The Problem With Choice

The Problem With Choice

Having lots of choice may seem beneficial in many situations, but it can lead to an inability to choose compared to a set of limited options. In 2000, Sheena Iyengar and Mark Lepper set up an experiment that compared jam sales between a display of 24 different kinds...
Weight Loss & Toilet Paper

Weight Loss & Toilet Paper

The ho ho ho anticipation of the holiday season seems a little ho-hum this year with increased anxiety of how to celebrate and maintain a healthy weight. Weight loss goals are not something I advocate, simply because weight loss is a by-product of healthy lifestyle...
Home Fitness Advantage

Home Fitness Advantage

Common opinions favour a gym workout over homework; however, there is no scientific evidence to support this assertion. In fact, home workouts are incredibly useful in sustaining long term fitness object for people who are time-poor and inexperienced with exercise....
Light Touch Improves Balance

Light Touch Improves Balance

Maintaining an upright standing balance is more challenging than you think.  It requires integrating and processing sensory inputs by our body, that is our; sight (visual), touch (tactile), muscle and joint awareness (proprioceptive), and motion (vestibular).  A lack...
Building Muscle Beyond 50

Building Muscle Beyond 50

Our muscles are the reason we can walk, run, climb and carry things around. Unfortunately, as we age, muscles begin to melt away, unless we use them. Surprisingly, muscles start to deteriorate when we reach our 30s. After age 40, we lose on average 8 per cent of our...
All Calories Are Not Used Equally

All Calories Are Not Used Equally

Eat Less Move More: If this sounds like the title of a horror movie to you, then we have something in common! In my nutrition practice, it’s the single, most challenging mindset shift my clients have to make. That is; to eat MORE! Before you start singing hallelujah...