Whenever we hear the term ‘shift work’ – we often associate it with things like sleep deprivation, tiredness, lethargy and no social life! But as a female, have you ever wondered if this continual disruption to your sleep cycle may be having an...
Hear how a mum juggled shift work around raising her two children, whilst also having her husband work shift work. Believe it or not, shift work suited this family to a ‘T’, but it certainly helped having a husband who’s a bit of a whiz in the kitchen...
Before I set out on this journey of studying Nutrition, I was fairly adamant (actually my husband would say stubborn), that all we really needed to be healthy was to consume a diet which encompassed a variety of whole foods, void of chemicals and pesticides. Kind of...
Over the last week or so I’ve been immersing myself in online library data bases, scrolling through randomised clinical trials and observational studies, trying to find a link between shift work, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus or T2DM. Why would...
Have you ever wondered how pilots keep themselves healthy whilst jet-setting around the globe? In today’s episode we hear from Qantas First Officer Jess Toghill, who combines flying Boeing 737 aircraft whilst also being an elite cyclist. In fact, we’re not sure if...
