Thrive Health
Stop thinking current mainstream advice is the best way to lose weight and get healthy and start thinking logically. The 2 things the health industry tells people to do to…
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“80% of success is showing up” Woody Allen It’s hard isn’t it? Long day at work, a thousand things to do, too tired – exercise becomes the “job” that doesn’t…
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Calorie restriction (aka ‘dieting’) results in weight loss, NOT fat loss. If you ‘diet’ and lose a few kilograms, a lot of the weight lost is muscle mass and fluid.…
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Sugar has been shown to be one of the most addictive substances we can consume and there is a very good reason for this. Our ancestors only ate 22 teaspoons…
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Here’s my latest take on what leads to fat storage and what leads to weight loss summarised into 10 bullet points! The hormone primarily responsible for whether we store fat…
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Exercise is not necessary to lose weight. Repeat, exercise is not necessary to lose weight. If you are trying to lose weight and slogging it out on the treadmill or…
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First, let’s be clear on what we mean by fat. You need to eat a significant amount of high quality natural fats from sources such as free range bred animals,…
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Council clean-up days are a boon for scrap metal merchants – every six months our road sides are littered with countless (and useless) abdominal trainers and home gyms, and to…
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The hormone insulin is a double edge sword. Here is why in 10 bullet points. Insulin’s main job is to maintain our blood glucose levels. Glucose must be maintained within…
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There is an interesting debate going on at the moment between mainstream nutrition experts and the rapidly growing community of real food supporters. A lot of this debate has been…
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