Health isn't an end game, it's endless play
I stopped focusing on 'being healthy' years ago. Instead, I shifted into managing my health state. It's easy to talk about health as a...
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Tanita Rose
- Jan 31, 2020
- 7 min
Can you really pay off your sleep debt?
Ever tried to make up sleep on a Sunday morning? If you've steadily culled hours from your sleep from Monday to Friday, you'll accumulate...
Tanita Rose
- Oct 25, 2019
- 2 min
One pan beef burgers and cauli rice
I have three golden meal prep rules if I'm in maximum efficiency mode. Rule 1. Meal preparation is all about preparing in bulk. That rule...
Tanita Rose
- Oct 25, 2019
- 4 min
Four tips to reprogram your mindset from 'normal' eating to eating for performance
'Congratulations on your competition! No more dieting, huh? So, it's back to eating normally again?' Each time I hear this question, I...
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Tanita Rose
- Oct 1, 2019
- 8 min
Supplementing vitamin D [my n = 1 experiment]
I'd been unintentionally neglecting my bones for a while. Sounds odd, right? Isn't your skeleton sort of just there, doing its thing...
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Tanita Rose
- Sep 30, 2019
- 6 min
Vitamin D [Nutrient feature!]
Sunshine. The ultimate, all natural and completely free health supplement. Sunlight is a mood booster, regulates our circadian rhythms...
Tanita Rose
- Aug 15, 2019
- 4 min
From daily life to competition prep - four simple tips for healthy eating habits
In a society of meal plans, diet books, nutrition apps and #cleaneating, food confuses the hell out of us. Why is that? Eating energising...
Tanita Rose
- Jul 17, 2019
- 8 min
Changing my meal frequency - why I decided to ditch the classic bodybuilder's diet
If I had a dollar for every time that I reached into my bag or an available fridge and collected one of my many containers of food to...
Tanita Rose
- Jul 4, 2019
- 9 min
Sorry control freak - you can't take a rain check on your recovery
I haven't been that great at the 'adapt on my feet' thing. I like to plan meticulously and then roll out the plan. I don't like to...
Tanita Rose
- Jul 2, 2019
- 4 min
A healthy body is a resilient body
Last week I cheated on my diet four times and my body barely noticed. Ok, that's not entirely true. I'm not on a 'diet'. I eat food. I...
Tanita Rose
- Jun 20, 2019
- 5 min
'I'm slammed and I work really long hours' - How did sacrificing sleep become a status symbol?
We need to change the way that we talk about sleep. Our cultural attitude to sleep has come to a bizarre crossroads. On the one hand,...
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Tanita Rose
- Jun 15, 2019
- 3 min
Restoring my hormones - connecting the pieces of puzzle [Mind map]
If you have a mission, you need a strategy. And then you execute, monitor and adjust. Your mission is unique to you. It could be to build...
Tanita Rose
- Jun 13, 2019
- 4 min
Can't see the forest for the trees? Don't forget the bigger picture.
I am a detail and structure junkie. If you can track it, plan it or analyse it, I'm in. It's one of the reasons that I'm fascinated by...
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Tanita Rose
- May 9, 2019
- 7 min
Bone broth - how does it help digestion? [Infographic!]
Bone broth or animal stock has recently attracted attention for its health effects. There's a general understanding that it's excellent...
Tanita Rose
- May 3, 2019
- 8 min
Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea: a hormonal state or abnormality?
It took me a while to actually pay attention to my lack of periods. For a while, I just ignored it and assumed it'd sort itself out. But...
Tanita Rose
- Apr 26, 2019
- 4 min
Four reasons I choose to eat pasture raised meat
Toxins, taste, fats and nutrients. These are the reasons that I choose to eat beef that's pasture raised rather than factory farmed....
Tanita Rose
- Apr 17, 2019
- 7 min
Health halos and nutrient claims - can you trust what the food label tells you?
All health claims are misleading. Even if it's about a real food. Here's the reason. If you take a single feature of a food - it could...
Tanita Rose
- Apr 12, 2019
- 6 min
My unusual take on why breakfast is the most important meal of the day
I really don't like fasting first thing in the morning. It's not because I'm hungry or fatigued. The main reason that I avoid skipping...
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Tanita Rose
- Apr 2, 2019
- 4 min
A carb is (not just) a carb [infographic!]
A carb is a carb is a carb, right? That's the assumption behind the popular suggestion to steer clear of 'white' carbs - bread, pasta,...
Tanita Rose
- Mar 29, 2019
- 3 min
Are you healthy? It depends on the popular definition.
Are you healthy? Are your blood tests normal? It depends on the definition of healthy and normal at that time. It's easy to forget that...