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Is This Why You Can't Lose Weight?

Two articles just came out in New Scientist that shed new light on the age old question of why we put on weight. The first article appears below: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333682-800-have-we-got-the-science-of-obesity-back-to-front/ Key...

Is This Why You Can't Lose Weight?

Two articles just came out in New Scientist that shed new light on the age old question of why we...

Walk Briskly After a Meal to Blunt the Glucose Spike

Walk Briskly After a Meal to Blunt the Glucose ...

Your body's glycaemic balance depends on the following 2 factors: How quickly meal-derived glucose arrives in the blood (what type of meal you eat) and, The rate at which exercise...

Walk Briskly After a Meal to Blunt the Glucose Spike

Your body's glycaemic balance depends on the following 2 factors: How quickly meal-derived glucose arrives in the blood (what type...

Can Cinnamon Lower Your Blood Sugar?

Can Cinnamon Lower Your Blood Sugar?

You may have read before that cinnamon can lower your blood sugar when consumed with meals containing carbohydrates. In this blog we explore this topic in more detail. Scientific Studies...

Can Cinnamon Lower Your Blood Sugar?

You may have read before that cinnamon can lower your blood sugar when consumed with meals containing carbohydrates. In this...

5 Ways Coffee Benefits Your Skin (Includes Scrub and Mask Recipes)

5 Ways Coffee Benefits Your Skin (Includes Scru...

It surprises me how versatile coffee can be. Not only is it a superior tasting beverage - it also has health benefits to boot. I must admit I wasn't to...

5 Ways Coffee Benefits Your Skin (Includes Scrub and Mask...

It surprises me how versatile coffee can be. Not only is it a superior tasting beverage - it also has...

4 Little Known Exercise Tips from BBC's Professor Jason Gill

4 Little Known Exercise Tips from BBC's Profess...

I attended a New Scientist online seminar last week by Professor Jason Gill entitled "The Truth About Exercise" Here are 4 things I learned from the seminar that I must...

4 Little Known Exercise Tips from BBC's Professor Jason Gill

I attended a New Scientist online seminar last week by Professor Jason Gill entitled "The Truth About Exercise" Here are...

The Best Book on Happiness - Solve for Happy by Mo Gawdat

The Best Book on Happiness - Solve for Happy by...

I've read a load of books on happiness and spirituality and none of them seemed to click like the book I'm reading now - Solve for Happy by Mo Gawdat....

The Best Book on Happiness - Solve for Happy by Mo Gawdat

I've read a load of books on happiness and spirituality and none of them seemed to click like the book...

7 Things You Can Do to Keep Your Brain Healthy

7 Things You Can Do to Keep Your Brain Healthy

I just read a great article from New Scientist detailing 7 things you can do today to keep your brain healthy: How to keep your brain healthy: The 7 things...

7 Things You Can Do to Keep Your Brain Healthy

I just read a great article from New Scientist detailing 7 things you can do today to keep your brain...

Coffee 30mins Before Exercise is Best

Coffee 30mins Before Exercise is Best

I just read an article in Science Focus that was very intriguing: https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/a-strong-coffee-could-help-you-lose-fat The article details a small study where participants were given a strong espresso (3mg/kg of caffeine) 30...

Coffee 30mins Before Exercise is Best

I just read an article in Science Focus that was very intriguing: https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/a-strong-coffee-could-help-you-lose-fat The article details a small study where...

Why You Need to be Wary of Dairy

Why You Need to be Wary of Dairy

I've started subscribing to a company in the US who sells a continuous blood glucose monitor and app (for checking your blood sugar response to certain foods). They wrote a...

Why You Need to be Wary of Dairy

I've started subscribing to a company in the US who sells a continuous blood glucose monitor and app (for checking...

This Diet + IF = Your Longevity!

This Diet + IF = Your Longevity!

An interesting review study appeared in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology in September 2020: https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.07.049 The paper "...reviews cumulative evidence regarding diet and health, incorporating data from...

This Diet + IF = Your Longevity!

An interesting review study appeared in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology in September 2020: https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.07.049 The paper...

Insulin Resistance 101 & 2 Things You can do to Avoid It

Insulin Resistance 101 & 2 Things You can do to...

Listened to another great podcast by Dr Peter Attia. Peter interviewed Dr Gerald Shulman an expert on insulin resistance. “If you have an interest in being healthy you can’t be...

Insulin Resistance 101 & 2 Things You can do to Avoid It

Listened to another great podcast by Dr Peter Attia. Peter interviewed Dr Gerald Shulman an expert on insulin resistance. “If...

What an Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic Director Recommends to Cut Your Risk

What an Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic Director ...

February 3rd marks the anniversary of my Dad passing from dementia at age 80. We were lucky in a way that the gap between when he showed severe symptoms to...

What an Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic Director Recommends...

February 3rd marks the anniversary of my Dad passing from dementia at age 80. We were lucky in a way...