Reading Time: 8 minutes Sitting is the new smoking. This is a phrase that has been increasingly heard over the past few years, and perhaps for good reason. In England the average sedentary time for working age adults is about 9.5 hours. This increases even more as we age. A 2011 study documented 800,000 people and their sitting habits.Continue reading “Standing Desks – A Simple Solution to an Increasing Problem”
Author Archives: Glenn White
Box Breathing – The Cheat Code to Stress Management
Reading Time: 5 minutes Stress Management is one of our 5 Circles of Health, our approach to forging happy, healthy, hard to kill humans. We know how important a healthy mind is in creating a healthy body, and vice versa. Stress management has a multitude of faces. We can manage our physical stress by applying the correct stimuli andContinue reading “Box Breathing – The Cheat Code to Stress Management”
7 Powerful Quotes That Changed My Perspective
Reading Time: 9 minutes They can hit you at any time, from anywhere. Maybe it’s a book you are reading. Perhaps it’s a podcast or an overheard conversation. Sometimes it’s a billboard or even an internet meme. But there are quotes, statements or proverbs that just hit you right in the feels. Those one liners that leave you dumbstruckContinue reading “7 Powerful Quotes That Changed My Perspective”
Comfort Eating and Trigger Foods
Reading Time: 10 minutes I have spent a large proportion of my life navigating a poor relationship with food. What does that mean? Well, for me, it presented itself by my assigning morality to food – good foods and bad foods. This in turn led me to view myself in these same moral categories. If I ate the ‘good’Continue reading “Comfort Eating and Trigger Foods”
Glenn’s Chocolate, Coconut and Chia Seed Protein Balls
Reading Time: 5 minutes I’d love to be able to say that the overriding motivation for writing today’s recipe had nothing to do with the childish need to make innuendos about my balls. But this would be a filthy lie. WARNING!: If you haven’t already realised, Glenn has the mind and humour of an 8 year old. The compulsionContinue reading “Glenn’s Chocolate, Coconut and Chia Seed Protein Balls”
Quick and Simple, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb Protein Pancake Recipe
Reading Time: 5 minutes Protein is a vital part of our diet and, in my opinion something that people often aren’t getting enough of. Sufficient protein is often the missing ingredient in many people’s fat-loss journey, and something that becomes increasingly important as we age and start suffering the effects of age related sarcopenia; muscle wastage/loss. At Wild Life,Continue reading “Quick and Simple, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb Protein Pancake Recipe”
Primal Pancake Recipe – Grain Free Goodness
Reading Time: 2 minutes Who doesn’t love a pancake? That thin edible canvas is just waiting for the next culinary Van Gogh to create a short-lived masterpiece. The options are endless. Sweet or savoury (wars have been fought over this one), thick or thin, turned or flipped? The myriad fillings available are only limited by the imagination and theContinue reading “Primal Pancake Recipe – Grain Free Goodness”
Why I love coffee and why I am reducing my intake
Reading Time: 7 minutes Coffee. That magical, dark liquid potion. That ambrosia of the slightly hyperactive gods. I bloody love it. I mean, if I had to choose between giving up one of my children or giving up coffee, there would likely be an inappropriately long pause. I have two children. There is only one coffee. My love affairContinue reading “Why I love coffee and why I am reducing my intake”
Kelley’s Fermented Garlic & Chilli Beans
Reading Time: 6 minutes As we have alluded to many times on this blog, we are big fans of fermenting. Whether that is our daily shot of coffee kombucha, protein-packed kefir milkshakes or a spoonful of sauerkraut on the side, we will shoehorn something fermented into our daily meals. This enthusiasm unfortunately has not rippled throughout the whole family,Continue reading “Kelley’s Fermented Garlic & Chilli Beans”