Eat – Move – Train – Live

So in Part 1, I looked at the claim by Slim Mold Time Mold that…

While browsing the always excellent and highly recommended Marginal Revolution blog, I came across an…

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A few months back I took part in an interview for the Fitter Healthier Dad…

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Simon’s Protein Power Porridge Recipe I eat my protein power porridge pretty much everyday! I…

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5 Steps to Help Reduce Worldwide Deforestation I decided to create an infographic about simple…

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On his fantastic website PainScience.com, Paul Ingram has an article “Pain is Weird”. It’s a…

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The past week’s news cycle has been full of coverage of the EAT-Lancet’s new paper:…

I first heard about Reishi Mushroom powder some time ago via the Tim Ferriss podcast,…

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Despite being the major force responsible for the amazingly long, healthy, comfortable, secure and rich…

One may well imagine that pain works a bit like a high-tech house alarm system….

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I’ve followed many many diets in my lifetime, with various motivations – to lose fat,…

There has been a lot of talk in the popular press recently of “Fat Shaming”…

Around 12 years ago, I converted from vegetarianism to “ethical omnivorism”. I made this change…

A high-profile paper published earlier this year identified 5 “healthy lifestyle factors” which can have…

I’ve been attempting to go as close to 100% plastic waste free (and waste free…

It’s commonly accepted that moderate alcohol consumption is not only innocuous, but potentially beneficial to…

In part 1 of this series, I looked at the current body of research into…

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Previously I’ve talked about how Functional Training is a Myth, that performing multiple sets of…

A central tenet of Live Now Thrive Later is to avoid focusing on extrinsic goals….

When I first came across it, one of the main selling points of CrossFit, was…

In parts I and II, we looked at the utility of static stretching for warm…

In Part I, we looked at the widely accepted practice of static stretching as a…

Put your hand up if you hate stretching? It takes a long time out of…

It’s “generally accepted gym wisdom” that 3-4 sets of 8-12 reps is what you need…

Just over one year ago I decided to try Capoeira. I was initially thinking to…

Life just isn’t fair. It’s not unusual to hear of young, healthy, active people that…

Back in 2011, I wrote a post on sunscreen, questioning the rational behind it’s use….

Any long time followers of this bog will know that: I love fermenting things in…

It’s been on my list to write a post on genetically Modified Foods for quite…

I used to suffer from terrible “I.B.S or Irritable Bowel Syndrome”. I went to the…

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In 2012, I was very pleased to be invited to speak at the inaugural UK…

I’ve been meaning to write an update to my original post on dairy, raw or…

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post on Nutritional Supplements, and why I…

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I’ve written before about the nutritional benefits of grass fed beef – In short, it’s…

It has been three years since I wrote my last post on Intermittent Fasting, so…

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But what about porridge? This is a question that I get asked all the time,…

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Is Wheat Murder? Is Gluten-Free a Fad? An article published last…

Understanding Back Pain and other Chronic Pain Syndromes My series of posts on chronic back…

After some deliberation, I have decided to change the name of this blog. The new…

In the first instalment of this series, I argued that there is no such thing…

I love food. I love talking about food, I love cooking and preparing food, but…

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What are you made of? It’s not an abstract question. I want you to think…

In the previous post I asked the question, “What is Food?” In short, the conclusion…

The past couple of posts have been looking at the problems with nutritional science in…

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In the previous post, I looked at how a lot of the common arguments used…

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I spotted this study on Chris Highcock’s (author of Hillfit) conditioning research blog the other…

Yesterday I went along to a running seminar conducted by Teri Knight from Pure-Running hosted…

Over the last five posts, we’ve covered the importance of the microbiome to health through…

Germs are everywhere – On your kitchen surfaces, your computer keyboard, even your children’s toys!…

The term dysbiosis refers to an imbalance between the levels of “good” bacteria and “bad”…

In last week’s instalment of this series of articles on the gut flora mircobiome and…

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It is generally well known that the reason ruminants are able to digest grass, while…

It has been a couple of years since I last wrote about gut flora, and…

Welcome to the new home of my Primal blog. I have decided to make the…

Image: Idea go / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Part I of this series examined the efficacy of “functional…

Conventional Wisdom has us in fear of the Sun. For thousands of years, the Sun…