• Nutrition

    Posted on August 2nd, 2010

    Written by Jeames Gillett

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    Does Alcohol Make You Fat?

    Here is a great little article on something I get asked all the time. Alcohol is something which we all enjoy but what does it do if weight loss is our goal.

    By Alan Russell

    Question: Does alcohol make you…

  • Nutrition

    Posted on July 19th, 2010

    Written by Jeames Gillett

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    Fighting with Fibre

    Fibre fibre fibre… what is the deal? It is plastered all over products in the supermarket and the media tells us we should eat it but why is it good for us?
    Fibre is defined as the material in our…

  • Nutrition

    Posted on July 9th, 2010

    Written by Anthony Gillespie

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    The good ol’ US of A

    I came across these little beauties on sparkpeople.com. That is a pretty cool website by the way for giving support to those on a fat loss program. I can tell you with meals like this in the States, a lot of…

  • Nutrition

    Posted on June 11th, 2010

    Written by Anthony Gillespie

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    Oils aint oils….

    I was going to write something on this but the link below tells it all better than I could. If you are wondering about saturated fat, olive oil, transfats and the amazing health benefits of coconut oil you should go to this site to…

  • Nutrition

    Posted on May 31st, 2010

    Written by Jeames Gillett

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    FOOD LABEL GUIDE

    Next time you’re doing your grocery shopping, stop for a second and have a look at the label at the back. Whilst it may look like a confusing set of numbers here is what you need to know to be…

  • Client events, Nutrition

    Posted on May 17th, 2010

    Written by Jeames Gillett

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    Shopping Tour

    As apart of our monthly services, this month we are taking you outside the seminar room of best practice and down to the local shops at New Farm. It is an essential part to our life but with so many…

  • Nutrition

    Posted on May 10th, 2010

    Written by Anthony Gillespie

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    The importance of the GI (glycemic index)

     
    I am guessing some of you are still a little confused and who could blame you? There are so many different pieces of information out there on how to eat, some of them reliable, some of them not but…

  • Nutrition

    Posted on April 23rd, 2010

    Written by Anthony Gillespie

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    The busy breakfast

    Welcome to a breakfast at Best Practice. When you are on the go and don’t have much time to prepare food this is a good one to ensure you cover all your major nutrients and give you a great kick…

  • Mind and motivation, Nutrition, Physiology

    Posted on April 6th, 2010

    Written by Anthony Gillespie

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    Crossfit and the principles that guide them

    You may or may not have heard of crossfit. It is a type of training that has many followers across the world particularly in the armed forces but don’t hold that against it. I don’t necessarily agree with everything that…

  • Nutrition

    Posted on March 8th, 2010

    Written by Jeames Gillett

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    Breakfast Low Down

    This is the most important meal of the day and usually the meal which gets skipped the most. I personally can not think of a worse start to your day than missing this meal simply because you are ‘not hungry’…

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