With the abundance of processed food on offer in the supermarket shelves and limited supply of fresh whole food, it’s becoming more and more difficult to make the right choices when it comes to eating right. Coupled with the fact that most food processing methods strip the nutrients out of wholefoods, we’re basically presented with…
6 pack abs that is, yet magazines, websites, and TV shows that are supposed to know about health and fitness are littered with images of men and women sporting well defined abs that brainwash us into thinking that that’s the ideal benchmark. What they fail to tell you is that looking like what they portray as…
Nothing gets me more annoyed than to hear someone say that he/she don’t have time to train 30 mins, 3 times a week. Really? You can’t spare 1.5 hours a week for your personal wellbeing. I bet you spend more than 1.5 hours sitting down watching TV or playing with your mobile phone. It’s a…
Hunger is a recurring disease that must be treated properly in order to avoid complications later on. It must be treated with a variety of natural, clean, preferably organic food and water. The problem that most people have is that they treat this illness incorrectly. The most common mistakes people make in regards to hunger…
The human body is an amazing collection of various complex systems and sub-systems. It’s designed with movement and a lot of it in mind. Not just simple movements, but movements that are intense enough to cause muscle contractions. You see, prolonged periods of inactivity can be harmful to your health because you’re depriving yourself of…
When blood supply to the brain is interrupted, that area of the brain will be deprived of oxygen and nutrients. When brain cells do not get enough oxygen or nutrients, they die. Use the F.A.S.T. technique to recognise if someone’s suffering from a stroke. Face Check their face. Has their mouth drooped? Arm Can they…
Let’s face it, we’re all becoming too dependent and it’s making us vulnerable. Let me explain. There’s a simple blueprint that big companies follow when it comes to providing products and services. I got a copy of the blueprint and it reads: “Make it better.” How do they make it better? Well that depends on the product or…
We probably all know the obvious benefits of donating blood like the reality that each donation can save 3 lives. But did you know that the same donation contribute to making up to 22 different products, for example, immunisations for chicken pox, hepatitis B and tetanus? All these benefits are for the recipient of blood.…
It’s one of those things that sound too good to be true but your body is probably already burning fat while you sleep to a certain degree. The trick is to maximise the efficiency of the fat burning phase. Our body stores energy as glycogen in our liver and muscles as the secondary long term…
1. Eating sugar increase your insulin level The higher your insulin, the more likely you are to store fat because insulin is the main hormone that puts fat into fat cells. Anything that drives insulin up will drive weight gain. 2. Sugar can accelerate ageing When you paint your barbecued meat with barbecue sauce,…