Insulin is considered the ‘master hormone’ for its role in facilitating the transport of nutrients and hormones to target organs and storage depots in the body. A healthy level of insulin production allows liver, muscle, and fat cells to repair, regenerate, and store energy for future use. The growth-promoting properties of insulin (Insulin Growth FactorRead more about Why Insulin Levels Are So Important[…]
No-one can continue to lose fat indefinitely. I’m sorry to burst your bubble, but it just can’t happen. Sure, you may have great results for a while; rocking that calorie-deficit and seeing the pounds fall off week after week. Until, that is, you stall! Talk about a mind-scramble. After-all, everything was going fine up untilRead more about When Fat-Loss Stalls? Try Eating More![…]
What if you knew you couldn’t fail? How positively would you be taking your fitness journey, right now? Or, let me put it another way: what if you were free from the paradigm that physical improvements are impossible post-40? What’s more, you no longer wasted time listening to people telling you that it’s pointless toRead more about The Secret to Success is a Bad Attitude[…]
Strength is a wonderful thing, a blessing no less. When you’re young, it’s an accident of timing. Something you take for granted and don’t even recognise until it ultimately starts to fade. Oh, how hindsight unceremoniously lets us know what we squandered. As we get older, we typically accept that age is something that ‘happens’Read more about Live Stronger, For Longer[…]
Well that’s obvious, isn’t it? Or is it? Think about it for a moment: how many diets and ‘supplements’ (using the term loosely) are marketed using the term weight-loss. Why is this, do you think? Simple: it’s because they talk of rapid results and nothing else. Because what else really matters? That’s the language thatRead more about Weight-Loss & Fat-Loss are NOT the Same Thing[…]
Are You A Food Stalker? Yes, it’s a thing. Though it’s hard to get a restraining order. A food stalker is someone for whom a certain food-stuff is something they can’t live without. Or at least they feel they can’t. They dream about it; yearn for it; have an emotional connection to it; can’t bearRead more about Are You A Food Stalker?[…]
When was the last time you self-sabotaged so as not to offend? Was it at a birthday party? At work when a co-worker brought in cake? Not to mention the social minefield of refusing sugary high-carb crap that’s thrust expectantly at us around Christmas time. No, not eating garbage for an entire month doesRead more about Why Politeness Makes You Fat[…]
Food will never dump you, cheat on you, or be absent when you’re down. But that doesn’t mean it won’t abuse you, take advantage of your love, or not have your best interests at heart. Like all relationships, it’s worth choosing with care in whose company we spend our time. Make the right choices andRead more about Why You Should Treat Food Like a Lover[…]
Hang-on! Aren’t we supposed to whither away and die politely once we pass middle-age; having quietly endured a multi-decade descent into frailty; if we’re lucky. That may be what your parents did; perhaps your grandparents too. Go back further, and previous generations were rarely privileged enough to find out what old age was like. LifeRead more about Lose Fat and Build Muscle Over-40 – the Shocking Reality[…]
I’m willing to bet that almost every single one of us who’re privileged to live in a country of abundance, have been on a diet of one sort or another. In fact I’m sure we’ve all been on several. And what was the result? Usually disappointment. Sure, there may have been some short-term gain: youRead more about 5 Reasons Diets Fail[…]