Axe Adult Acne e-book Now Available
I recently blogged to let you know that I would soon be releasing my latest e-book, "Axe Adult Acne". Well, I am now very pleased to say, that the e-book is ready and can be purchased from http://axeadultacne.com. As someone who suffered badly from this problem and...
Angelina Jolie and Her Breast Cancer Decision
You may well be aware that in February, Oscar-winning Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie underwent a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer. Jolie had been told that due to her genetics, she had an 87% chance of contracting breast cancer. Jolie has been...
Axe Adult Acne
It has been some time since I last wrote a blog post. The reason it has been so long is because I have been working almost every waking hour on my latest book, "Axe Adult Acne". The book itself is finally finished and edited. The website where you'll be able to...
Heavy Metal Toxicity and The Autistic Spectrum
In this post, I will highlight the link between heavy metal toxicity and autism and what you can do to avoid it and potentially help to reduce the symptoms of someone on the autistic spectrum. Research has suggested that alterations in the functioning of...
I Get a Big Dip in Energy Levels Early Afternoon What Can I Do?
In this post, I will be answering a question from Jackie. Jackie asks, "I get a big dip in energy levels early afternoon what can I do?" In truth, there are many potential reasons why you might have an energy dip in the afternoon. However, the most common reason is...
A Good FAR Infrared Protocol for Increased Energy and Fat Loss
In this blog, I will answer a question from ben, who asks, "what is a good FAR Infared Protocol"? Infrared (IR) saunas help to detoxify heavy metals and other toxic substances gently through the action of sweating caused by heat of the IR lamps. As fat cells are used...
What Athletes Should NOT do!
I received an interesting message from my nephew Ashley the other day. He was browsing workout videos on YouTube and came across a video by Elliot Hulse, who had received a question about something I had stated in my book, "Anatomy of Strength and Fitness Training for...
How to Choose a Good Personal Trainer – Part 7
In this post, I'll be showing you how you can look for a personal trainer who specialises in the area that you wish to be successful in, for instance, fat loss. Where possible, look for someone who specialises in the goals you are looking for. Many personal trainers...
How to Choose a Good Personal Trainer – Part 6
In this post, I will give you some tools to give you an idea of the knowledge level of your potential trainer. A lack of knowledge in your trainer could mean not only do you not achieve your initial goals, but you might get hurt. Even for most exercise professionals,...
How to Choose a Good Personal Trainer – Part 4
Finding out how professional a personal trainer is can be a challenge, especially if they haven't been referred to you by a friend or you haven't been able to observe them working with clients. In this post, I'l tell you what questions you can ask a trainer before you...
How to Choose A Good Personal Trainer – Part 3
Professionalism means different things to different people. However, having worked in this field for so long, I have seen amazingly professional trainers and unbelievably unprofessional ones too. In this post, I will highlight unprofessional behaviours in trainers...
How to Choose a Good Personal Trainer – Part 2
So what should you look for when searching for a personal trainer? Firstly, it depends on your needs, your goals, your finances and where you are looking. If for instance, you already have a gym membership and want to find a personal trainer in that facility, that is...
How to Choose a Good Personal Trainer
OK, you’re all revved-up, you’re ready to achieve great things with your body, but you want some professional help to do so! So how do you go about choosing a good personal trainer? In this series of posts, I will give you all the information you need to select a...
How Does Stress Affect Your Ability to Reduce Body Fat? – Part 4
In the the first three parts of this Post, I explained how adrenal fatigue affects fat loss. In this final Post, I'll be explaining how to reverse or prevent adrenal fatigue and therefore, help you to achieve and maintain a lean body. So What can you do to help reduce...
How Does Stress Affect Your Ability to Reduce Body Fat? – Part 3
In Part 2, I explained the three stages of Adrenal Fatigue. In this Post, I will be explaining how Adrenal Fatigue Affects Fat Loss... How does adrenal fatigue affect fat loss? Well, when someone has adrenal fatigue, they are in state of mal-adaptation to stress. What...
How Does Stress Affect Your Ability to Reduce Body Fat? – Part 2
In Part One, I introduced the concept that chronic stress and therefore adrenal fatigue can affect your ability to reduce body fat levels. In this post, I will further explain what adrenal fatigue is. There are three stages of Adrenal Fatigue. Stage one is the initial...
How Does Stress Affect Your Ability to Reduce Body Fat?
