I love New Years Resolutions (NYR’s). I think they’re really funny. My personal research suggests that if you’ve made a NYR anywhere between 12.00 am on the 1st of January and 12.00 am on say, the 15th of January of any particular year, you have 83.2% less chance of sticking to it than if you made the resolution any other time of the year.

What are Functional (Super) Foods?

Written by Michelle Lotz, Nutritionist and Personal Trainer

• Foods that provide inherent health benefits.
• Foods that aims to promote health and well being. 
• Foods that improve performance or reduce the risk of disease without causing any immediate adverse effects.
• Foods that may provide health benefits in addition to providing traditional nutrients such as protein, carbohydrate, vitamins and minerals. 

Constant cravings bringing you undone?

Sure, the thought of eating carrots and celery for a week sounds reasonable just after you’ve scoffed down a pizza with coke and washed it down with some cheesecake, but in reality, when the next days hunger pangs hit again, it’s likely to all go out the window!

Just after Christmas day, I caught up with a friend and we began to chat about the details of the big day, when he started to lament how he was going to burn off the 6,000 plus calories he thinks he consumed on Christmas day. I thought he was kidding.

"No, really, how do I burn off the 6,000 plus calories from Christmas day and get back on track?" There it was, he said it again, I couldn't have been hearing things, he was serious!!

Ahhh, the holiday season, that amazing time of giving and good cheer, celebration and getting together with loved ones. A time where everything is beautiful, just perfect and all is good in the world.....errr, well, maybe not! For many of us, Christmas is just plain stressful, leaving us with very little cheer!

New studies concur that cardiovascular disease is primarily the result of lifestyle.

On November 15, 2010, the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2010 featured presentations of the results of two studies which indicate that lifestyle has a greater impact on whether one will develop cardiovascular disease than being genetically predisposed to acquire the disease.

 

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THE EXERCISE MYTH: The shocking new claim that physical activity is pointless

(As reported in the Herald Sun, September 26, 2010)

WHAT THE!!! Here I am building a career on the basis of helping people get fit and healthy and live long productive lives and all of a sudden I’m hit with this devastating revelation! Could it be true? Then, ‘Dear god, let it not be true’ ….. quickly became ‘bugger, I’ve been living a life of lies and deceit - NOOOOO!!’

Snacks - good or evil?

Small healthy snacks between main meals reduces the chances of hitting an energy rut, which usually occurs mid morning or mid afternoon when blood sugar levels from our previous meal are dropping. It is at this point that we are usually at our weakest and often succumb to the craving for high sugar and fat laden foods.

....and here it is, your SUMMER edition of myPrinciples, packed to the brim with terrific articles, tips and facts to keep you fit and healthy.