Top 3 Worst effects of drinking coffee

1. Coffee impacts on your sleep
2. It increases stress
3. Its addictive

Reasons why coffee is good for you.

Coffee can be good for you because it does have many anti-oxidants which are anti againg in nature.

Our bodies take in a large number of toxins each day through pollution, foods we eat, skin care products and many other things.

Anit-oxidants

Anti-oxidants combat these toxins which we face today helping to prevent free radical damage, and coffee is one of the 5 highest foods in anti-oxidants.

Coffee also helps stimulate the liver. The liver carries out many important functions like helping the body to remove toxins.

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Why work stress effects eating & makes you make bad food choices

It can be difficult to avoid unhealthy foods even if you’ve set goals, and told friends, and bet large amounts of money.

Sometimes in the heat of the moment your presented with foods that you know shouldn’t have, but find impossible to resist.

In that moment are brains way up the risk, and decide that the short-term pain induced by eating the food feels less than the short-term gain in pleasure from eating that food.

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Healthy Food Options When Entertaining Clients

When you are trying to lose weight it becomes really difficult to maintain your diet when you have to take clients out.

Obviously you want to put your clients at ease and start to build a relationship with them, which is difficult if you are worrying about what you are eating.

However, you can still eat out and have fun with your clients, and eat healthy.

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What is the best diet?

There is a lot of debate between holistic nutritionists about what is the best type of diet to eat.

We also have to consider the governments diet recommendations as well, which strongly oppose the view point of holistic practitioners.

There are a 3 diets that have received recognition over the last few years that have seen people both lose weight and receive major health improvements.

Those 3 diets are the metabolic diet, the paleo diet and the metabolic typing diet. Each diet has some similarities in the sense that you eat foods that were on the planet thousands of years ago.

However, where these diets differ is the quantities of macro-nutrients that you eat on each diet. What I will do first is introduce each diet and talk about the results each one is achieving.

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3 ways to form good healthy habits for successful weight loss

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You can achieve weight loss goals by setting realistic weight loss goals. 

Sure you’re probably raising your eyebrows like ‘life goals? Now what’s that again?’ Well, life goals are like a guarantee to ensuring you achieve that which you have set your mind upon and which your heart desires. Now, undoubtedly, most of us if not all of us have heard of the term SMART goals where S stands for specific, M stands for measurable, A stands for attainable, R stands for realistic and T stands for time-bound. None of these is exactly a new information but the thing about life goals is that it gets you closer to achieving that desire than SMART goals because it actually allows you to narrow down the goals to the barest specificity thus increasing your chances of achieving them.

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Here’s how long you should rest between sets

In today’s podcast I wanted to talk to you about the importance of rest period when working out in a gym. This is an important topic as many times i see people in the gym standing around talking to their friends.

What is so important that it cant wait till after the workout is complete? Once you spend that time standing around your body gets cold and your almost completely rested.

Time is something that shouldn’t be wasted when your in the gym especially when your busy, and you have meetings to travel to and lots of things to do when you get back to the office.

What is the science behind rest period?

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How you can achieve your 2017 goals

Today I want to talk to you about new years resolutions. Its January 2017 and for many people that means setting goals and going to the gym.

Every year I see an upsurge in gym membership and gym usage at my local gym followed by a sharp decline in gym usage by mid February.

The question is why does that motivation only seem to last for 4 weeks only? What happens to all that enthusiasm and motivation.

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Ski season fitness – Best exercises for skiing

Get ready for the ski season with these fitness exercises

Ski season is here and its time to hit those slopes. If you are keen to go harder and faster than you have ever gone before you will need to train your body.

One area of your body that’s important to train are your core muscles. Your consists of your diaphragm, pelvis floor, abdominal muscles and your lower back.

Your legs are also important if you want to ski faster. While core strengthening has some important benefits to prevent injuries.

Why should I do core exercises for skiing?

Skiing is a fast sport and your body has to react to changes of direction, and sharp turns at high speeds on an uneven surface.

Having a strong core will allow you to make these small adjustments really easily. Ideally you will use equipment to replicate the instability you will come across on the alps.

I will show you 2 workout programs with three different levels of stability. These are the fitness tools I would use:

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Healthy Eating Tips To Avoid Christmas Weight Gain

Christmas is a festive time that arrives quickly and brings with it carols, social gatherings, parties, dancing, present swapping and yes, the ever indulgent Christmas treats.

You know you are going to be bombarded with food this Christmas, not to mention all the little snacks and treats that will be available almost everywhere, including your office.

There’s no doubt about it that every time you are overwhelmed with treats, there will be times that you start questioning whether one or two couldn’t possibly hurt. You suffer in silence, and are tempted at every turn so what are you to do?

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