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How’s Your Water Intake?

22.01.2026

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Personally, I am terrible at drinking water. Water intake is a constant work in progress for me!

How about you? Do you drink enough water? Do you find it easy?

But, why is water so important – and how do you know if you’re getting enough of it?

Well, 2/3 of our body is made of water and we’re constantly losing it through urine, sweat and breathing – so, it’s important to replenish your supplies!

Water helps keep your digestive system flowing smoothly. It helps lubricate your joints. It helps to regulate your body temperature. It gives your […]

Christmas Food Anxiety?

17.12.2025

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Health, Mindset

I know the Christmas food and drink can bring anxiety for many of you.

More social events mean you’re less in charge of what you’re eating or drinking. The nature of Christmas meaning you’re much less active than usual. Going to bed later, and generally not being in much of a routine – it all adds up to more weight on the scales, as well as rubbish energy levels, a struggling digestive system and being in a less-than-chirpy mood!

I have some tips for you, to help you start the New Year in a good place […]

How’s Your Year Been?

8.12.2025

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Health, Mindset

We’re approaching the end of the year.

Time for a little check in – give these couple of questions a bit of thought over a cuppa.

How’s the year been for you?

Have you achieved what you hoped you’d achieve this year?

If so – what has worked so well for you? What’s next?

If not – why not? What hasn’t been working? What do you need to do differently?

Try not to get bogged down in the detail; instead, keep your thinking “big picture”.

Cold plunges, vagal nerve stimulators, mushrooms, creatine, collagen, weight loss injections, might all […]

Does Strength Exercise Slow Brain Ageing?

28.11.2025

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Fitness, Health

I saw a headline this week… People with more muscle mass tend to suffer less brain ageing, scientists have found.

This is the second time recently that I’ve found myself wondering whether we really needed a study to tell us this.

Strength training really is the closest thing to a magic pill that there is. The effects of the actual exercise are huge, and the downstream effects reach so much further.

The very nature of the exercise means you’re much more ‘in the moment’ than you might be if you were going for a walk or a swim […]

Can You Gain Strength When You’re Over 60?

3.11.2025

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Fitness, Health

You can still gain strength when you’re over 60.

In fact, the studies show the muscle gain potential is pretty similar to younger people.

Your maximum strength potential is less overall, but you can gain strength gains really quite quickly.

In one three month study, knee extension strength in people in their 60’s, 70’s and 80’s increased on average by 174% – the least improvement was 65% and the highest was 374%.

This study used 30-40 minute strength workouts at a moderate intensity twice a week – and it only looked at the exercise, it didn’t […]

How’s Your Circadian Rhythm?

20.10.2025

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Health, Mindset

As the clocks change this weekend, apparently along with the weather, I thought it would be a good time to write about daylight and circadian rhythm.

While it is much easier to not bother going outside when the days are shorter and the weather is less than inviting, it is still well worth making the effort, because even when the weather is miserable, it is significantly brighter outside than it is inside – so you’re still getting that all important serotonin hit.

They say that a good night’s sleep starts the minute you get out of bed in the […]

Do You Eat Ultra Processed Food Often?

15.10.2025

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Health, Weight Loss

There was an interesting study which showed that the participants eating ultra processed food gained body fat even when they weren’t in a calorie surplus!

Processed foods are literally designed to be so super delicious that you almost can’t help over eating them – and so not over eating is really hard to do!

So, it’s especially interesting to see that even if you are able to avoid over eating the ultra processed food calories, it still might not protect you from gaining body fat.

This was a study done with healthy young men eating an ultra processed […]

Should You Rely on the BMI?

6.10.2025

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Health, Weight Loss

Most of us are familiar with the BMI, or body mass index, which compares your weight and height and suggests where you sit between underweight and obese.

As a guide, it has some use. It might confirm what you already know.

However, the scale was designed for sedentary people and – in my opinion – has become overused as a primary method of diagnosing overweight or underweight with no regard for whether the weight is from fat or muscle.

When you’re going about fat loss in a healthy way, gaining muscle promotes a faster metabolism and reduced body fat. It’s […]

The Importance of Fibre

22.09.2025

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Health, Nutrition

Do you eat enough fibre?

It’s such a crucial part of your diet, and is correlated with some really positive health outcomes.

For example, people who eat over 19g fibre daily have a 32% lower disk of death, and a 40% lower risk of cardiovascular death.

People with type 2 diabetes have a 41% lower risk of death overall, just from eating enough fibre.

So, it’s time to increase your fibre intake!

ALL veggies are rich in fibre. Certain carbs are high in fibre too like potatoes, sweet potatoes, brown rice and oats.

There are some especially high […]

Reducing Symptoms of Ageing

5.08.2025

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Fitness, Health

While the health and fitness world seems interested in longevity lately, I thought it would be interesting to write about ageing.

Obviously there are markers of ageing, and these are the main focus of recent research into longevity – but there are also lots of symptoms of age too.

We can improve these symptoms of ageing by taking some simple, positive actions.

And, I’d guess that for most of us, these symptoms of ageing feel more immediately relevant than the markers associated with longevity.

So, what are the actions we can take if we want to improve our symptoms of […]