The Secret of Z-Health’s R-Phase (Part I)

Posted by Guy Edwards in Exercise, Fitness and Strength Training on 09. Mar, 2010 | No Comments

‘The goal of Z Health is not to make you a statistical average-our goal is to unlock the secrets of what natural athletes do and apply those skills on a safe and reasonable timeline for real long term success.’ – Z. Salazar – Master Trainer

Following on to my introduction article on Z Health, I’ll begin [...]

Overated and Outdated

Posted by Guy Edwards in Health Psychology, Nutrition & Lifestyle on 05. Mar, 2010 | No Comments

Stepping on the scales is over rated, outdated and “over weighted.” It does not matter how much you weigh, rather, it is your body composition ratio that matters. Taking body composition into consideration, by determining fat and muscle mass is a useful assessment for determining how healthy and in “shape” you really are.
Assessing your [...]

Get Your Fruit & Veg In

Posted by Guy Edwards in Nutrition & Lifestyle on 28. Feb, 2010 | No Comments

One of the reasons high fruit and vegetable consumption is thought to reduce cardiovascular risk is because of a high concentration of flavonoids, in particular the flavonoid Quercetin. A study published in the British Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that Quercetin supplementation can reduce blood pressure and plasma oxidised LDL concentrations in overweight, high risk [...]

What is Z-Health? How Does It work? How Will It Help Me?

Posted by Guy Edwards in Exercise, Fitness and Strength Training on 27. Feb, 2010 | No Comments

Any pain in my body has gone – Kim Bach Petersen – MSc Psychology

There seems to be some confusion as to what Z Health actually is! What is it doing and how is it going to help someone run faster, get out of pain, smash a baseball further and add height to ANYONES vertical jump? [...]

Splashing About in It

Posted by Guy Edwards in Exercise, Fitness and Strength Training, Nutrition & Lifestyle on 23. Feb, 2010 | No Comments

Many of us working in the nutritional field, believe maintaining hydration is important for peak wellbeing and health. Water makes up about two-thirds of the body, so should we be splashing about in the stuff all day or are the bottled water companies exaggerating claims to sell more water? Undoubtedly water has the potential to [...]

What If Some Types of Saturated Fat is Actually Good For Us!

Posted by Guy Edwards in Nutrition & Lifestyle on 18. Feb, 2010 | No Comments

For decades, we have been told that saturated fat clogs arteries and causes heart disease. But there’s just one problem: No one’s ever proved it!
Suppose you were forced to live on a diet of red meat and whole milk. A diet that, all told, was at least 60 percent fat — about half of it saturated. [...]

Workouts without a gym

Posted by Guy Edwards in Exercise, Fitness and Strength Training, Martial Arts on 25. Jan, 2010 | No Comments

While it’s hard to beat a good gym for a focused place to go when you want a quality workout, many people don’t have access to a gym – whether it because of budget, schedule or location, there are thousands of people who have to do their workouts at home or whilst travelling.
So how do [...]

Is Saturated Fat Really Bad?

Posted by Guy Edwards in Nutrition & Lifestyle on 23. Jan, 2010 | No Comments

A really important aspect of good Health & Fitness blogging, in my opinion is to right what I see as ‘nutritional wrongs’, and there are many of them out there! So, if there’s a common perception that artificial sweeteners are better than sugar for weight loss, but there’s really no evidence for that, then I’m [...]