Health & Performance Sprints.
It’s hard to write about such personal matters on a public forum, baring your innermost failings for all to see. Given the most recent evidence-based announcements on the impact of COVID on mental health, especially amongst frontline workers, I feel I have the obligation to share my story. In the last year, as if life …
‘How can you drink this thing, sounds and smells disgusting’, my friend told me at the sight of my morning coffee concoction. ‘There are many things we put in our mouth that sound and smell disgusting, like a syrupy, fizzy, metallic smelling drink that burns your mouth, but we still do it, darling’ I snapped …
During the last decade, most of us have fallen into the rat race of increasing personal productivity and continuous self-improvement. Do more, faster, fit more in your day, network more. What? You haven’t published a book yet? Write one, now! You don’t juggle ten projects at a time? Nope, not good enough. By the end …
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Human genome decoding? Yes, we all know it and we’ve seen the impact it has on therapeutics. Microbiome decoding? We’re just learning about it now and finding out how powerful it is for controlling our mood and immunity and how nutrition and fitness can influence it. I can talk about gut health for days (creepy). …
Let’s face it, we’ve all been there. You want to be really good, eat wholesome, get your daily greens, but then, your other half, blows your perfect plan up in the air! Damn them. I find deep greens of a particular issue, my partner’s favourite nagging subject during dinner: too much kale, the ratio of …
Right, I knew that 'sexy kale' photo from my previous post would cause some commotion, some of you have been chasing me for the recipe. I wonder, was it the ‘sexy’ part? This is where the footnotes come in: a) I am not a chef, I just love cooking insanely and b) this is not …
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