Making the transition from an unhealthy shift worker to one which is vibrant and healthy can certainly be a tough and turbulent road. In fact you may even think it’s beyond your reach as you endeavour to work (and survive) in an occupation which is known to cause...
I stumbled across this quote today and it absolutely resonated with me. As a former employee and trainer for Qantas, training people in a way so that they feel confident in their role was an area which I was always very passionate about. In fact I’ll be perfectly...
I was sitting in a Pathology class yesterday listening to my lecturer talk about cardiovascular disorders and I couldn’t help but feel despondent. Why? Because as I sat there with my “shift-working-thinking-cap-on” lifestyle factors kept coming up in conversation...
If you have ever worked 24/7 then I’d say there’s a good chance you’ve experienced weight gain and/or erratic weight fluctuations at some point in your career. It kind of comes with the territory when we work irregular hours. I for one certainly...
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...
