This article covers a very complex topic in a very broad sense. You should walk away from it with a bit more of an idea of what impacts the foods, nutrients and supplements you take and how effective they are. It might even raise some awareness and ideas that will in fact improve your supplement regime and get more out of what you’re putting in.

Seeds are something quite overlooked when it comes to nutritional value. I’ve got a list of seven seeds that you should be consuming on a regular basis to get an easy hit of a broad range of nutrients that will keep you healthy and feeling full all morning.

There's a lot of information out there about gluten sensitivities and coeliac disease that really makes it out that if you stop eating bread and you have not been diagnosed by a medical practitioner, you are a bad person. It's a strange phenomenon because if a vegetarian says, "I just don't like how eating meat makes me feel" the following reply usually is something along the lines of, "Oh that's cool. I've been trying to eat a lot more veggies lately too!", "So do you only eat vegetables?" and that's where the conversation usually ends. With gluten however, the conversation from the other party usually gets steered in the direction of, "Like, are you a real coeliac, or just one of those fake ones?". I find this absurd. I even know of some coeliacs, who are quite vocal about this and belittle those who are trying to find their way to health.

In this article, I'm going to cover what exactly gluten is, how it affects a large portion of the population and the pit falls of a gluten free diet.

There are many paths to weight loss, longevity and health. The following list describes some of the worst approaches to achieve any of these.

‘Superfood’ is such a loose marketing term these days. Sometimes we’re talking about simple everyday foods like garlic or ginger, other times we may be talking about more exotic things like Acai or Camu camu. Because of this confusion in the market, when I was asked to write a top 10 list of superfoods I decided to turn to the internet. I took 20 blogs, media outlets and supplement producer websites. Collated their suggestions of top 10 lists and tried to get an idea of what most nutritionists and health experts think of the best superfoods available. Oddly enough, I sort of agree with how this list turned out.

Thiamin is a water soluble vitamin that has many essential roles within the body. It is the first of the water soluble vitamins to be described leading all the way back to 2700BCE where Chinese medicine literature identifies a thiamin deficient disease known as beriberi. 

I’m sure that it has become apparent that the seasons are changing and it’s suddenly become much cooler, at least here in Sydney with lots of heavy rain and winds coming through.

Here is a quick guide with some tips on nutrition and lifestyle to help get you through the next few months.

I'm pretty excited about this one because it's really my first attempt at having some products run on my site. 

The first two I've launched are Nutrition Consults and Supplement programming.

I want to explain the latter a bit first because I feel like it's something that needs to be explained.

Sleep is something that every living creature on this planet needs. Yet for some reason, most people (that have grown out of their teenage years) either look at it as a waste of time or as a commodity that they will simply get more of later. I want to look at reasons why we need sleep, how much we need and ways that we can optimise our lifestyle, nutrition and supplementation habits to get the most out of sleep.

Are You Okay? Day is a day promoted by the "R U Okay?" foundation. It's a non profit group, looking to increase awareness of depression and suicide risk. Founded by Gavin Larkin. After the suicide of his father, Gavin wanted to help create a world without suicide.

So last night, if you follow me on Facebook, you may have seen I linked out an article from Jim Wendlers Blog. If you didn't catch it, the article is called 'Time to Man Up'  and if you haven't already, I seriously suggest you give that a read before you continue on here.

Almost every culture has it's traditional fermented foods. We see a long fermentation process applied to Wheat to give us Sour dough bread, Barley and Buttermilk fermented can give us Rabadi, fermenting Soy gives us many varieties of products like Miso, Tempeh and to a lesser extent Soy sauce (the wheat is not fermented here), Ruminant (thats cows, goats, sheep, camels etc.) Milk for Cheeses and Yoghurts.

I learnt about how a paleo template can be applied to get the most out of our life by focusing on the basics. In case you do not know what 'paleo' is. Simply put, as a lifestyle paleo is a concept of eating whole foods. No dairy, no grains or legumes.  

So, today being Friday. Chances are most of you, or at least some of you may be hitting the turps at some point in the next three days. I'd like to point out a few things that may help you with the following morning. And thats not including the hair of the dog. 

Counselling is, from what I've read and how I understand it, a profession that aims to help people gain perspective on issues in their lives.

We all eat. This is something that I don't really need to point out. What I should point out though is that most of us, do not eat properly.

I was in the gym the other day, and I overheard someone talking to another guy about fish oil dosages. And funnily enough the day before that I was talking with a friend about a recommendation they heard about, which was to take something like 4 capsules with every meal per day. On a standard diet written for weight loss or even a general fitness diet, we see a client eating six or seven meals a day. So that works out to be at least 24 capsules a day!

I've been asked to write a post that is somewhat out of my usual shtick and provide some guidelines to what I think will get someone back on track to a healthy lifestyle, with minimum guidance. 

While I was going back over all of my notes and going back through my textbook, General, Organic and Biological Chemistry by H. Steven Stoker, to find some good points for my exam extended questions. I came across a little off topic section they refer to as "Chemical Connections" and this particular one was talking about the difference between 'High Intensity Training' and 'Low Intensity Training'. It points out some very interesting numbers.

Im writing this article today as something I want everyone who reads it to take something with them. I want to encourage everyone to chase their dreams and reach their goals. That includes their physical and mental health.