Reducing body fat is so much more than just ‘Calories in versus Calories Out’! Stress can greatly affect your ability to lose body fat. If stress continues for a long enough time, it can lead to Adrenal Fatigue. So What is adrenal fatigue? Adrenal fatigue is a...
Why Toxic Bodies Can't Reduce Body Fat and What to Do About It! – Part 3
An interesting experience happened to me last year. I had some metal fillings removed in April and begun Bikram Yoga (yoga in a room heated to 41º Celsius) around the same time. Over the last eight months, I have done nothing else differently other than not having...
Why Toxic Bodies Can't Reduce Body Fat and What to Do About It! – Part 2
In Part 1, I mentioned how important it is to detox whilst attempting to reduce body fat and get lean. In this post, I have listed below 13 great ways to detoxify: Eat right for your metabolic type®. Eating right for your MT® allows the cells to release toxins at the...
Why Toxic Bodies Can't Reduce Body Fat and What to Do About It!
It's that time of year when we tend to review our lives and quite often we tend to dislike what we see when we look in the mirror. Whether it's the spare tyre, love handles, man-boobs, thunder thighs, bingo wings or cellulite, they're always something we just don't...
2012, What a Year!!!
What a year 2012 was! It certainly had lots of highlights. As a big sports fan, 2012 was an amazing year. Britain had without question the greatest year ever. As a tennis fan, it was great to see Andy Murray end the 76 years of hurt by winning the US Open and the...
Another IBS Success
Last week I received a testimonial from a client that I helped this year with debilitating IBS. Here it is: Tag Line “Leigh is the answer to all your problems” Leigh was recommend to me by my good friend and boss. I had suffered with daily debilitating IBS-D for 19...
Another Fertility Success
This week I received a really nice email from a client who I helped with fertility issues. She gave birth to a lovely little girl last month and here is the email she sent me: Dear Leigh, I hope you are well and gearing down for a relaxing festive season. I...
CHEK Exercise Coach – London December 2012
Last week I taught the CHEK Exercise Coach course to a group of very eager students. From day one, the students realised that Exercise Coach is not a walk in the park and the stress levels were raised for some of the class (not mentioning any names Mrs Stress Bucket)....
CHEK Europe Academy Year 2 – Anatomy & Physiology Workshop
This weekend I was back at CHEK Europe HQ in Mawdesley, Lancashire to deliver the Year 2 Academy's Anatomy & Physiology Workshop. Students came from Germany, The Netherlands, Essex, Southampton, Preston, Newcastle and two guys from the local area. We reviewed all...
The Diabolical Case of Soy versus Sperm
A good friend of mine Brent Martin, the founder of the Metabolic Me video series has produced a great short video on the affects of eating soy based foods on your health. Brent has a great sense of humour and this comes across in his videos, but don't let that fool...
Are You Getting to Bed on Time?
On Tuesday evening (UK time) I presented this month's CHEK Webinar. This month's webinar was entitled, "Are You Getting to Bed on Time?" During the webinar I discussed the importance of getting to bed on time with regards to designing exercise programs and for health...
MANE Chance Sanctuary Charity Event at The Albany Club
This Sunday, Leanne and I attended the 'MANE Chance Sanctuary' Charity Event organised by Jenny Seagrove, held at The Albany Club. A number of Jenny's celebrity friends from the world of entertainment were in attendance, including Marty Pellow (Wet, Wet, Wet),...
CHEK Europe Academy Anatomy & Physiology Workshop
This weekend, I delivered the first ever CHEK Academy workshop at CHEK Europe H.Q. in Mawdesley, Lancashire. We had 16 keen and eager students ready to begin their first year on the CHEK Academy. This workshop's aim was to prepare the students with all the foundation...
CHEK Exercise Coach – Lancashire 2012
Last week I had the pleasure of teaching CHEK Exercise Coach at CHEK Europe HQ in Mawdesley, Lancashire. We had a really great bunch of guys who were a pleasure to teach. As always, I pushed the guys beyond their comfort zone, which ultimately is crucial if you are...
The Big One Down South 2012
This weekend I spoke at The Big One Down South Fitness Convention, near Reading in Berkshire for CHEK Europe along with Team CHEK Presenter Duncan Reeve. I delivered three presentations entitled, "Flatten Your Abs Forever", "Getting to Bed on Time" and "Crawl Before...
From Sick Care to Health Care
Last month a great article appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine. It was entitled, "From Sick Care to Health Care — Reengineering Prevention into the U.S. System". It explained how the current health systems in the USA and the rest of the western world are...
