A couple of months ago I wrote about magnesium. This is a mineral that is essential to life but is also frequently missing from the diet of modern humans. Since I wrote my previous article Chris and I have both been taking Epsom Salt baths 2-3 times each week and have found ways to build [...]
Over time I collect together quite a lot of links in my Google Reader, stored up because I think they would be worth sharing with people who read the blog. Last weekend I thought I’d play a bit of a game, starting with my oldest link and then playing a form of word association with [...]
Tags:Carbohydrate·Diet·Fat·Figure·Intermittent fasting·Sleep
Something I noticed when I was doing a Fitday analysis of my new liver dinners was that my magnesium levels were incredibly low. I was already aware that I was showing some of the symptoms of magnesium deficiency before this, but having such a fantastic increase in almost all my micronutrient levels made it all [...]
Tags:Magnesium·Sleep·Supplements
Some time ago Chris asked me if I would do some research into Vitamin B, including details about what it is useful for and what foods we can get it from (and therefore whether we need to supplement), since someone had mentioned something to him about Vitamin B being good for hair. It has taken [...]
A while ago I used to joke that I did too many blog-watches about Vitamin D. Well, since then the topic of “sleep” has taken over from that. There’ve been some more excellent posts about sleep and, crucial as sleep is to good athletic performance and health, I’ve set them out below as a glossary [...]
Tags:Recovery·Rest·Sleep·weight loss
I am serious about wanting to meet national qualifying standards in powerlifting. I’m also aiming to compete one day with the British Drug Free Powerlifting Association. When I started out on this series there were several key problems, such as poor hip mobility. Having had some reasonable successes at the end of 2009 and some [...]
I have the good fortune to live in a village between two large towns. While I am conscious of the light pollution of these towns when walking after dark on the hills outside the village, we aren’t close enough to notice a significant “glow” at night. Our bedroom is on the back of the house [...]
Tags:Mental health·Muscle gain·office·Recovery·Sleep·weight loss
My sleep has been a bit up and down recently. When things are less busy at work and I’m chilled I can climb into bed, read for a bit and then happily be asleep within minutes of putting out the light. Unfortunately, when I’m stressed and busy I find that my ability to go to [...]
Tags:Posture·relaxation·Rest·Sleep
Weight loss – part 9 This is the ninth, and final, part in a series about weight loss including diet, exercise, measuring your success and keeping the weight off when you stop. Over the last few months I have found out about all sorts of diet and exercise related issues that should help with weight [...]
Tags:Sleep·weight loss
Over the two weeks before going on holiday I was starting to become aware that it is getting lighter earlier in the morning. When I’m not overly stressed about work or some other issue I tend to wake easily in the morning and the sun is a prime factor in whether I can get back [...]
Tags:Sleep
