What’s your blueprint?

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By Georgia Holton

Know and then you may come across an article or TV program that talks about metabolic disease. Even recently on TV show A Current Affair , there was a woman talking about her own personal experience and having been ‘diagnosed’ by a GP as having metabolic disease herself.

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Recipes For Optimal Health with Natural Naughties

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Kayla Thompson

Athletes need to ensure they eat healthy in order to provide the body with correct nutrients, minerals and enzymes for health.

Getting the correct nutrition from food is vital to improve performance, assist in recover, avoid injury and feel great all the time. Other benefits from correct nutrition include better skin, more energy, weight loss, balanced hormones and better mental health.

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How does an athlete stay motivated to diet

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By Gabrielle Maston

 

How does an athlete stay motivated to diet for weeks on end or even train for that matter? How do people become successful writers, actors or business men? It’s not magical powers and they don’t have more will power than you or I are born with. What they are however is, passion driven and solutions focused.

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Dealing with the 'yips'

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Dr Michelle Pain

 

I thought I'd write this article just before the start of the Olympic Games, but the problem can exist in a range of sports, usually when an athlete or player feels the weight of expectation (either real or imagined) on their shoulders. We've seen this in an internationally ranked track and field athlete this season - the 'self imploding' is almost too painful to bear. I also watched the Ian Thorpe documentary ('The Swimmer') on TV during the week and there was a courageous admission from Thorpey that during his comeback he felt such pressure whilst on the blocks that he swum the first 50m thinking he couldn't breathe.

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