I specialise in sorting people out. Regardless of your fitness level, if you work with me, I guarantee we will achieve: High Energy – By tweaking your dietary and exercise patterns, I will get you feeling alive without having to drink pints of coffee every day; Exceptional Health – Your body’s systems will benefit from [...]

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Salmon and toothpaste sauce.

by Clare Harding on May 19, 2012

I found this recipe years ago in the Independent Magazine.  It is by Simon Hopkinson.  Ideally it goes with wild salmon, but if cooking a whole salmon and not one of the small group with all the money, then buy the best quality salmon possible. 1kg wild salmon sprigs of coriander fresh lime wedges. For [...]

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Twelve tips for healthy teeth and gums.

May 17, 2012

Eat some chewy food regularly.  Use it or lose it.  Soft food is for the toothless. Eat a proper diet.  This includes regular intake of animal proteins, including liver, which must be digested properly.  Also included are good fats for the fat soluble vitamins.  If serious about maintaining a good set of gnashers, the only [...]

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Why knees hurt.

May 16, 2012

I have been a runner for about 25 years.  As with many runners, the emphasis ends up on distance and in 2000 I decided to run the London Marathon.  I had always been plagued by a bit of knee pain and as my training hit the 10 mile mark, the pain had become intolerable and [...]

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Why we need to deactivate scars.

May 15, 2012

Our skin  is a precious organ that keeps things moist within and warns us of dangers.  It needs to be elastic so we can move freely.  Damage to the skin is repaired rapidly, leaving a scar which is less elastic than the skin around it.    It may also be generating pain.  Breaking up the scar [...]

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10 Simple rules of lifting weights at home or in a gym.

May 14, 2012

If exercising alone or without a spotter,1 don’t go too heavy and stop before form breaks down; 2 poor reps means stop. Stop before form breaks down or you train poor movement patterns. If not using pre-made dumbbells or barbells, make sure the plates are properly attached so they can’t slide off the end. Check [...]

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Rosemary salt.

May 12, 2012

3 cups/75cl/1½ pints Celtic sea salt, or other unrefined salt. 1½cups/37.5cl/¾ pint dried rosemary. Put the rosemary in a blender, or similar, and whizz for up to 2 mins to break it up. Add in the salt and blend for a further 1½ mins until thoroughly mixed up. Store excess in an airtight container and [...]

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Pain 5. What long term sitting and long term pain do to us.

May 11, 2012

Suffering pain from too much time spent at the computer or too much running leads to frustration, weeping and giving up.  We seek to cure the pain by stretching, massage, physiotherapy and sometimes surgery.  Last year I stumbled on a system that gets to the root causes of chronic pain and the answer often lies [...]

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Mitochondria Why do we slow down as we age?

May 9, 2012

The wonders of modern technology can now help women past the natural age of conception have a baby.  Before embarking upon this madness, I think it should be compulsory for these women to spend a month looking after a 2 -3 year old child and enduring the full blast of youthful energy.  We all slow [...]

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Borage oil, dry eye syndrome and heart health.

May 8, 2012

The previous blog about GLA or borage oil covered how this important nutrient helps maintain the health of the membranes in the body.  This blog explores the role of GLA in the balancing act the body does to maintain appropriate inflammatory response to illness and injury, its role in good heart health and how it [...]

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Pike ups using the Swiss ball.

May 7, 2012

The wobbly element of the Swiss ball helps the abs to fire up properly.  I find people are fairly useless at engaging their abs well, just gripping the abs, legs and shoulders like billy-o, assuming that such hard work must be correct – after all, no pain, no gain.  When it comes to good ab [...]

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