Fertility Success!
It is always very rewarding to receive positive feedback from clients. Last year I was approached by a client and his wife who were having fertility issues. After two failed IVF treatments, my client's wife was understandably getting very upset. I worked with her for...
What is Active Release Technique®?
Active Release Technique® (ART) is a patented, advanced soft tissue system/movement based massage technique that is used to help with problems of muscles, tendon, fascia, ligaments and nerves. ART has been used to help people with conditions such as back pain,...
Active Release Technique® in Moss, Norway
Over the last four days, I took the 'Spine' module in Active Release Technique® at their European head quarters in Moss, Norway. The whole trip was a great experience. Not only did I get my head stuffed with loads of great knowledge and techniques, but I also managed...
Classification of Injuries – Part 4
In part three, I discussed 'stress fractures'. In this post, I will be discussing 'tendonitis' and tissue healing times. Tendonitis Tendonitis is inflammation of a tendon. Tendonitis can occur with repeated stretching and overloading, the cross-linking structure of...
Classification of Injuries – Part 3
In part two of this post, I discussed 'Strains'. In this post, I will be discussing 'stress fractures'. Stress Fractures Stress Fractures are hairline fractures normally resulting from repetitive physical stress. Stress fractures are most common in long distance...
Classification of Injuries – Part 2
In the first part of this post, I discussed 'Sprains'. In this post, I will be discussing 'Strains'. Strain A Strain is a tear in a muscle or tendon due to excessive tension through the tissue. Strains often occur at the musculotendinous junction. Muscle strains often...
Classification of Injuries
From time to time, we pick up injuries, whether it’s during competitive sport, practise sessions, in the gym, walking down the street, down stairs or just getting into your car. What is useful to know is what kind of injury you have and generally how long it takes to...
CHEK Exercise Coach, Kingston, Surrey, August 2012
Last week I was fortunate enough to teach an amazing group of students on CHEK Exercise Coach in beautiful Kingston, Surrey. As often happens on day one, a little panic amongst the group set in as to how they we're going to survive the week following the first...
What is Functional Diagnostic Nutrition®?
Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® (FDN) is an emerging field and growing body of work that bridges the gap between clinical nutrition and functional medicine.FDN is a type of detective work that seeks to identify and correct the underlying causes and conditions that...
What is Metabolic Typing®?
As a Metabolic Typing® Advisor, I am often asked what that entails... Metabolic Typing® is a process of finding out which foods are right for you and in what proportions to re-balance and optimise the body’s fundamental homeostatic control systems. This facilitates...
What is Holistic Lifestyle Coaching?
As a CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Coach I am often asked what that entails. Holistic Lifestyle Coaching includes improving health from the ground up using the Foundations of Health Principles. This enables optimisation and re-balancing of the all the body’s fundamental...
What is a C.H.E.K Practitioner?
As a CHEK Practitioner, I am often asked what I do. Well here is my answer... C.H.E.K Practitioner’s have become the go-to practitioners. They help their clients to: eliminate back pain rehabilitate shoulder, neck and head pain eliminate knee pain improve posture move...
What Do I Do?
I am often asked what do I do. I normally answer based on the types of people I help, such as injury rehabilitation, weight loss, chronic fatigue etc, rather than list my qualifications. However, it normally doesn't take long before I'm asked questions like, "So...
The Bare Foot Conference
On Saturday, I attended the Bare Foot Conference which was held at The Natural History Museum in central London. I have to say it was the most amazing venue I have ever been to for a conference. I'm not sure that will ever be beaten as a venue in my lifetime. It was...
Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
Over the last 8 years or so, I have worked with a number of athletes with shoulder impingement syndrome including some who had been told that their career was over following multiple surgeries. In particular, I have worked with tennis players and swimmers to help them...
CHEK Workshop – Virgin Active Twickenham
Yesterday, I finished a month of delivering "The CHEK Approach to Swiss Ball Training" at Virgin Active Clubs around the UK. If you look at the picture on the left, the club is located in the England Rugby Stadium at Twickenham. It has to be the coolest place to have...
CHEK Europe – Seminar Day at Cardonald College, Glasgow
Thursday last week, I spent the day with Gavin Jennings of CHEK Europe delivering three lectures and two workshops to 130 students and professionals at Cardonald College in Glasgow. In the morning I delivered the following lectures: You Are What You Eat CHEK Points...
