Anxiety and stress come from feeling overwhelmed, feeling out of control or fear of the unknown. Sometimes it’s all three at once. These things can cause you to catastrophise things, so it is important we keep things simple, look at something at face value without exaggerating it, and not let your imagination run wild. Anxiety can be debilitating and paralysing…
How to Boost Your Immune System
In today’s day and age it is more important than ever to constantly work on building your immune system! Masks wearing and lock downs, have reduced the amount of every day common germs that we get exposed to. That means we are more susceptible to catching everyday illness such as the common cold and gastro. It also means that with…
10 things to avoid when improving nutrition
Let’s create some simple strategies to improve your nutrition without overwhelm. Avoid these 10 things so you can start looking and feeling better within days! 1. Don’t skip meals. It slows down your metabolism. 4 meals per day, one every 3-4 hours, will speed up your metabolism, and stop you from picking on stuff causing overconsumption of calories. 2. Don’t…
Why do you crave sugar?
Sugar cravings and sugar addiction is one of the most common problems in society today and one of the biggest contributors to thousands of mental and physical health problems. There are two reasons the body craves sugar; for energy and to ‘feel good’ through the secretion of the Dopamine hormone. We will explore each as well as all the contributing…
The benefits of eating fat and how it helps fat loss
For decades fat has been demonised in nutrition, warning against heart disease and other health issues. What never gets mentioned is the type of fat that causes these issues and what the difference is from one fat to another, and how it effects the body. This all came about from a study conducted by a scientist named Ancel Keys who…