Gastrointestinal complaints are certainly a common ailment amongst those who work 24/7, in particular those who work the dreaded “night shift”. This is because a lot of gastrointestinal functions decrease at night, and when we work (and eat) out of sync...
As a night shifter, do you often feel like you want to curl up into a ball and have a snooze at 3am? Perhaps you’ve been on a string of early shifts and you can barely string to words together until you’ve had that morning hit of caffeine?! Well...
Healthy Shift Worker Podcast Episode: It’s a change of pace this week as we talk about a topic never before discussed on the Healthy Shift Worker podcast – and that’s “exercise!” I’m sure you can relate when I say it can be incredibly hard to get all pumped up and...
Have you ever noticed how some of your workmates seem to have this amazing ability to cope with working 24/7 ? In other words, no matter how much time you invest in eating well, exercising and resting, your colleagues seem to be able to “bounce back” from...
Woohoo! I’m so excited to air this episode because not only is today’s guest, Samantha Gowing, a Nutritionist, but she’s also spent decades working in the hospitality industry as a Chef, so she totally gets what it’s like to work shift work! Sam is a Chef hat-winning...