by Leanne Spencer | Aug 28, 2019 | Health & Fitness, Mind and Body, News
I want to talk about some of the better alternatives to BMI. I’ve heard this number bounced around quite a bit. It stands for Body Mass Index, and it is an equation (based on height and weight) that is done to give you a rough indication of whether you are overweight,...
by Leanne Spencer | Jul 29, 2019 | Health & Fitness, Mind and Body, News
Are you worried about your blood pressure and not sure how you can lower it? Maybe your doctor has told you that you have high blood pressure, or maybe you keep a track with a kit and you do your own blood pressure testing and it’s a little bit higher than you’d like...
by Leanne Spencer | Jun 25, 2019 | Health & Fitness, Mind and Body, News
I would say absolutely not, there is still plenty of time to get your body and your mind in better shape and get you feeling really good about your summer holiday. If your fitness levels are not great at the moment, the first thing to do is start increasing your daily...
by Leanne Spencer | May 21, 2019 | Health & Fitness, Mind and Body, News
The old adage, one size does not fit all has never been truer. We now know that there are so many things that affect our body composition and it wouldn’t be wise to follow the same advice for example, at work, for my mum or my friend or the person off the road –...
by Leanne Spencer | Apr 30, 2019 | Health & Fitness, Mind and Body, News
The answer, of course, is yes. But why? When we’re in a stressed state, we release different hormones, predominately cortisol, which can have a negative effect on our body composition because cortisol instructs the liver to secrete glucose into the bloodstream (in...