CHEK Exercise Coach – Leeds May 2012
Two weeks ago, I spent a very hot and sunny week at David Lloyds, Leeds teaching the second CHEK Exercise Coach of the year. I had a great group of students, two from Yorkshire, one from London, one from Belgium, one from Denmark and one from France. As always it was...
Heart Surgeon Speaks Out on What Really Causes Heart Disease
I recently read an article on The Sign of The Times website entitled, "Heart Surgeon Speak Out on What Really Causes Heart Disease". As it is my mission to bring the truth about health and performance to the general public, I just had to share this information with...
CHEK Seminars @ Virgin Active
This week on my weekly CHEK Seminar tour of Virgin Active clubs, I visited Manchester and Leeds. It was a long day leaving home at 7am to catch a train from Euston. On arrival in Manchester, I was straight in and begun the CHEK Approach to Swiss Ball Training workshop...
Working Out, Bikram Yoga and Presenting Workshops
Well, what a week this has been. After a full week of Bikram Yoga last week, I was back in the gym the gym this week. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday I worked out using moderate intensities (8-10 reps) 3 working sets, often combining two movements per exercise, such as...
How to Recover From Anterior Cruciate Ligament Sprain – Part 3
The exercises you are likely to need to rehabilitate an ACL sprain include: Stretching: Once the inflammation has ceased, the knee should be gently moved into pain-free ranges of motion to recover the full range of motion of the knee joint and help re-align scar...
How to Recover From Anterior Cruciate Ligament Sprain – Part 2
The treatment for an ACL Sprain includes: The Acute Phase: In the first 24 to 48 hours, use Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation (RICE) of the affected knee to prevent further damage and optimize healing time. Always seek professional help if you suspect an ACL sprain...
How To Recover From Anterior Cruciate Ligament Sprain
With the tennis season now in full swing, I thought it would be useful to write a piece on how to recover from anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) sprain. You may have also heard in the news this week that Marcus Hahnemann, The Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper has...
New BodyCHEK Team Member
I am very happy to announce a new member to the BodyCHEK team. Leanne has joined me this week as my personal assistant. I have asked Leanne to join the team to allow me to provide an even better and more efficient service to our clientele and to enable us to take on...
Johnstone Paints Trophy Final @ Wembley Stadium
On Sunday I went to watch the Johnstone Paints Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium. I went to watch my former client Alan Connell who plays for Swindon Town. Swindon were playing against Chesterfield who whilst being in the league above Swindon are looking like being...
Stressed, Tired and Overweight – Part 4
In order de-stress, re-vitalise and reduce body , the main priority has to be to get your stress levels down. We all need some level of stress. For instance, we need gravity and exercise to develop our muscles. We need mental challenges to stop us from being bored. We...
Stressed, Tired & Overweight – Part 3
So far, I've discussed how Adrenal Fatigue is involved with being stressed, tired and overweight. In this post, I'll be explaining how Adrenal Fatigue affects body fat levels. When someone has adrenal fatigue, they are in state of mal-adaptation to stress. What is...
Stressed, Tired & Overweight – Part 2
In Part1, I introduced the concept of Adrenal Fatigue and hinted that Adrenal Fatigue is involved in being stressed, tired and overweight. In this blog-post, I'll explain more about Adrenal Fatigue. There are three stages of Adrenal Fatigue. Stage one is the initial...
Stressed, Overweight & Tired
Today, I seem to be working with more and more people who are stressed, overweight and tired. With an understanding of how the autonomic nervous system and hormonal systems are affected by stress it is easy to see why and how this happens. When your body is under more...
Monsanto Pig Patent
I always try to see the positive side of life, but I also think it is important to make people aware of any potential dangers to health and major cases of injustice (and insanity). It is really important for you to educate yourself as to what is going on the world and...
Metabolic Me – Part 2
The Metabolic Me videos are very entertaining and easy to watch, but ultimately they make it easy for people to understand MT and save me time educating people about MT, which gives me more time to dedicate to doing the really important work of coaching people to make...
Metabolic Me
I don't usually write about this kind of stuff, but I am so excited, I feel I need to share this with you. Well, at the end of last year, a fellow metabolic typing® advisor, Brent Martin launched an amazing series of videos called Metabolic Me. These videos are now...
Supreme Tennis Fitness
A few weeks a go you might remember, I wrote a post about how the best 4 movers in men's tennis are also the 4 most successful players in tennis today. Yet again, the top 4 of tennis shut-out the final 4 places to reach the semi-finals of The Aussie Open. You may also...
