by Dan Williams | Aug 14, 2011 | Blogs, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Nutrition
Magnesium (Mg) is a chemical element playing several major roles in human health and performance. It is present in every type of cell in the human body. Relative to human performance, Magnesium plays a considerable role in the action of ATP. ATP, or adenosine...
by Dan Williams | Apr 22, 2011 | Blogs, Health, Nutrition
As if you need an excuse to eat chocolate! Just in case you do, here’s 13 health benefits of chocolate. The flavonoids (plant compounds from cacao) in dark chocolate play a role in improving cardiovascular health, both through antioxidant effects (complicated,...
by Dan Williams | Apr 17, 2011 | Blogs, Health, Nutrition, Psychology
Exercise, nutrition and weight loss programs make use of food diaries. Science supports this contention. Research tells us that by being aware of what we eat we eat less. This works not only on a micro scale (per meal), but also on a much larger scale – with a...
by Dan Williams | Mar 24, 2011 | Blogs, Health, Nutrition, Psychology
Food with the word ‘diet’ on the packet has been shown to encourage greater consumption. This isn’t because the foods have a higher level of energy, in fact, it’s the lower caloric contents of the foods that makes people eat more. Because they perceive the foods as...
by Dan Williams | Mar 21, 2011 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health, Nutrition
Examining the differences between the lifestyles of modern humans and early hunter gatherers reveals some surprising results. A direct comparison of physical activity levels by Cordain et al. (1997) indicates that the variables in lifestyle lead to an average energy...
by Dan Williams | Dec 29, 2010 | Blogs, Health, Nutrition
It has pretty much been accepted that by eating slowly you end up eating less. Reasons for this are plentiful, including the fact that we base our consumption on time spent eating not amount eaten, and the idea that it gives our bodies more time to digest the food and...
by Dan Williams | Dec 16, 2010 | Blogs, Health, Nutrition, Weight Loss
I’m all for going food crazy at Christmas, so instead of looking at healthy ways to eat, let’s examine some ‘less-unhealthy’ ideas. If you think about it, the sorts of food we eat at Christmas aren’t really that bad. A full roast has...
by Dan Williams | Dec 10, 2010 | Blogs, Health, Nutrition, Psychology
Another great strategy for health that involves you making a small change to your environment and reaping the benefits forever. Simply by placing a full length mirror in you kitchen, you are constantly reminded of your appearance, and you link the healthiness of the...
by Dan Williams | Nov 26, 2010 | Blogs, Exercise, Health, Nutrition
Sorry, not that kind of spooning… This is a great way to make a change to your environment once and reap the benefits forever. The size of the utensils we use to eat plays a major role in how much we eat. Research has shown that we eat less if we are eating from...
by Dan Williams | Nov 24, 2010 | Blogs, Health, Nutrition, Psychology
More and more eating has become a social event – eating has taken second place to what we do while we eat. Watching TV, talking to friends, reading a book. An awareness of our eating habits plays a major role in determining how much we eat. The distractions that shift...
