by Audra Starkey | Feb 11, 2020 | Immunity, Sleep
Today I want to talk about why we need to be prioritising our sleep when working 24/7 – which I know sounds like a bit of a no-brainer when working irregular hours, but surprisingly so many of us aren’t doing it! Having worked with SO many clients over the...
by Audra Starkey | Jun 27, 2016 | Immunity, Nutrition
As shift workers we often push our bodies to the absolute limit, and unfortunately our immune systems get knocked around as a result. Considering 80% of our immune system is found in the gut, it’s important that we support and nurture our gastrointestinal system...
by Audra Starkey | Aug 31, 2015 | De-stress
Do you often fall ill, catching every cold or bug that’s going around? Well considering sleep deprivation depletes our immune system – it’s not surprising. However as much as we may like to, we can’t always blame sleep deprivation for our embattled immune systems –...
by Audra Starkey | Aug 10, 2015 | Nutrition
As shift workers we’re certainly prone to eating all of the wrong types of foods as we often feel too tired to cook thanks to a lifestyle dictated by ongoing sleep deprivation, particularly when we’ve experienced a run of early or night shifts. But is your shift...
by Audra Starkey | Apr 20, 2015 | Nutrition
As a veteran of working 24/7, one of the things which I noticed in my own diet over the years along with my fellow shift workers is that many of us are overfed and undernourished. Undernourished that is in certain nutrients and overfed because we tend to eat our...
