Is Chocolate a superfood? Regular media stories tout chocolate as a superfood because of it’s antioxidant content. This only works for dark chocolate in small quantities. Don’t filter this as meaning a family block of milk choc is good for you. That’s what the chocolate marketers would like you to think, even if subconsciously. Just […]

The human brain is the thing which distinguishes human beings from other animals and has enabled human kind to reach astonishing heights. Neurobics is a term to describe exercises that help the brain stay fit. Read On

Here is an article I received from nutritionist Matt O’neill on why you need to focus on the quality/ intensity of exercise and not the volume. I could have wrote this myself but why re-invent the wheel? This is so simple, yet so effective, so get reading and then get cracking! It’s time to rethink or refresh […]

Hi all, This is a follow up from my last blog,  “What the Bleep do we know?”.  I came across Anita Moorjani’s video about her amazing near death experience that has the medical world totally baffled and intrigued.  The following paragraph was taken from one of her interviews and I want to share it with […]

Hi all, Have you heard of The pH Miracle, by Dr Robert Young, PhD and Shelley Young?  “Balance your diet, reclaim your health” If you want to say goodbye to low energy, poor digestion, extra pounds, aches and pains and disease then this is the book for you.  According to Dr Young the pH balance […]

Hi All, Just following up on my previous blog about Bill Henderson and his book, “Cancer Free”.  Bill is truly doing an amazing job helping so many people all around the world, with his unending passion and information.  He also has a talk show on American radio and has put out a 4th Edition of […]

Hi there, As a follow up to my last blog on “Cancer Free” by Bill Henderson, I just want to share another really good one, it is “Knockout” by Suzanne Somers.  Yes, I’m not talking about our PUSH KP boxing session, Knockout, this book is about our health care not fitness….I’ll leave that up to Dion. Anyway I know there […]

Hi again, As October is Cancer Awareness month and here at Viva we are having “Girls Night In” this Friday 28th October 2011, thought I would share with you a truly inspirational book by Bill Henderson, “Cancer Free”.  If you have had cancer, or are going through it or know somebody who is (and I’m sure most of […]

Hi All, Today I want to talk about something very close to my heart.  Five years ago my mother died of lung cancer.  Since then, I have spent a lot of my time researching this disease, especially as many of my relatives have also died or have been diagnosed with cancer.   I have lost 3 […]

Hi all, A growing amount of research shows that strength training has an anti-ageing effect, together with alot of other benefits too, for all age groups.  Our members at Viva would already know this, as I’m sure Dion and all our trainers continually drum this into you.  For those of you out there that don’t […]