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Resilience starts in the gut - 7 ways to improve gut health

How would you define resilience? The dictionary definition states: 1. The power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity. 2. Ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buoyancy. Resilience in principle is built around this idea of “bouncing back”. In the business world, it’s becoming more important to be resilient. Demanding jobs, tight deadlines, busy schedules and ba

LOOKING FOR A FREE PERFORMANCE UPGRADE?

If I had to think of one thing that I could say to clients to give them the ultimate edge and overall upgrade to how they look, perform and feel it would be sleep. If you get your sleep right, it has so many benefits that you can’t afford to miss and its FREE! According to the 2016 national UK survey, 63.1% of people are unhappy with the amount of sleep they get, and only a staggering 8% of people wake up feeling refreshed. A survey conducted by the Royal Society for publ

A common digestive issue and 7 ways to improve it

Consider this... You eat all the right healthy foods. You get your lunch from a healthy food chain that seems pretty balanced. You track your calories, steps and workouts on a cool watch or app on your phone. You always eat a variety of foods and would consider yourself to have a "healthy" diet. You avoid fast foods, sugars, sweet snacks and treats and never eat those office doughnuts. You have the occasional alcoholic drink, but you drink in moderation and make up for it by

Is your healthy wholesome food making you underperform?

Let me ask you a few questions: 1) When was the last time you ate? 2) Are you thinking about food right now? Are you hungry? 3) Have you already started to look at your lunch and it’s only a few hours into your day? 4) Have you ever found that after you eat these healthy lunch options within an hour you feel tired, lethargic and need a power nap? It’s easily done, you feel hungry so you pop out for a whole grain, low-fat sandwich from the local shop or you even carefully

Is it just about calories in and calories out?

How many times have you heard this when it comes to weight loss? “It’s just about calories in and calories out”. Some people that follow this get great results whilst others don't. Hearing the words “it’s easy to lose weight, you just need to get into a calorie deficit” are like nails on a chalkboard to me as I have seen from personal experience and with clients the damage it can cause to your health. It is something that is pushed by the media and is an easy response to a mu