This week I chat about my all time favourite topic – Food Timing, or the more fancier, scientific way to describe it is Chrononutrition. Chrononutrition involves the study of how nutrition impacts on our metabolism, via our internal body clock, which includes meal regularity (or in the case of a shift worker, meal irregularity), frequency… Continue reading HSW 39: Weight Gain, Food Timing and Chrononutrition.
One of the most common struggles I hear from my shift working clients is this ongoing, relentless craving for sugar! But why is that? Why are shift workers notorious for craving (and eating) all of the sweet stuff – the highly refined carbohydrates that are neither good for our insides or our waistline?! Well it… Continue reading HSW 38: Sugar Cravings and Sleep Deprivation
As shift workers, we certainly understand how working irregular hours causes havoc on our sleep, but something most of us don’t even think about, is how our home environment may be disrupting our sleep. In this episode I chat with Nicole Bijlsma, a Naturopath, Acupuncturist, Building Biologist and author of the bestselling book – Healthy… Continue reading HSW 37: Sleep Disruption in our Homes with Nicole Bijlsma
Are you struggling to maintain your health and well-being whilst working 24/7? Are you looking for some one-on-one guidance, but have been unable to find someone who really “gets you” and understands exactly what it’s like to work shift work? Well if you answered ‘yes’ to either of those questions, then stay tuned for this… Continue reading HSW 36: Nutritional Skype Consultations for Shift Workers with Audra Starkey
Over the years I’ve been submerging myself in journal articles on all things to do with shift work health, and something which keeps coming up in the research, is that shift workers are quite prone to developing insulin resistance, a condition where the body in unable to move glucose from the blood, and into the… Continue reading HSW 35: Type 2 Diabetes and Weight Loss with Wendy Steward.
Today’s podcast is pretty cool because I got to catch up and chat with a fellow student from University, Clinical Nutritionist and Ayurvedic Herbalist Brad Leech, who has an absolute passion when it comes to all things to do with autoimmune disease, a condition which is becoming more and more prevalent in society today. With… Continue reading HSW 34: Shift Work and Autoimmune Disease with Nutritionist Brad Leech
Nurses represent a massive part of the shift working population so I’m super excited to be chatting with a lady who has been working in this field for over 30 years which yes, I agree, is a very long time! Cara Henstridge works at Sandringham hospital in Melbourne and shares what its like to run… Continue reading HSW 33: Nursing and Smart DNA Testing with Cara Henstridge.
Ongoing and relentless tiredness is such a big part of being a shift worker, which is why in this week’s podcast, I’ve brought in the expert on all things to do with boosting our energy – nutrition, fitness and fat loss expert Yuri Elkhaim, who is joining us all the way from Toronto in Canada.… Continue reading HSW 32: Eating for Energy with Yuri Elkhaim.
Self care is super important for shift workers because our bodies are already biologically stressed as a result of working against our natural circadian rhythms or body clock. That being said, for most people, self-care can be an incredibly hard thing to do, as we often feel guilty of assigning some “me time” to ourselves.… Continue reading HSW 31: Self-Care and Balneotherapy with Elizabeth Greenwood.
It’s a change of pace this week as we talk about a topic never before discussed on the Healthy Shift Worker podcast – and that’s “exercise!” I’m sure you can relate when I say it can be incredibly hard to get all pumped up and excited about exercise, particularly when we’re feeling completely exhausted after… Continue reading HSW 30: Shift Work and Exercise with Dr Brett Hill.