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Are you buying into bullsh*t?

Mar 10, 2018
3 min

Are you buying into bullsh*t?

Don’t overeat, eat more greens, mostly whole foods, less sugar and processed food, drink water, be active, avoid stress … Simple. Freaking hard. No bullshit. Not sexy. But we want more, we want magic, we want sexy, we want insider information. Where do you get health-related information from? When next time you find yourself in Holland&Barret reaching for another super-food or vitamin, think, where your need for it comes from. Was it recommended by a celebrity? Maybe your PT?

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Omega-3s: When, What, Where?

Aug 7, 2017
2 min

Omega-3s: When, What, Where?

Omega-3s are popular nowadays and fish oil is one of the first things we think of when it comes to “Uuhmm, I want to take care of myself, probably, I’ll buy some supplements” Indeed, Omega 3s are the type of polyunsaturated fats that are extremely important for our well-being. It is necessary for our brain, our mood, joint health, heart health, it fights inflammation and helps to improve insulin and glucose metabolism. Omega-3s are divided into 3 types: ALA, EPA, and DHA (I g

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This is how to eat oats and lose fat

Mar 21, 2017
3 min

This is how to eat oats and lose fat

To lose weight you need a deficit of calories week by week for a long period of time. That’s it. This sounds simple, but if you tried, it is so not easy. A fat loss “diet” causes hormonal changes and here are some of them: leptin (a satiety hormone) decreases under calories deficit conditions. As we lose weight, we get hungrier and hungrier and finally slip off the diet. Only inhuman willpower can cope with this human physiology! Oatmeal can easily fit into your fat loss regi

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Baked Vegetables

Apr 5, 2016
1 min

Baked Vegetables

When you eat more vegetables, you eat less calories overall. They contain nutrients necessary for healthy functioning of your body. And it is as important as the first point. Deficiencies of nutrients negatively influence your ability to burn fat. I’ll be honest, I am tired of my everyday fresh salad, although I try my best to vary ingredients. There is nothing better, of course, than fresh organic vegetables straight from the garden. But, this will now always be in my freeze

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Kale Time

Jan 16, 2016
2 min

Kale Time

Jonny Bowden, a famous author and scientist doctor calls Kale “a superstar vegetable” and “a nutritional powerhouse”. In his book The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth [/spb_text_block] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”3/4″ el_position=”first”] Kale is the champion in antioxidant capacity among all vegetables. The combination of antioxidants and phytochemicals found in kale is the best in fighting cell-damaging free radicals. It is loaded with ca

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Sep 30, 2015
1 min

Everyday office habits – long-term health disaster

Working as an auditor I’ve been to many different companies’ offices. There is one thing almost all of them have in common: corporate cookie/pastry/biscuit bowls, pizza Fridays, coffee breaks with small sandwiches and biscuits, and biscuits again. One client company even had “cookies for auditors” box 🙂 As a research student I saw this coffee breaks again and again at seminars, conferences and workshops. It is cheap, it is satisfying and it is an office stress absorber. Coff

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