Alzheimer’s… Could It Be You’re Not Sleeping?
Sleep is a restorative process and sunlight affects circadian rhythms. The less sunshine we are exposed to the more we increase our risk for insomnia. Hormones, digestion, blood sugar imbalances, and neurotransmitters are thrown off when we don’t sleep well. And, mood...
Sunscreen Doesn’t Compromise Vitamin D Levels
Wearing sunscreen is essential, especially if you live in Australia where two in three people will be diagnosed with a type of skin cancer by the age of 70. Whilst sunscreen is one of the five keys ways to reduce the threat of skin cancer, research conducted in...
And So, This Is Christmas
Some weeks it really is hard to know where to start or what to write about – not because there is so little but because there are so many topics worthy of covering. With Christmas only, a week away it is also time to wonder where another year and indeed another decade...
Get Your Fussy Eater To Love Broccoli
If you’re thinking that it would be easier to circumnavigate the world in a rowing boat than get your child to eat broccoli, relax. Here are three tips that’ll change your life. What is it about broccoli? From a parent’s perspective, it’s virtually the holy grail of...
Festivity Trumps Temperance
We are entering the festive season when many (not all) celebrate the end of another year and the advent of Christmas. Regular readers will know that I enjoy a glass of wine. The wine industry is fascinating as is the history. After a trip to Italy last year this has...
Napping Is Good For Us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDbEFNRFhhs Napping is good for you.
Fake Food – No Thanks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4nWkV3_FBo Fake meat is all the rage. But is it really good for us?
How To Reach Your Goals The SMART WAY
What are your fitness goals? Whether you are trying to lose weight, gain muscle, get stronger, improve endurance… the list goes on. In order to be successful, you must have the right plan and mind set. A great tool to help with this is the S.M.A.R.T. approach. Let’s...
Doctors Need To Be Questioning
The selection criteria, has changed a bit over the years but medicine still draws from the most intelligent members of society. However, there are different types of intelligence, so what I am about to say next comes with the obligatory (albeit pathetic) trigger...
Nutrition For Infertility
So, you decided to have a baby, but it’s been months, and still no baby. One in 6 couples experience infertility which is defined as not getting pregnant after actively trying for 12 months (or 6 months if you’re 35 years or older). Or maybe, you have some type of...
This Time It Will Be Different – Not
Many quotes are attributed to Albert Einstein. He may or may not have said them all. One that I suspect he said, or if not would be happy for it to be attributed, is that a definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different outcome....
Is There A Healthy Way To Be Ill?
None of us are immune from ever being ill/ getting sick/ coming down with something/ catching a bug/ getting a disease, and we have many phrases that reflect that this is an everyday part of life. We cannot always prevent ourselves from getting sick, but is there a...