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At Bpersonal, we want to assist your company in increasing the health of your employees to be the best they can be. We look forward to seeing the benefits a health, wellbeing and lifestyle management strategy can provide for your company.

	Are you overdosing on Good Fats? Are good fats such as olive oil expanding your waistline? Are you confused about how much good fat you should eat? Would it shock you to know that the amount of good fats you require each day fits within the confines of a single tablespoon? flat belly foods Doing hundreds of sit-ups at the gym and still struggling to shrink that waistline? Our flat belly eating advice will nip and tuck you in no time! FAT - How much can you burn sitting still? While we have discussed the complex interplay of exercise and fat use by the body, what of fat burning during the course of everyday life? Let’s put exercise aside for now, and take a look at how the body’s fat-burning machines counteract with our daily obsession with food. The other fat burning zone: breaking the 60-minute mindset One question that I regularly get asked is, “What is the best exercise intensity to burn fat?”. The answer is not as straightforward as one may think, as the question implies that by exercising at a certain rate you get into a fat-burning zone and will lose fat. Many people believe to hit that zone a typical exercise session must last an hour. So while people program their heart rate monitors to beep when they exercise outside the supposed fat-burning zone, I wonder how many people really understand the way the body burns fat and what other so-called “zones” might exist. Did Atkins tell a big fat lie? “Most overweight people do not overeat,” claims Dr Robert Atkins in his phenomenally huge bestseller Dr Atkins’ New Diet Revolution. “Wouldn’t you rather be on a diet that sets no limit on the amount of food you can eat,” he says, adding later, “It’s so perfectly adapted to use as a lifetime diet, that unlike most diets, the lost weight won’t come back on.” Antioxidants, Free Radicals & Optimal Health Most people have heard of antioxidants and better health. Depending on who you speak to will determine what antioxidants can do and what sources are the best. They have been implicated with protecting against cancer, cardiovascular disease, muscle damage, Alzheimer’s and reducing the rate of ageing. Antioxidant supplementation is also big money, especially in an ageing society that is making a bold bid to hold on to its youth. What are the facts and myths about antioxidants and how do they work?

For a decade Shane and brother and business partner Johann, (currently the nutritional advisor and exercise physiologist at the Essendon Football club) have enjoyed rewriting the latest scientific findings into simple easy to understand practical lifestyle interventions. Their commitment and understanding of the needs of companies drives B Personal to be what it is today.