The Health Process

Experiments in health and performance.

Can fish oil help recovery from brain injury?

Listening to the Ben Greenfield podcast this week and his guest was JJ Virgin a nutritionist and fitness expert. She was on the podcast primarily to talk about how to get amazing arms and legs (according to Ben she has the most impressively toned arms…

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Vitamin D and Sunlight (in the UK)

I think most people know that the body produces vitamin D as a result of exposure to sunlight. However what I hadn't realised, until I listened to Rhonda Patrick on Ben Coomber Radio this week, was that during the winter months the sun in the…

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More MAF Tests

In the 180 Formula I talked about aerobic training using the Maffetone 180 formula. This approach aims to improve your performance in endurance events by specifically training your aerobic system. The theory goes that you can improve your aerobic pace most effectively by training in a…

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The 180 Formula

My friends and I spend a lot of time talking about different approaches to training and nutrition that we've read about online or heard about on podcasts. However the "Phil Maffetone 180 Formula" has probably created more debate and discussion than pretty much anything else we've talked…

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