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...
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...
There’s so much hype in the media at the moment about the importance of gut health and the benefits of probiotics, and rightly so given shift workers gastrointestinal systems are under a great deal of distress thanks to a lifestyle which encompasses continual...
