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Metabolic Menu We get it. All of us lead busy, complicated lives. We want to help you simplify one of the most beautiful parts of life…EATING… in a HEALTHY, FUN, EASY way

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09/03/2023

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Wow! How many of us feel like this? How many of us know how to find our way back? How does this resonate with you? Does ...
22/02/2023

Wow! How many of us feel like this? How many of us know how to find our way back? How does this resonate with you? Does it Make you sad or happy?

The Comparison Trap! Don't get caught in it ..
20/02/2023

The Comparison Trap! Don't get caught in it ..

Happy Weekend People!! Here is something to observe over the next 2 days ..When you stress eat, you’re using food to sol...
17/02/2023

Happy Weekend People!! Here is something to observe over the next 2 days ..

When you stress eat, you’re using food to solve a problem.

Only it’s a problem that food can’t solve.

Here’s a wild idea: Give yourself permission to eat whatever you want, but you HAVE to pay attention to why you're eating those specific foods.

Use it as a learning experience.

Once you’re aware of the trigger, decide what to do about it.

Secrets of people who are naturally thinHow can they eat whatever they want and never gain a pound?!”People have been as...
20/01/2023

Secrets of people who are naturally thin

How can they eat whatever they want and never gain a pound?!”

People have been asking this question about folks who are thought to be “naturally thin” for decades.

In a nutshell:

Dont make assumptions about anyone based on their weight. Most of all, don’t assume that someone with a large or small body size got there because of what they eat or how active they are.

Genes are powerful at any size.

We know genes affect weight and body composition in complex, overlapping ways.

We also know humans, on average, have gotten much bigger in just one or two generations—way less time than it would take for our genes to evolve through the process of natural selection.

To make sense of such a dramatic shift, we tell ourselves that we evolved to seek food, to eat lots of it when we could, and to store the excess calories as fat. And when food wasn’t available, our ancestors’ survival depended on their ability to downshift their metabolism to conserve as much energy as possible.

But as a team of University of Cambridge researchers showed in a 2019 study, genes act just as powerfully on people who are extremely thin as they do on those with severe obesity.

Which means that natural selection didn’t give everyone genes that would eventually make it too easy to gain weight and too hard to lose it.

It also gave some people a metabolism and perhaps appetite that would help prevent them from gaining weight.

Nature, it seems, is biased toward diversity.

PS these two love hunting

Does TV rot your brain?Not all sedentary activity is the same.Watching TV is associated with a higher risk of dementia l...
17/01/2023

Does TV rot your brain?

Not all sedentary activity is the same.

Watching TV is associated with a higher risk of dementia later in life. But using a computer is linked to a lower risk.

Cognitively active behaviours—using a computer, reading, playing chess—require intellectual engagement.

You’re still sitting down, but your brain is up and running. You’re seeking information, getting lost in a great story, thinking several moves ahead.

Or at least that’s the idea.

We suspect the links between dementia and how you spend your leisure time aren’t quite this black and white.

In a nutshell:

Context matters.

To qualify as watching the most TV, a participant had to watch at least 4 hours per day. To fall into the least TV category, they watched less than 2 hours a day.

Regularly challenging your mind may help you stay sharp.

PS challenged my mind every day!

Is junk food bad for mental health?The research is pretty clear…A diet heavy on “junk food” isn’t great for your physica...
13/01/2023

Is junk food bad for mental health?

The research is pretty clear…
A diet heavy on “junk food” isn’t great for your physical health.

That’s no surprise to anyone, of course.

But can it negatively impact your mental health as well?

In a nutshell:

While food choices may affect how people think and feel, their mood can also influence what (and how) they eat.

What we do know is that healthy eating is only one piece of the overall equation.

Focus first on finding ways to eat more minimally-processed foods—especially vegetables and fruit—which are packed with nutrients that support mental and emotional health. Add more than take away.

PS - too much sugar??

Can you teach an old muscle new tricks?“Age is just a number.”This sentiment gets one important detail completely wrong:...
09/01/2023

Can you teach an old muscle new tricks?

“Age is just a number.”

This sentiment gets one important detail completely wrong:

Age is a lot of numbers.

Weight. Heart rate and blood pressure. Glucose, cholesterol, and triglycerides. Vitamin, mineral, and hormone levels.

Once you hit your 60s, most of them start moving in the wrong direction, if they haven’t already.

Deeply intertwined with those numbers is one that’s almost never measured: skeletal muscle mass.

Age-related muscle loss leads to a decline of strength and functional ability, which in turn leads to a higher risk of falls and any number of chronic health conditions

With a smaller, weaker, less healthy, and less functional body, it’s only a matter of time before an elderly person loses independence.

But is that decline inevitable?

In a nutshell:

As we age we should train less and recover more
Focus on strength above all else
And optimise protein intake

PS having a senior recovery moment

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