Sleep is vital for several reasons. Firstly, during the initial 2-3 sleep cycles your body repairs the damage done that day. Stress, poor eating, exercise causing muscle micro tears all require recovery, if you are not sleeping well the repair phase for your body will...
In todays podcast Scott Wustenerg from Optimal Life talk about the long term effects of viruses on our brain and bodies. There have been some interesting studies published looking at the link between Alzheimers and herpes viruses in the brain. It appears that the white plaque...
Thyroid issues are very common and the percentage of the population with thyroid issues is on the rise. In todays podcast Scott Wustenberg from Optimal life and I talk about why thyroid issues are occuring and how your environement makes a huge impact on your...
STRESS! In this podcast Scott Wustenberg from Optimal life talk through my recent stress hormone test results. Over the last few years my exercise and diet has been pretty stable but over that time there has been around 4 kg of muscle loss and...
Environmental toxicity has been hypothesised to have an impact on your genes for 3 generations. Which means that the food shortages your grandparents went through during WW2 is still effecting how your body reacts to stress and toxic load. Then add the golden age of...
Distance athletes put a lot of load on their body. Physically, biochemically and emotionally. Knowing how to train your body to be ready for a distance competition is not only key for your success but for the prevention of injury. James Staciwa from Transitions Chiropractic in...
It wont come as a surprise that Stress is bad for you. Chronic stress will change what genes you activate, will have a negative impact on your brain health (especially the hippocampus where short term memories are formed) and have an impact on your muscle...
Scott Wustenberg from Optimal Life and I talk about Thyroid conditions, how and why they occur and what to do about it....
This is part 2 in our series on understanding what you blood test is telling you. In this part we talk in depth about liver, cholesterol and a whole bunch of things Enjoy...
Everyone should know what is going on with their blood work. Standard blood test can give you a wealth of data on your health if you know how to interpret it. Eric and Scott are Chiropractors, not medical doctors....