Reality TV Weight Loss Shows – Good or Bad? Part 3
Firstly, I would like to thank everyone who has commented on my recent blogs! The reason I felt obliged to write about Reality Weight Loss shows is because I am passionate that the general public have a right to receive the best information available when it comes to...
Reality TV Weight Loss Shows – Good or Bad? Part 2
In part 1 of this post, I discussed the positive aspects of the current reality weight loss TV shows. OK, now for the not so good points: For most of the people in the shows, they would almost certainly know that they need to stop eating junk and start exercising even...
Reality TV Weight Loss Shows – Good or Bad?
You may have seen on the TV recently a myriad of reality weight loss shows. There are three shows that I have been watching, "Fat Fighters" on Channel 4, "The Biggest Loser UK" on ITV and "Obese: A Year to Save My Life" on Sky1 HD. Each show is two to three weeks in...
High Levels of Acceleration and Agility is Essential to Optimise Tennis Performance
Speed, agility and tennis (and their relationship) are some of my favourite aspects of my work (and play). In top level men's tennis, it seems crucial to having the best movement ability (acceleration and agility) to reach the top of the game. In my humble opinion,...
FA Cup Success
You might have seen at the weekend that Division Two's Swindon Town FC caused the biggest shock in the FA Cup Third Round by beating Premiership Club Wigan Athletic 2-1. I was really pleased to see my former client Alan Connell score the first goal in their win. After...
First Week Back in The Gym
After nearly three weeks of re-charging the batteries it was back in the gym this week. The main goals for my gym work are to increase muscle mass, reduce body fat, increase strength and power, condition for tennis and minimise the likelihood of injury. This week, my...
Paul Chek’s Gratitude
As a reader of my blog, you'll probably be aware that the person who has had by far the biggest influence on my career has been Paul Chek, the founder of The CHEK Institute. In a series of Paul's recent blogs, he has given gratitude to each of the CHEK Institute...
Darren Fletcher’s Ulcerative Colitis
It was anounced this week that Darren Fletcher, the Manchester United and Scotland midefielder has had to take time off due to suffering from Ulcerative Colitis. Some medical experts have suggested that he might not ever be able to return to top level football with...
Jade Johnson’s 2012 Comeback
Yesterday's Metro Newspaper in London ran an article on long jumper Jade Johnson. The article talked about her knee injury and how she has suffered from adrenal fatigue. The article also dicussed how she is working with Paul Chek and her jump coach John Herbert to...
Mikko Paunonen – CHEK Exercise Coach
A student of mine, Mikko Paunonen sent me a video of him and a colleague working out and I thought it was so cool, I wanted to share it. Mikko shows what is possible with a functional body. You'll soon see on the video that I taught him all his best moves (just...
The Importance of Recovery from Training and Competition – Part 3
Signs of over training include: Resting heart rate five beats per minute above or below normal (base) Unintentional or unexplained reduction in bodyweight of 3% or more Reduction in appetite Poor sleep quality for two days in a row or more Prolonged fatigue Muscle and...
The Importance of Recovery from Training and Competition – Part 2
In Part 2, I have included a Training and Recovery Diary that you can use to ensure you do not overtrain:
The Importance of Recovery from Training and Competition
In order for performance to improve, you must train the body to go beyond its current capacity. In order to do so, the S.A.I.D. principle needs to be understood. S.A.I.D. stands for – Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands. What this means is that if you want to get...
Helping an Olympic Hopeful
You may have seen on a previous post that I met Jade Johnson in San Diego at The CHEK Conference. Jade has been Britain's top female long jumper for the best part of the last decade. As a fan of athletics and a former school-boy longer jumper myself, I have been...
Shirley Sahrmann: Differentiation and Effective Management of Lumbar Spine and Hip Pain using the Movement System Syndromes Approach
Last Friday I was fortunate enough to see one of the leading physiotherapists in the world deliver her one-day seminar, "Differentiation and Effective Management of Lumbar Spine and Hip Pain using the Movement System Syndromes Approach". Shirley's style of lecturing...
CHEK Exercise Coach – London October 2011
Last week I was teaching CHEK Exercise Coach at The Albany in London. I had eight eager students all keen to learn coming from all over south England and one student from Finland. As always with a CHEK course, it was a great group of people to teach. Whilst many of...
From waste to waists: Government cuts have a new target – Part 3
So, if I was minister for health my suggestions would be: Set goals for how you want to be and focus on what it will be like when you’ve achieved it every day. Take 10 minutes out of each day to spend time on your own in silence just focusing on your breathing Drink...
