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3 Easy Ways to Boost Your Metabolism

Many of us struggle with our weight or how we feel about how we look. We’ve heard the terms 'battle of the bulge' and an epidemic of obesity. In truth, most of us just want to lose a couple of kilos and not have it bounce back! In this short article, we are going to look at 4 easy ways to boost your metabolism to burn fat and get rid of those couple of kilo’s permanently.

Add Lean Muscle: Whey V Casein Protein

There has been and continues to be an age-old debate over which protein is best. Whey Protein Isolate (WPI), Whey Protein Concentrate (WPC), Casein or a naturally occurring mix of WPI and Casein called Milk Protein Isolate (MPI)?

Coffee - Good or Bad?

Worldwide we are a stimulant addicted species. In fact, two of the top three beverages consumed by humans contain stimulants (coffee and tea) but are they helpful or harmful?

Coffee and Inflammation: What You Need To Know

Love your morning pick-me-up? Us too! If you're wondering whether coffee is good for you, read on.

5 Best Nootropics for Focus, Alertness & Performance

Whether you’re hitting the gym, the park, the court, the bike trails, the video games or the office… Having a focused, motivated, alert mind is going to be highly beneficial. It’s a competitive world where we like to beat others and most importantly beat ourselves. In this world being highly motivated, happy, and energized are daily requirements to succeed, we need all the help we can get, and some days coffee alone just doesn’t cut it!

Good Fat - Bad Fat

In the past, we haven’t been told the whole story. In fact, if you haven’t looked for the answers then it’s easy to continue believing that all poly and mono-unsaturated fat is good and all saturated fat is bad. The TRUTH is more complicated!

Sleep Your Way to a Lean Muscular Physique

We are going to look at the impact poor sleep has on the way we feel and the way we look. You will discover how you can improve the length and quality of your sleep to improve your physique, health and mental wellbeing.

10 Signs You Are Magnesium Deficient

Magnesium is an ESSENTIAL mineral involved in more than 600 biochemical processes in the human body. In this article, we are going to discuss 10 things that could go wrong or perform poorly if you are magnesium deficient, but really there are more than 300.

Intermittent Fasting - Lose Fat, Live Longer

Intermittent fasting (IF) is one of the world’s most popular health and fitness trends. People are using it to lose weight, improve health and simplify their lifestyle. Many studies are supporting positive benefits for brain and physique enhancement. It may even help you live longer.

Myth 10 - 6 Smaller Meals are Better For You

Every time you eat any food containing carbs or protein you release a hormone called insulin. The more insulin released the more likely you are to store the calories from your food as bodyfat.

Myth 9 - Carbs at Night Will Make You Fat

Eating some carbs is going to be useful but if you eat them at night will they make you fat. Right? The short answer is NO.

Myth 8 - Low Carbohydrate Diets Are Harmful

Low carbohydrate (Low-Carb) diets have been popular for several decades. However, because they are higher in fat, they have been demonised by nutritionists and some of the media.

Myth 7 - Fat Makes You Fat

It seems to make sense to a lot of people that eating fat would make you fat. However, it turns out that it isn’t that simple.

Myth 6 - Healthy Seeds, Nuts & Vegetable Oils

Some studies show that polyunsaturated fats lower your risk of heart disease. For this reason, many experts have recommended we increase our consumption of vegetable oils like soybean, sunflower, canola and corn oil.

Myth 5 - Drinking Coffee is Bad

Coffee has gotten a bad reputation in the past. Most of which is unwarranted. In fact, Coffee makes up close to 60% of our daily intake of antioxidants in the modern western diet. This outranks both fruits and vegetables combined.

The Healthy Muffins of Your Dreams

With the new Adrenal Switch flavour, Peaches and Cream, get ready to taste the healthy muffin of your dreams. We hope you’re just as excited as us about this new flavour, if you’re not already, you will be after you try these muffins.