Nutrition Articles

There’s nothing like beating your best, so why not set yourself a HIIT four week Challenge to ignite your motivation!? HIIT or high intensity interval training is a form of cardiovascular training where you work at high levels of intensity for a set timeframe, followed by set timeframes of rest or slow recovery, then you repeat. By overloading your cardiovascular system, recovering and repeating, you are triggering the body to respond and adapt. It's achievable, effective, and dare I say it fun way to boost your fitness and drop some body fat. Try this (dare I say it - Fun!) HIIT challenge. 

We all know that food can certainly impact our mood (try going without for 24 hours!) but can food actually help with mental health disorders such as depression? One recent gold standard study has identified an eating pattern that significantly reduced depressive symptoms in clinically depressed patients. Find out what it is and the best foods to eat to boost our mood.

Insulin resistance is a silent, asymptomatic condition that is a precursor to prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. As with many diseases, prevention is better than cure, so identifying if we are insulin resistant is a major step in preventing prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in Australia and adults with Type 2 diabetes are two to four times more likely to develop heart disease than those without type T2D. Find out who is at risk of insulin resistance, the tests needed and treatment available.

As the weather cools down, we have to be careful that our motivation doesn’t as well. Is it the shorter days, the cooler weather, or covering up our bodies that dampens the motivation barometer? Probably all of the above!

Fast track to summer and we’re regretting those missed workouts and extra stodge consumed, but not this winter! This winter we will stoke the motivation fire and stay on track. Follow these six simple but effective tips to get motivated when the weather cools down. (Read More - Link to article). 

With approximately one in four Australians deficient in Vitamin D, it’s important to understand who is at risk and whether supplementation through diet or sun exposure is necessary.