]
Up there with the toughest WODs of all time, Murph was introduced as a tribute to Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy who was killed in Afghanistan exposing himself to enemy fire in order to save the lives of his brothers in arms. It’s a WOD that is just as brutal as it ought to be […]
Chocolate is a junk food, full of empty calories to derail your diet and give you spots, right? No. Wrong. If studying for exams, or preparing a project for work makes you reach for the Dairy Milk, your body may be telling you something, research now suggests that chocolate really may make us smarter. […]
Lower back pain is a common ailment that can make even the least strenuous tasks unbearable. No matter what activity you’re doing, whether it’s sitting at your desk at work or playing a game of basketball, you’re using your back so the pain can often be unavoidable. In many cases, weakened back and abdominal muscles […]
Photo credit: FotoGrazio via VisualHunt / CC BY-NC-ND Decades before the science behind Omega 3 was understood, families were taking a spoonful of cod liver oil a day because they knew that it made a real difference to their wellbeing. The importance of these micronutrients is no old wives’ tale, extensive studies have shown that […]
