If you suffer from depression, be it mild, severe, or anywhere in between, the last thing you will feel like doing is moving your body. However, exercise may be able to play a key role in alleviating and managing your symptoms helping boost your mood and provide you with a necessary distraction from negative thoughts.
Healthy weight loss is something that we hold near and dear to our hearts. A quick google search will provide hundreds of weight-loss programs and fad diets that promise a cookie-cutter outline of the fastest way to lose weight. Most of these diets and tips fail to disclose that they are not necessarily the healthiest […]
Stress has a nasty habit of getting in the way of our daily lives. It has an even nastier habit of getting in the way of our fitness goals. Use these three easy to follow steps to destress and get back on track towards accomplishing your fitness goals.
Exercise is not all about keeping physically fit, growing muscles, and increasing aerobic capacity. Regular exercise has been demonstrated to improve mental health and boost brain power in a variety of ways.
Flexibility and mobility are probably the most undervalued components of athletic conditioning. They are often overlooked as they are viewed as “boring” components and the exercises lack the quick and obvious results of your standard dumbbell or HIIT workouts.
There are several fad diets out there that have been touted for their positive impacts to lose weight and help you feel better, but what would you say if I told you that you don’t have to suffer through keto to have great impacts on your body? One of the biggest things that the average […]
The recent pandemic has resulted in a systematic shift in the fitness world as we know it. With gyms across the world temporarily closed or drastically altering their hours and procedures, many people have turned to the streets; literally. Outdoor running has seen an unexpected surge of popularity and with it so too, has cooking […]
Far from being a fringe diet, veganism has gone mainstream in the last few years, with more of us giving up meat and other animal products than ever before.
The holiday season is upon us. Although things might look a little different from normal this year, many of us are still planning to celebrate. Just in a responsible, socially distanced manner, of course. And when we celebrate, especially after a difficult year, it can be easy to over-indulge – whether that is with eating […]
Our busy lives are causing a mental health crisis, with 1 in 4 people in England experiencing some kind of mental health issue every year, according to MIND UK. Stress, anxiety, and depression are on the rise, so it is more important than ever to look after your mental wellbeing and make it a priority.
Fashionable diet plans come and go, but one dietary approach remains enduringly popular, and that’s the Mediterranean diet. This way of eating is based on the traditional diets of people from countries like Italy and Greece and is believed to be excellent for our hearts, our health, and our planet. It may even help us […]
We all know that fuzzy feeling we get after a bad night’s sleep. Not getting enough rest leaves us tired, irritable, and less able to cope with the stresses of our daily lives. But sleep is important for more than just our mood. It can also have serious consequences for our physical and mental health.
You’ve likely heard of the Paleo Diet before – this back-to-basics way of eating has gained a lot of fans in recent years. Avoiding processed foods and cereals, the Paleo Diet aims to replicate the diet of our ancient ancestors and focuses on good quality meat, fish, vegetables, and fruit.
Mindfulness has gone mainstream in the last few years, with an estimated 200-500 million people practicing meditation worldwide. It has become big business too – according to Sensor Tower, the top-performing meditation apps brought in a total of $195 million in 2019. That’s a lot of people looking to use mindfulness techniques to improve their […]
Winter may be the season of good cheer in the northern hemisphere, but it also the season of coughs, colds, and flu. That’s even before coronavirus came onto the scene. Your immune system is working overtime at this time of year, fighting off infections and helping to keep you healthy. So you need to take […]
Vitamin D has been big news recently. This powerful nutrient has numerous benefits for our health; building stronger bones, boosting our immune systems, and possibly even helping to reduce the risk of cancer and heart attacks. But according to the NHS, most of us don’t get enough, especially in the winter months.
Weight loss is defined as the decrease of our total body mass through loss of fluid, body fat or lean mass – namely bone mineral deposits, muscle, tendon and connective tissue. It can occur unintentionally due to malnourishment and disease, or it may be intentional to improve actual overweight or obese state. Intentional weight loss […]
Natural-based remedies are often looked at as pseudo-science that doesn’t work. In reality, a lot of pharmaceutical products are derived from natural ingredients. For many people, drugs bought at a pharmacy can not only be too expensive, but may also have detrimental side-effects and minor non-urgent symptoms can often be alleviated with natural remedies that […]
Let’s say you hit the gym 3 to 5 times a week, perform the best workout possible, meal prep all your bland broccoli, milkshake, and chicken breast alongside an expensive whey protein powder you bought from eBay, and yet, there just seems to be no visible signs of muscle gains.
Even with the likes of vegan bodybuilders such as Zack Belknap, Nimai Delgado, Jehina Malik, Maayan Eliasi, and a host of many others, who have proven to the world that it is possible to bulk up as a vegetarian, many people out there still think that being vegetarian and muscle building aren’t synonymous. The problem […]