Nutrition

40 Days of Lent: The “Rutger Paleo Angle”

by Andrew February 7, 2012 Articles

( a quick note from Andrew: we are lucky enough to have Rutger as one of our new Crossfit trainees. His past as a chef, and his love of paleo means that we will be able to offer you some real paleo insights in the run up to, and during, the 40 day  Crossfit Lent [...]

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The paleo diet: the run up to lent

by Andrew February 5, 2012 Articles

The start of our 40 days strict zone/paleo challenge is hurrying towards us. So it probably round about now that you ought to start thinking and experimenting with the type of diet you want to follow. There is a link on this site to the Zone diet, now Im adding the 1st of many links [...]

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Starting the ball rolling on a possible 40 day strict Zone/ Paleo Challenge

by Andrew January 30, 2012 Nutrition

Since the 1st of  January, my inbox has been filled with emails from direct marketing companies about diet regimes and annual gym memberships. Early January, so it seems , is the time to “snare” the unsuspecting would be weight loser and would be gym goer. This for many gyms is their financial motor: sign up [...]

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The Zone Foundations Class

by Andrew January 23, 2012 Nutrition
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The basics of the Crossfit London approach to  a healthy diet is the Zone. We base all our initial education on the Zone as it appears in the Crossfit Journal No 21. Download your free copy . You will need to know it really well to get the most out of the Zone Foundation Classes [...]

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Health screening, blood tests – and a nice, sensible cardie

by Kate January 20, 2012 Articles
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As part of my New Year fresh start, I decided to get a bunch of health checks done. I’ve been doing this Crossfit/Zone/supplementing thing for some time now, so I was hoping for good results. If you’re interested, this is the procedure: Go to Medichecks.com (I’m sure others are available, but I used these guys) [...]

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Are all nutritional therapists crap?

by Andrew January 16, 2012 Articles

I know  lot of  therapists. Physio, Massage, Nutritional, Angel ( yes there are angel therapists), Crystal ( yes there are crystal therapists): you name it , there’s a wankey therapist to treat it. In many cases, therapists are harmless  jesters, prancing around the edges of health, but with some quite grounded messages: stretch a bit, [...]

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Barry Sears, The Zone “The Biggest Loser”

by Andrew January 13, 2012 Articles

I was fascinated to read Barry Sears online review of the dietary strategies used by the biggest loser and some of the real secrets of their success. 1) Screening: the luxury of a tv programme is that you dont have to take all comers: poor knees, bad heart, bit of diabetes, theres probably no chance [...]

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Red Magazine and Crossfit London

by Kate December 12, 2011 Articles
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Yes, I am a media whore! Check out page 207 of the latest issue of RED magazine (January 2012) where readers are guided on how to squeeze exercise into their busy, glamorous lives: Ahem.. corrections below article: I’m not sure what amused me most: Fit in 10 mins a day (not including the Zone dieting, [...]

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Foundations 3 Dec 11: A new convert

by Kate December 4, 2011 Beginners
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My lovely friend Stephanie Lee pops over from the USA every couple of years, so it was great to see her again. I was especially delighted to hear that she’s signed up to do a beginner’s course at her home box Crossfit Olympia starting in January. So this was an opportunity to give her a [...]

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Bread: Lectins, Goo, Mucin, secretory IgA.3,4. and a big dose of spin

by Andrew December 1, 2011 Nutrition

I have no idea if bread is evil. I know that I love it, and that my life without it is a misery. I do know the “vegetable lobby” is dead against bread. I thought it was because of the effect on the  Gylceymic Index (oh those happy early fitness instructor days). As a hypertensive, [...]

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Control of Blood Glucose in the Absence of Hepatic Glucose Production During Prolonged Fasting in Mice

by Andrew November 22, 2011 Articles

Control of Blood Glucose in the Absence of Hepatic Glucose Production During Prolonged Fasting in Mice Induction of Renal and Intestinal Gluconeogenesis by Glucagon (Diabetes December 2011 vol. 60 no. 12 3121-3131) (Mutel et al) As kirsty and Brie begin a fasting experiment, i was reminded that everyone, including me, consideres the liver to be the major source of endogenous [...]

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