I think we can all agree that night shift is pretty tough, actually let’s not sugar coat it, it’s incredibly tough. Considering human beings, or more specifically shift workers, are the only creatures on the planet to completely disobey their biological...
Healthy Shift Worker Episode 28: OK, so I had lots of fun this week as I had the pleasure of interviewing one of my former lecturer’s, Ananda Mahony, who is the Senior Lecture of Nutritional Medicine at Endeavour College of Health here in Brisbane. In addition to her...
Something I hear often from many of my shift working clients is “ever since starting shift work, I’ve continued to gain weight.” Perhaps this is something that you can relate too as well. But why is this so? Well the etiology (or cause) of weight...
Healthy Shift Worker Episode 27: Cyndi O’Meara is certainly not your typical Nutritionist. Despite being in the industry since the 1980’s, she continually questions and challenges a lot of the dietary and nutritional recommendations that we are being subjected to in...
Healthy Shift Worker Episode 26: Shift workers are notorious for experiencing gut discomfort thanks to our disruptive lifestyle, which can certainly impact on our overall health and well-being. One of which includes increasing our susceptibility to developing Leaky...