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In today’s modern world, most of us spend too much time sitting down. We sit down to travel to work, sit at a desk all day, sit down again on [...]

That’s because coffee contains caffeine, a substance that stimulates your mind and body, making you feel more alert and awake. Sports people figured out years ago that caffeine helped their [...]

Research from Dr. Izumi Tabata in Japan has shown that really small amounts of exercise can be beneficial. In his research, Dr. Tabata’s subjects trained 4X a week for just [...]

Carbohydrates are one of the main three macronutrients, and their main role is to provide us with energy. Carbohydrates provide 4 calories of energy per gram. In the last couple [...]

Today we’re going to talk about something that gets a bad rap it doesn’t deserve: fats   Fats are not the “bad guys” you’ve been lead to believe, they are [...]

Let’s talk about protein -- you sure can’t talk about health and fitness without it! Protein provides the body with amino acids that have a multitude of roles within the [...]

You can’t deny -- it’s everywhere. Alcohol grabs more than its fair share of headlines for both its purported health benefits and risks. Here’s what we know for sure about [...]

Strength training is a really useful type of exercise for improving both health and performance. Here’s what you get from strength training: You get stronger (hence the name). You develop [...]

Life is stressful. Everyone’s is. In today’s modern world, we can all suffer from too much stress, which can lead to poor sleep, anxiety and even depression. But did you [...]

We tend to think it’s all the hard work athletes do that gives them great results, but that’s not the whole truth. The results from exercise actually come from recovery! [...]

Vitamin D is a very important micronutrient that doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Vitamin D plays a number of crucial roles within our body, including: Keeping our bones strong [...]

A healthy heart needs a healthy body and cardiovascular training is the best way to get there. Commonly referred to as cardio, these exercises get the heart rate up making [...]

If you think good health and fitness requires hours at the gym – we’re here to tell you that’s not true, your fitness regime can be even for a few [...]

We hope our expert pointers are helping you on your nutritional journey and motivating you to stay healthy! Let’s continue today by looking at the relation between your genetic code [...]

Have you ever wondered why your friend loses weight when on the same diet but you don’t? It is all in the genes, your body is hardwired to break down [...]

As have learned that carbohydrates are one of the macronutrients – but not really a much-loved one! Celebs and fad diets have given carbs a bad reputation, but we’re here [...]

Probably the only thing with a worse reputation than carbohydrates is fats. But are these based on facts or misguided notions? Let’s find out! Fats are actually an important macronutrient [...]

Today we will talk about a much loved companion for a fitness enthusiast – proteins! The building blocks of our health, proteins are available in every cell in our body. [...]

Have you ever skipped wheat for a few days and found yourself feeling lighter? Maybe less bloated and more energetic? Well, chances are that you are sensitive to gluten. Gluten [...]

Flabby arms, trembling thighs or the dreaded muffin top – there is always one part of your body where the fat seems to have formed a committed relationship without any [...]

We love to eat a lot of salt, 75% of the salt we eat is already present in the bread, biscuits, cereals and other processed food that we eat. And [...]