Do You Eat Sick Chicken? Want to Know How to Find Healthy Ones?
Posted by Guy in Nutrition & Lifestyle on 30. Dec, 2009 | No Comments
Have a look at this guide to consuming healthy chicken, something that we ALL should be doing for both health and animal welfare reasons. Whichever is the strongest force for you! Courtesy of Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and their campaign for healthy chicken production. http://www.chickenout.tv/images/stories/pdf/chicken_consumer_guide.pdf
So Should We ALL Be Running Barefoot?
Posted by Guy in Fitness & Exercise on 27. Dec, 2009 | No Comments
by Justin Coulter, Sports Podiatrist Running barefoot may have some benefit in muscle strengthening as the muscles have to ‘tune in’ to the vibrations caused by impact loading. There are over 50 joints in the foot and running barefoot or in a suitably free type of footware has many benefits over the long term, as [...]
Raw Milk or Processed White Stuff?
Posted by Guy in Nutrition & Lifestyle on 27. Dec, 2009 | No Comments
When health and business journalist David E. Gumpert, author of the newly released Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America’s Emerging Battle Over Food Rights, decided to look beyond the official FDA statement on raw milk and pasteurization, he encountered farmers and producers of nutritional supplements who told a very different story. In the video above, he shares [...]
The Painful Truth About Your Trainers : Are Running Shoes A Waste of Money?
Posted by Guy in Fitness & Exercise on 21. Dec, 2009 | No Comments
Thrust enhancers, roll bars, microchips…the $20 billion running – shoe industry wants us to believe that the latest technologies will cushion every stride. Yet in this extract from his controversial new book, Christopher McDougall claims that injury rates for runners are actually on the rise, that everything we’ve been told about running shoes is wrong [...]
How Do I Tell If I Overtrain?
Posted by Guy in Fitness & Exercise on 21. Dec, 2009 | No Comments
A little exercise is good for you, so more must be better, right? Well, sometimes, and sometimes more is just too much. There comes a point of diminishing returns or, worse, a point where your body says, Enough! If you are trying to train like a competitive athlete, it is a must to treat you [...]
