Carlie, Author at Instructor Live

Typically a woman’s ovaries stop releasing eggs in her early 50’s and her menstrual cycle stops; this is what we call menopause. For many women, this is a word to dread, but the reality is that this period of life affects women in many different ways; some sail through without so much of a sleepless night, where others can really struggle.

We’re asking the million-pound question. Can lifestyle really support the transition through the menopause?

Of course, it can, so let’s look at some of the top diet and fitness tips for managing the menopause.

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Serves 4
Ingredients
3 oz Thin Rice Noodles
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
8 oz Shiitake Mushrooms
6 Cups Vegetable Stock
2/3 Cup Soy Sauce
2 Tbsp Fresh Ginger – Grated
1 Tsp Chilli Sauce
4 Scallions – Thinly Sliced
4 Carrots – Thinly Sliced
8 oz Green beans – Trimmed and Cut into 2-inch pieces (more…)

If you’d searched for the Paleo Diet up until 2019, you would have found fourteen different explanations or definitions. We’re sure that some additional explanations would have appeared since then, but we don’t yet have that data.

It seems that even Dr. Search Engine isn’t entirely clear on what the paleo diet is. But here at Instructor Live, it’s a topic that comes up regularly, so we’ve put our best researchers on the job. We want to know what the paleo diet is and whether it may be something worth considering for optimal health.

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Joint support – what do we actually mean by this? As we age, we may start to notice that our joints don’t work as well as they used to and there may be some stiffness or even pain. We’re told to treat our bodies like temples and in particular, look after our joints. So what can we do to gain the best joint support throughout life, whatever our age? Let’s take a look.

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Generally, when we talk about fasting, we are talking about intermittent fasting, and the function is often to lose weight. What this mechanism does is reduce overall caloric intake, so by definition, if you reduce calories, there may be a resultant weight loss. We say ‘may’ because weight loss isn’t always that simple, there are many other factors at play like genes, microbiome composition, and more.

There are also many who tout fasting for metabolic health and that it offers a range of benefits to optimise overall health. There are also many who tout fasting for metabolic health and that it offers a range of benefits to optimise overall health.

Like most things in life, it perhaps isn’t that simple, so let’s take a look at fasting, the science and what the data says.

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Health comes in many forms. It can look, feel and mean something different to everyone. But however we choose to look at it, there’s never been a better time to, get active, make health a priority in life and enjoy the benefits of doing so.

Here at InstructorLive, we are thrilled to continue supporting Better Health’s campaign to help kick start our health to eat better and get more active.

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Vitamin D can be thought of like the MVP; you will find teeny receptors in the brain, skeletal muscle, our immune cells, and more! When it plays such wide-ranging roles throughout the body, it’s easy to see why most of us are recommended to supplement Vitamin D on a daily basis and why deficiency has been associated with depression to increased severity of respiratory infection!

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For decades we have been told that sugar is the enemy, and this isn’t entirely wrong. BUT in an attempt to remove sugar from daily consumption, many of us have wondered whether sweeteners are our new saviour.

Here at InstructorLive, we look at the data. So we thought we’d look at whether sweeteners are all they’re cracked up to be, and for those who demonise them, is that warranted either?

Let’s take a look at the truth behind sweeteners.

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The report card for this diet touts it as being cancer-fighting and great for weight loss; the basic premise is that by eating certain foods and avoiding others, you can change the pH of your blood which can protect you from disease and ultimately optimise your health.

But when slight changes to our blood’s composition can actually be fatal, is this something that we want to achieve, or even can?

Let’s take a look at the alkaline diet and whether it’s all it’s cracked up to be.

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