Muscle is your super power in midlife.
Muscle is very easy to lose, especially once you hit the menopause transition. Many women only become aware of this in their 40s, as they start to feel that they no longer recognize their bodies, describing them as softer, rounder, and less responsive to exercise.
What a student (should) eat in a day.
Good nutrition is part of a good study plan and learning how to properly fuel your brain and body helps you to stay happy and focused while you learn. Whether you’re a student or the parent of a child sitting school exams, here are the basics of what to eat to encourage better productivity and academic performance.
Is Intermittent Fasting Beneficial for Women?
Sure, intermittent fasting may be popular. And maybe your brother or your boyfriend or your husband or even your dad has found it works really well for them. But women are different than men, and our bodies have different needs. The most important thing to do when considering a new diet is to ask yourself, is this diet right for you as an individual – particularly as a woman.
Here’s how to pack on abdominal fat in just two weeks: sleep for 4 hours a night!
When it comes to weight loss, it’s usually diet and exercise that we think of first to achieve a healthy weight. But what if the solution was as simple as getting an extra hour of sleep a night?
Could your weight gain be caused by stress?
Weight gain is one of the most common complaints of perimenopause but it doesn’t need to be. There are a few things to consider… thyroid health, insulin resistance, poor sleep causing high cortisol… and stress!
Why ‘sugar free’ foods could actually be causing us to gain weight.
If you pick up any product labelled ‘sugar free’, ‘reduced sugar’ or ‘low calorie’, it’s almost certain to contain artificial sweeteners, but could artificial sweeteners actually be causing us to gain weight?
The power of tiny habits.
Good health is the product of daily habits, not a once in a lifetime transformation. Too often we convince ourselves that having massive success requires massive action. But the difference a tiny improvement can make over time is astounding. If you can change your habits, you can change your health. Here’s some of ours…