This article serves to provide a general overview of the nutrition involved in martial arts highlighting the essential nutrients that contribute to a vigorous athlete's healthy diet. The aim is to understand how your body utilises food in order to perform to its maximum capacity and ultimately give ...

#dc { float: left; font-size: 45px; line-height: 1; font-weight: bold; margin-right: 9px;} Are you a passionate health nut, a 'gym rat', or both? Are you into wellness (yoga), mindset 'lifestyle medicine' and delicious, healthy food, whether a particular 'diet', vegan or veggie? ...

You Cannot Hit a Target if You are not Aiming Directly at it By this I mean that any weight loss or health goal will become much, much harder and fruitless if you don’t even have a target – therefore the first rule is, you must decide what that target is to be. Choose exactly what you want in your ...

The menstrual cycle involves many hormonal changes and the monthly loss of blood results in extra dietary requirements. I know we love our comfort food when that time of the month comes around, but maybe it's time to re-evaluate what we put into our bodies during our period. Find out about which ...

Interest in going vegan, vegetarian, or even “flexitarian” - also known as “casual vegetarianism” or just cutting down on meals that involve meat - continues to skyrocket internationally, driven by concerns and health warnings about the effects of animal products such as red meat as well as ...

Let's get to the bottom line fast, people are sick of being sick — taking medicine, prescription drugs, losing days or months or even years of their lives to heart disease, cancer and the slow burn of depression. Who really wants to spend (the very limited) time they have on Earth investing ...

As we age, our basal metabolic rate (BMR) decreases meaning that we should generally need fewer calories as we get older according to the British Diabetic Association. The amount of fat, carbohydrates and fibre we consume should follow the following recommendations; Fat: 50g, saturated fat: 20g, ...

Haritaki or Terminalia chebula is a tree that grows in the forests of India, south east Asia, Nepal, and south west China. Its dried, bitter super fruits have long been used in traditional Ayurvedic medicine in India as a powerful natural cure for a wide range of diseases. Ayurvedic medicine refers ...

Going vegan is more than just a diet trend; it's a lifestyle change which is making waves all over the globe. As more people are starting to get more conscious about what they eat, more are also drawn towards healthier options such as going vegan. Although difficult at first, testimonies from those ...

Edible seaweed is algae, a term used for a diverse group of aquatic plant life. Most edible seaweed is marine algae whereas most freshwater algae are toxic. If you're a lover of Japanese food you may be well acquainted with seaweed, if not you may have noticed packets of dried seaweed in your local ...