Guide to increasing your protein intake
Protein intake is very important for many reasons, I wrote a blog on this which explains more: CLICK HERE However I know eating...
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Helder Barroso
Aug 10, 20192 min read
Guide to tracking alcohol
STEP 1: Identify how much alcohol you will be drinking Myfitnesspal is not the best tool to track alcohol, as it typically it doesn't...
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Helder Barroso
Aug 9, 20192 min read
Stress and Food Consumption
One of the key ingredients when I work with clients is to manage their stress levels and this is something I am very concerned about for...
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Helder Barroso
Aug 4, 20193 min read
Guide To Estimating Calories
When counting calories and macros it can be a nightmare when foods have no nutritional information. There is always a way to track...
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Helder Barroso
Jul 31, 20193 min read
Stress And Cardiovascular Disease
It's one of those unexpected emergencies: you are walking down the street, on your way to meet a friend for dinner. You are already...
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Helder Barroso
Jul 30, 20193 min read
It All Starts With The Brain
Just think, the next time you are about to have sex, do you feel your heart beating faster?, yourself feeling a little hotter, even...
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Helder Barroso
Jul 23, 20194 min read
Stress Can Make Us Sick
A critical shift in medicine has been the recognition that many of the damaging diseases of slow accumulation can be either caused or...
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Helder Barroso
Jul 7, 20197 min read
Why is protein so important?
1. Protein is one of the three main macronutrients that makes up the food we eat. (The other two are fat and carbohydrate.) 2. Protein...
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Helder Barroso
Jul 6, 20194 min read
It’s not just the number of years you live; it’s how you live them.
Do you just want to to live longer or do you want to live longer and live well? In addition to a long life we also want a long life but...
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Helder Barroso
Jul 6, 20193 min read
What Is Fish Oil & Why Do We Need It?
Fish oil is oil from fish, quite simple! Fish oil is taken as a supplement due to its rich concentration of omega 3 fats, which are...
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Helder Barroso
Jul 3, 20193 min read
Changes in fat and fiber intake have been found to alter a woman's hormonal profile.
A low-fat/high-fiber diet lowers levels of both estrogen and progesterone compared to a high-fat/low-fiber diet. To little saturated fat...
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Helder Barroso
Jun 20, 20192 min read
Creatine
Creatine is a molecule that's produced in the body from amino acids, it comes from methionine, arginine and glycine. It's primarily made...
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Helder Barroso
May 21, 20191 min read
What does your poop say about you?
When I first start working with clients we always have to have the dreaded chat of: “So…how’s your poo?” Poop health can tell you a lot...
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Helder Barroso
May 1, 20195 min read
Cocoa and Dark Chocolate Polyphenols
It is well known that cocoa and dark chocolate possess polyphenols as major constituents whose dietary consumption has been associated to...
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Helder Barroso
Apr 30, 20194 min read
Compassion
In my opinion compassion is the recognition of pain with the desire to relieve it, which can be given to myself as well as to others....
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Helder Barroso
Apr 25, 20194 min read
Gaining and Losing Lean Body Mass
Irrespective of the fact that gains and losses in LBM have minimal effects on either metabolic rate or BF%, there are still many reasons...
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Helder Barroso
Apr 25, 20191 min read
Curcumin
Curcumin, the main bioactive substance in turmeric, has anti-inflammatory properties. Its poor bioavailability can be enhanced in several...
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Helder Barroso
Apr 25, 20194 min read
Omega-3 fatty acids
Two of my favourites fish oil and krill oil. Let's Look At Krill Oil Krill oil is a mixture of fatty acids high in EPA and DHA (fish oil...
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Helder Barroso
Apr 23, 20195 min read
Vitamin D
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble nutrient. It is one of the 24 micronutrients critical for human survival. The sun is the major natural source...
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Helder Barroso
Apr 23, 20197 min read
HRV - Heart Rate Variability
In the last 4 weeks I have been doing a lot of research when it comes to HRV, along any research I have been doing I have also been...
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