Welcome to OH! - Objective Health Blog

Welcome one and all to my new adventure! I am a health/fitness nut, I have been training in some form pretty much most of my life. I have been over weight, under weight and in between, but have now come to a happy healthy point balancing training, eating healthy, working and enjoying life.

Just recently some of my family and friends have started to turn to me for advice on how to lead healthier lives. I provided them with a holistic health plan to follow and so far I have had great success, 20kg lost and a lot of life gained! So I thought I would start sharing my advice with everyone so they can also reap the benefits. Now I don't pretend to be a guru on anything, I do a lot of research and trial lots of things myself, they are not going to work for everyone and I encourage you to share your thoughts, experience and research on what ever it is I write about.

Objective Health is about taking an objective approach to all health information that you stumble upon, I believe this for several reasons;

1 - There are A LOT of companies out there who just want to sell their stuff, they sponsor a lot of teams, magazines, TV Show etc. As such any media source sponsored by these companies will be extremely biased in the information they provide to the public. Not to say all health companies are bad, but just remember they are in it to make a buck or two.

2 - Everyone is unique! What works for one person won't always work for another. We are all from different cultures, are all different genders, are different heights, weights, sizes, have intolerances, food preferences and so on.

3 - New scientific research comes out all the time, something we might have thought was right to do years ago is no longer the best approach, ie; extended aerobic training vs short interval based training.  Scientists also have different views on what works and what doesn't, for example low carb diets v moderate carb diets, clean eating v fats and so on.

OH! will hopefully provide you with different ideas and concepts, provoke thoughts and experiments to ultimately create your own holistic health plan that works for you!

Well that's enough of an intro from me, until next time!