Carolyn Hansen: Fasting tried and true solution for most health issues
19 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Fasting is personal. Some people experience success with 20 to 24-hour fasts while others prefer shorter four, six or eight hour eating windows. Photo / Getty Images
Fasting is personal. Some people experience success with 20 to 24-hour fasts while others prefer shorter four, six or eight hour eating windows. Photo / Getty Images
Carolyn Hansen is co-owner of Anytime Fitness.
If you struggle with weight-loss and you ve tried, without success to break through that tough, mysterious weight-loss plateau you ve come up against, it s time to adopt and benefit from the power of fasting.
Carolyn Hansen: Nutrient density is key to healthy eating
12 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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In a healthy, thriving state of wellbeing, disease and ailments are reversed, we age slower, feel younger, look younger and live longer. Photo / Getty Images
In a healthy, thriving state of wellbeing, disease and ailments are reversed, we age slower, feel younger, look younger and live longer. Photo / Getty Images
Carolyn Hansen is co-owner of Anytime Fitness.
To look and feel better individually, and as a society in general, we need to begin focusing on foods that have a high ratio of nutrients to calorie value. In other words, our diets need
Carolyn Hansen: Covid-19 pandemic chance to find silver lining within yourself
30 Jan, 2021 04:00 AM
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It is important to never give in to hopelessness when facing challenges or when thrust outside your comfort zone. Photo / Getty Images
It is important to never give in to hopelessness when facing challenges or when thrust outside your comfort zone. Photo / Getty Images
Carolyn Hansen is co-owner of Anytime Fitness.
Global health issues cause a lot of disruption in our lives resulting in increased anxiety, panic, and fear of the unknown. Negative talk takes centrestage quickly in these situations, as our lives suddenly crash into
Carolyn Hansen: The importance of balanced health hormones
22 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
6 minutes to read
Carolyn Hansen is co-owner of Anytime Fitness.
It s no secret that physical, mental and emotional issues all affect our overall health. But there s another major health factor that many people may not be paying enough attention to – balanced hormones. Hormones are chemical substances secreted by glands of the endocrine system. They pass into the bloodstream or other body fluids and travel throughout the body to distant organs and tissues.
The body produces many different hormones, each playing their role, some roles bigger than others.
The main function of our bodily hormones is to co-ordinate and modify complex processes such as metabolism, growth and fertility.
Carolyn Hansen: Stuck in autopilot? Try the smart goals method to achieve success
15 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Goal setting is like a map. It is an external representation of what our inner desires are and gives us structure and guidance as we journey towards our objective. Photo / Getty Images
Carolyn Hansen is co-owner of Anytime Fitness.
We all entertain different dreams and visions about our lives and what we want to accomplish with them. Most of the smaller visions are easy for us to grasp and realise, but the big dreams can sometimes seem rather intimidating and impossible to accomplish. So, rather than attempting them, we give in to discouragement.