Category: Food

100NO 387: The Need For Friends with Shona Olykan

Friendship is perhaps more cherished and more missed during these COVID times. One of our dear friends is Shona Olykan. Shona joined us in Ikaria in 2016 for our first Longevity Experience and was due to be with us in Sardinia this year. At 80 years young, Shona joins us on this episode to share… Continue reading 100NO 387: The Need For Friends with Shona Olykan

TWIW 75: Low carb diets help the elderly

This Week In Wellness a very low carbohydrate diet has been shown to help older adults with diabetes lose weight, improve body composition and improve insulin sensitivity in just eight weeks when compared to a low-fat diet. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200820151337.htm https://nutritionandmetabolism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12986-020-00481-9 Get personally mentored by me for FREE for 30 days head to www.exercisingresilience.com

QCC 158: Spicy Cabbage Rolls + Done is Better Than Perfect!

DONE IS BETTER THAN PERFECT! This episode is all about letting go of perfectionism and just jumping in and giving it a go… whether ‘it’ is cooking, starting a new project, business tasks you’ve been putting off, exercising, or anything else in life that is making you feel overwhelmed and ‘stuck’! I have a bit… Continue reading QCC 158: Spicy Cabbage Rolls + Done is Better Than Perfect!

PAP 90: Blood Glucose Monitoring – an experiment with Tracey McBeath

What does food actually do to your blood glucose when you constantly monitor it? My friend and Health Coach Tracy McBeath tracked her blood glucose to see how her low carb lifestyle was affecting her blood sugar. Then she had a bit of fun and tracked what happened when she went back to her ‘healthy… Continue reading PAP 90: Blood Glucose Monitoring – an experiment with Tracey McBeath

TWIW 74: Boosting not supressing immune system might be the answer for COVID

This Week In Wellness researchers led by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have suggested that boosting the immune system might be a good strategy for dealing with COVID-19. Whilst this might initially appear like a sarcastic, parody headline it is in fact in contradiction with the immuno-suppressive approaches that have… Continue reading TWIW 74: Boosting not supressing immune system might be the answer for COVID

100NO 386: The Snack Pandemic

Are you a snacker? Marcus is, Damo isn’t. Although since COVID, Damo has become far more partial to chocolate 🙂 Snacking is more than on-trend at the moment. It’s going more viral more than COVID19 itself given that so many people are working from home or simply staying at home. Nearly all companies associated with… Continue reading 100NO 386: The Snack Pandemic

100NO 385: COVID Games To Make The Day OK

Almost every human being on the planet has spent more time at home in the last 6 months than at pre-COVID times. This has given rise to more and more ways to pass the time. Whilst sitting in front of the TV used to seem lazy and overindulgent, now it’s become a form of self-love,… Continue reading 100NO 385: COVID Games To Make The Day OK

TWIW 73: Coke’s “email family” of obesity researchers

This Week In Wellness a paper published online by Cambridge University Press has shown that Coca-Cola paid scientists to downplay the role of sugary beverages in the obesity epidemic. Scientists used information gathered from over 18,000 pages of emails via freedom of information requests made by a US non-profit public health group “Right To Know”.… Continue reading TWIW 73: Coke’s “email family” of obesity researchers

QCC 157: Helping Teens to Heal – Q&A with Isaac Whitton

My son Isaac was diagnosed with severe OCD and anxiety in 2014 (when he was 13 years old), and so began our journey into healing the gut and working to improve his mental health. For the first half hour of this episode I talk to parents of young people who need to move towards a… Continue reading QCC 157: Helping Teens to Heal – Q&A with Isaac Whitton

PAP 88: Should You Do GAPS? With Elyse Comerford

When and how do you know if you should do GAPS and do you even need to do it at all? Today I am joined by Elyse Comerford, an Integrative Nutritionist and Certified GAPS (Gut & Psychology/Physiology Syndrome) Practitioner, Holistic Health Coach, Exercise Scientist, Keynote Speaker, Mentor, and most importantly, Mum to Dylan! Elyse says:… Continue reading PAP 88: Should You Do GAPS? With Elyse Comerford