Boycot the Food Industry

Let us, for a moment boycot the entire food industry. Why? Because with every bite of food people put into their mouth, they feel guilty and afraid of gaining weight or eating poison. Confused by jargon which, by law, pretends to disclose what additives, preservatives and enhancers are lurking in food, the consumer needs a PhD in nutrition to make sense of it all.  Eat this, don't eat that, blah blah...

The Simple Truth Is ...

When you are hungry, you want to eat now. When you are not hungry

The Basic Structure of a Workout Session

An workout session may be a ten minute exercise on one particular part of your body,  it could be a long jog along the river bank or a  two hour circuit at the gym. Whatever your exercise practice entails, and whatever your favourite method is, the basic structure of any workout session must be

Your Feet As Prime Weight Bearers

Thet feet are the prime weight bearers of your body throughout its challenging life time and deserve some special attention before any attempt at improving fitness.Your feet are the very foundation of your body structure. Constructing a good posture is like building a tower of blocks, beginning at the base, from the ground up.

The footwear industry claims that our feet need to be strangled in highly technologically designed trainers. Do we really need those, or could they cause damage by weakening our feet? This post sets out the foot's anatomical design, why it is designed that way, and how you can learn to use your feet to their best nature-given potential to improve your posture, balance and grounding.

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Easy Fitness Series

The Easy Fitness Series is a list of articles on Fitness, Weight Loss, Body Awareness and Physical Intelligence. Each article is self contained and benefits the reader but as the number of articles has increased so much since I started, it has become necessary to give a fully updated page containing all the titles for those who wish to follow the EasyFitness Series in a chronological and physiological order. You can find the full Contents Page on the EasyFitness Series of articles at: Easy Fitness Series

The Fat Issue Disclosed

The food industry is responsible for a growing obesity pandemic. Yet intrinsically there is nothing wrong with body fat as long as it is not excessive and well proportioned. Fat is not evil, it is not to be feared. Fat is comfortable and cuddly and has many useful purposes.

What is the function of fat?

Fat serves to maintain body temperature and to provide padding, protection and support. A mother's belly stays fat after she gives birth because her baby needs this soft cushion to lie on while she is breast feeding. That is, if the mother feeds her baby sitting on a chair. But if she

The Digestive System

What happens inside your body when you swallow a bite of food? Did you know that eating is hard work for your system? This post is about the digestive system....
Later on we shall look into tackling weight problems in a new way. With increased body awareness you increase your day to day movement vocabulary until you become such a good mover, you'll feel like a dancer among the crowds. And what about losing the weight? As you . . .