The health risks of prolonged sitting - and how you can reduce your risk!

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The health risks of prolonged sitting - and how you can reduce your risk!

They say sitting is the new smoking. But in my view it is much worse. Why? Because it is sooooooo ubiquitous. Pretty much every aspect of our lives is centred around sitting: our work, our travel, our leisure. Our society is structured in such a way that we need to make a special effort to reduce the amount we sit. And it's imperative for our health that we do!

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Things To Count Instead Of Calories - Part 1

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Things To Count Instead Of Calories - Part 1

The amount of energy/calories you regularly consume versus the amount you regularly expend is definitely something I think we should all keep a non-obsessive eye on, especially if you find your weight creeping up (or down) over time. But if you focus only on the calorie content of the foods you eat, you are short-changing your health! Not all calories are created equally. So here are a few other things I recommend my clients focus on when making their daily food choices.

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The Science of Hangry & My Top Tips for "Hanger-Management"!

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The Science of Hangry & My Top Tips for "Hanger-Management"!

Hangry happens when you push your body past both of these stages and to a point where your mood, behaviour and perhaps even your performance is compromised. While we know all to well what it feels like to be hangry, science has only recently put it under the spotlight. Read more here, plus my top “hanger-management” tips!

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12 Small Simple Steps to Healthier Eating Habits

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12 Small Simple Steps to Healthier Eating Habits

So many people think they have to make huge life-altering changes their diet to improve their health and lose weight. And sadly, the prospect of such big changes cause many people to give up before they even start. I want to shout from the rooftops: getting healthier, having more energy and maintaining a healthy weight should not require disruptive, unpleasant changes to your life!! You just need to make small, sustainable tweaks. And embed them until they become a permanent habit. And then make a few more simple tweaks. You get the picture! So here are a few simple, relatively painless, tweaks you can make to your diet today which will yield high positive benefits over time!

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My Top Tips To Help You Eat More Vegetables!

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My Top Tips To Help You Eat More Vegetables!

Peer reviewed studies abound which show that increasing your fruit and veg intake can reduce your risk of obesity, many cancers, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, stroke, heart attack and even depression and dementia! So I'm on a mission to get everyone eating more veggies! Here are my top tips!

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