top of page

Search


Best Approaches To Tracking Food
One of the biggest reasons I advocate you should weigh foods, as opposed to measuring their volume (when possible), is because...

Helder Barroso
Dec 10, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Good Food vs Bad Food
This is something that is very prevalent throughout the entire world as a whole. Many people advocate it and have done so for years....

Helder Barroso
Dec 9, 20213 min read
Â
Â
Â


Why I Hate Rigid Meal Plans
The main reason I don’t write meal plans for my clients, other than providing them as an example so my clients can initially see how to...

Helder Barroso
Dec 8, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Tracking Calories
Accuracy, Flexibility, and Consistency Implementing quantitative changes to your diet is all about balancing these three qualities. If...

Helder Barroso
Dec 8, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Blood Sugar
Our body breaks down every carb we ingest into glucose, also known as blood sugar because it travels through our bloodstream. Glucose is...

Helder Barroso
Sep 10, 20214 min read
Â
Â
Â


Vitamin D
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble nutrient. It is one of the 24 micronutrients critical for human survival. The sun is the major natural source...

Helder Barroso
Jul 23, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Are you feeling Low in mood? Anxious? Depressed?Hard to concentrate?
Light in the middle of the night reduces dopamine levels to a point where it can start causing problems such as learning difficulties,...

Helder Barroso
Feb 2, 20211 min read
Â
Â
Â


Can the time of the year have an impact on our health?
Every cell in our body is tuned to the movement of the planet relative to the sun. Hopefully most of you know the earth spins once every...

Helder Barroso
Feb 1, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Let’s talk about Naps
Naps provided that they are less than a 90 minute cycle can be very beneficial for a lot of people. Many of us naturally feel a dip in...

Helder Barroso
Feb 1, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Bad effects of light on sleep
Light is not supposed to arrive in our system at anytime and now days because of screens and artificial light we have access to light...

Helder Barroso
Feb 1, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Light and the Sleep Connection
Light is what governs when we are awake and when we are asleep, particularly sun light. On the face of it, it is quite simple but people...

Helder Barroso
Jan 27, 20213 min read
Â
Â
Â


Hydration
LET'S TALK ABOUT WATER INTAKE Water is essential for cellular homeostasis and life and without it we can only survive a matter of days....

Helder Barroso
Dec 9, 20203 min read
Â
Â
Â



Helder Barroso
Nov 26, 20207 min read
Â
Â
Â


Calories In VS Calories Out
Total body weight is ultimately determined by:
calories in vs calories out

Helder Barroso
Nov 19, 20202 min read
Â
Â
Â


I Am Trying To Lose Weight
You want to lose weight/fat, you see reasons to do something about it but you also see reasons not to. You want to change habits but you...

Helder Barroso
Aug 18, 20202 min read
Â
Â
Â


Optimise Immunity
At this moment in time everyone is talking about washing hands, social distancing and wearing masks, but I haven’t heard anyone within...

Helder Barroso
Aug 6, 20202 min read
Â
Â
Â


Blueberries
Blueberries are a popular food and frequently supplemented. The antioxidant and anthocyanin content of blueberries makes them...

Helder Barroso
Jul 21, 20201 min read
Â
Â
Â


Eye it, Dish it, Eat it
We stop eating when our stomach is full, right? Oddly enough, this is wrong. We don’t stop eating because our stomach is full except, in...

Helder Barroso
May 21, 20202 min read
Â
Â
Â


The Popcorn Experiment
Have you ever finished a bag of chips even though they were cold and soggy? Have you ever ate stale crisps just because the bag was there...

Helder Barroso
May 19, 20203 min read
Â
Â
Â


Get to know your gut - Part 2
Following on from yesterday's post on getting to know your gut, today we are going to talk about the small intestine and he large...

Helder Barroso
Feb 11, 20203 min read
Â
Â
Â
bottom of page