The newsletter and blog are where I unpack what I’m reading, noticing and rethinking, from health and human behaviour to prevention, performance and the science that sits underneath it.
I compared the Whittakers 72% v the 92% dark chocolate. You might be surprised: Protein 11 v 13 g | Fat 34 v 47g | Carbs 51 v 14 g | Sugar 32 v 6 g (per 100g 72% v 92%) Analysis: way way more carbs and sugar in the 72%, probably why it tastes so good… But here’s the
Me and Bluey I buried my mate yesterday. I’m hurting a lot, missing him. He was always there. There for 15 years. Always. While we had him for a smaller part of our life, we were his whole life. He was my constant partner in everything from running, walking, swimming, surfing, surf life saving, and manhunt in the sand dunes.
Winter is over? But it's raining, grey, dark early, and it's windier than ever. What’s one day of bad weather… I’ll look at the forecast. FORECAST: Expect rain every day this week. High wind warnings for Auckland Area. Mon:🌧️Tue: ⛈️Wed: ⛈️Thurs:🌧️. …… An outlook with very little fun? I tell myself it’s silly to let the weather affect my mood
Hi there, 6 books, 18,000 citations and a lifetime of thinking. You would think I’d have the ‘nutrition thing’ figured out. Yet, I still struggle to control my weight without excessive exercise. Because knowing ≠ doing. If knowledge alone changed behaviour, no one would smoke. I, like you, am grappling to reconcile the science and practice of
Hi there, Have you ever done something so HARD it defined your entire year? Ran a marathon. Started a business. Ended one. Quit drinking. Faced something you’d been avoiding for years. Enter MISOGI: The ancient Japanese Shinto ritual of purification through extreme challenge. Traditionally, it’s about cleansing the body and spirit under icy waterfalls. But
Hi there, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” You might recognise that line from Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens was describing the late 18th century and the French Revolution – but his words ring just as true today. It is the best of times. We live better than the
Hi friend, Most people are focusing on the wrong things when it comes to health. They stress over expensive supplements, ice baths and ‘biohacking’ (while skipping the fundamentals). And while I like my ice bath routine, it’s not a key driver to my overall health. The truth is, the real big wins get overlooked in the pursuit
Hi friend, Some myths about health just won’t die… Myth #1: Fat is evil Fat has been scapegoated by Big Food, It’s an easy target with an unfortunate name. Big Food spent hundreds of millions marketing the Health Star Rating, demonising fat, and pushing low-fat, high-sugar products… like cereal. We got off on the wrong foot
By Prof Grant Schofield What does an academic actually do and do they have any useful function in society today?
I sat down with Will Fleming and the Let’s Get Pre-sifik team to produce Episode 6 of their Season 1.
What the science suggests about Vitamin D3, and why I chose to supplement.
What if our minds have become non-places—engineered corridors of infinite scroll where attention drifts and meaning dissolves?
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