From waste to waists: Government cuts have a new target – Part 2
Eating more food is a SYMPTOM of a metabolic/hormonal imbalance in the body. Firstly, if someone is eating poor quality food, i.e. processed and/or non-organic the food will be nutrient depleted and toxic. If you eat food and it is missing nutrients your body will...
From waste to waists: Government cuts have a new target
This week UK Ministers launched a drive to eliminate five billion calories a day from the nation's diet. Jeremy Laurance, The Health Editor for The Independent wrote, “Andrew Lansley said cutting calories was essential to reverse Britain's soaring obesity levels. More...
The Big One Down South
This weekend, I was presenting for The CHEK Institute at The Big One Down South Fitness Convention in Wokingham, Buckinghamshire. Along with Team CHEK Presenter Duncan Reeve, we delivered six 1-hour lectures and workshops including 'Squatology', 'Functional Pushing...
Anatomy of Sports Injuries for Fitness and Rehabilitation
"Anatomy of Sports Injuries for Fitness and Rehabilitation" Official Launch Date - 1st October 2011. Whether you are a professional who helps people with injuries or you would like to know more about your own injuries, the book is being officially released on 1st...
CHEK Exercise Coach – Lancashire
Last week, I taught CHEK Exercise Coach at The CHEK Europe Headquarters in Mawdesley, Lancashire. I was very fortunate that I had a great group of students who were all highly self-motivated and worked really hard during the week. I always like to teach in a very...
The CHEK Conference – Part 4
On the final day of the conference, I managed to see Chris Maund discussing Distance Running for Beginners, Jon Bowskill and Dan Plev discussing the past, present and future of Spinal rehabilitation, Dan Hellman discussing Respiration, Dr William Previte discussing...
The CHEK Conference – Part 3
The following morning after two late nights in a row, I was starting to feel a little jaded and I still had a to give another presentation that day. The day started with Jade Johnson and Warren Williams showing us how Warren had helped to condition Jade from her...
The CHEK Conference – Part 2
On awakening the next morning, I didn’t feel too tired and was fired up for the conference to start. Paul Chek opened up proceedings with an emotional presentation entitled “Living the CHEK Lifestyle”. As per usual, Paul entertainingly didn’t start the actual...
The CHEK Conference
This month, I have to tell you about an amazing experience I had at The CHEK Conference in San Diego, California. I had such a great time, both professionally and personally. In fact, right now the jet-lag is just about wearing off, but the feel-good factor of the...
To Stretch or Not to Stretch? Part 2
In the first part of this blog-post, I discussed how important a pre-workout stretching and mobilization routine is in the base conditioning phases of training. However, As the training becomes more intensive and moves into maximal strength, power or speed training,...
To Stretch or Not to Stretch?
There is a big debate as to whether you should stretch before and/or after training and how you should warm-up prior to workouts or competition. There is evidence that suggests that stretching prior to exercise has no benefit and it can be detrimental to performance....
Anatomy of Sports Injuries – Coming Soon
On Friday, I received a copy of my latest book, hot off the press. It's always nice when you see the physical manifestation of your hard work. Whether you have an injury that you would like to learn more about or if you are a professional working with clients who have...
CHEK Conference San Diego 2011
The CHEK Conference is taking place this September in San Diego California. Having attended and presented at the conference in 2008, I am very pleased that I have been invited to speak again. Paul Chek, The Founder of The CHEK Institue has produced an introductory...
First Attempt at Liver Pate
OK, so I have made my first attempt at making liver pate. Even though I seriously lack any skill or creativity in the kitchen, I managed to make a reasonably good job of it. I was a little surprised that it actually looks almost edible. And guess what? It actually...
The Food of Choice
If you've read my recent blogs, you will know that I recently took the Mediator Release Test to find out what foods my immune system is reacting too and therefore causing internal damage. So I was faced with a few challenges as every body is when required to eliminate...
My Food Sensitivity Test Experience
Last week I managed to finally get around to having my Mediator Release Test (MRT) done. It was long overdue! I simply took a test kit along to the medical practice, they took my blood and I then sent the blood samples off the lab in Poland via the courier. Two days...
Eating More and Exercising Less Does NOT Cause Fat Gain – Part 5
In the last part of this blog, I will introduce you to the role of another hormone, 'cortisol'. If you're a regular reader of this blog, you'll know that cortisol is a stress hormone and is released during prolonged stress. When the amount of cortisol released...