May 4, 20180Comments

The 3500 Calorie Contradiction – Rules For Fat Loss

If you are aiming to lose weight over time, you might decide to place yourself in a daily 500 calorie deficit. Now this would equate to a 3500 calorie deficit per week meaning...

by Tom Irving

Behaviour Change

Diet & Health

Health & Well-being

April 8, 20180Comments

This Could Extend Your Life… No Really!

I remember sitting there utterly engrossed and perplexed at the simplicity of this intervention, I even questioned the point of the degree considering the simplicity of this...

March 10, 20180Comments

Are Carbohydrates to blame for Diabetes?

If you happened to miss yesterday’s eye-opening article on ‘whether carbohydrates make you fat’, then pop over to The MAN Cave to check this out too… it puts a few myths...

March 9, 20180Comments

Do Carbs Make You Fat…Yes or No Dammit?

Time to put this to bed guys. I will not over complicate this and will do my utmost to not oversimplify it either…. What I will do is start with the current beliefs of...

March 8, 20180Comments

Eat THIS to Reduce Your Risk of Injury

Protein. Get this right and it’s fair to say you will reduce risk. Note I’m not saying avoid risk entirely, it’s obviously not that simple (if only). However, this is one...

by Tom Irving

Nutrition

February 15, 20180Comments

How Many Calories Do I ACTUALLY Need?

Hopefully you read yesterday’s Daily MANtra covering the myth that ‘energy/calorie requirements are exact’ and that we need to be extra strict once we know how many calories...

February 13, 20180Comments

Why X Calories Is The Magic Number…

So the message in this email is following on from yesterday’s Daily MANtra on why 25 is the magic number…sort of. Now 25 was referring to the number of grams of protein...

by Tom Irving