Thrive Health
At Thrive Health we are very upfront about the fact that improving your health is hard work – there are NO quick fixes or miracle products that will replace the…
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Many people say that they need to find some commitment to achieve their health goals. They feel that when they find the time and energy to be committed to doing…
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It seems to contradict logic but a very effective way to burn fat is to eat fat. Well, before you quote some government agency or health care professional that has…
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Recently the World Health Organisation reduced their recommended sugar intake from 10% to 5% of total calories in the diet. For an average person eating 2000 calories per day that…
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We are told that to lose weight we need to go on a diet. In other words we need to restrict the calories we eat – especially fat which has…
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For every 10 people I ask, only 2, maybe 3, have heard the term “Sarcopenia”. Given that Sarcopenia will negatively affect your quality of life as much as other physical…
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Takeaway points: • An increase in absolute strength can offer immediate and significant benefit to a junior athlete who has not strength trained before • Strength training results in an…
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If you have spent most of your life dieting or cutting calories to try to lose weight then it is highly likely that you are suffering from metabolic damage which…
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The 1000 Norms Project (http://sydney.edu.au/health-sciences/research/1000-norms.shtml) is a ground-breaking research project currently generating great national and international interest. An initiative of leading researchers at The University of Sydney, the aim of…
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I lift weights. I don’t mean using machines in a gym, or light dumbbells on a swiss ball, or moving up and down under a smith machine. I mean I…
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