Using a protein shake as part of your efforts to slim down and get fit can have many important benefits. Diets that do not provide you with sufficient protein could be limiting the effectiveness of your workout efforts or even inhibiting weight loss!

Replacing the occasional meal with a nutritious and tasty shake can provide you with a way to cut out extra calories without sacrificing the protein and other nutrients that will be needed to enjoy the best results from your workout routine and other fitness efforts.

With a wide range of shakes and meal replacement options that are available on the market, choosing the best among them can be an important concern. Shakes that lack quality nutrients, contain too many empty calories or that will not be able to provide you with the quantity of protein that your body will need to build lean muscle tissue as well as to optimise your weight loss efforts may not be worth the bother. Utilising a superior shake as part of your weight loss plan can help you with weight loss, reach your fitness goals and enjoy the body that you have always dreamed of having.

180 Nutrition offer shakes that will be able to provide you with a low-calorie meal substitute that has all of the quality nutrients your body needs can be of real benefit to your fitness and weightless efforts. Vegans and vegetarians will be delighted to find a range of delicious and balanced shakes that have been created without the use of any ingredients or components that fall outside the range of their chosen diet. Choosing the best shakes will provide you with a superior dietary resource to maximize your weight loss efforts. Having access to the best shakes for weight loss is not a concern that should be left up to chance.

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By Guy Lawrence

As you can imagine we get a lot of email enquiries. Can I eat fruit if I’m on a weight loss plan? Is it possible that bananas make me fat? Is it ok to eat bananas whilst I’m trying to lose weight? You get the gist of it right… So it has inspired me to right this post.

First of all, I eat bananas. I not only eat them I enjoy them. So this is not a banana bashing post. But in saying that, I only eat them on certain occasions, and for me it’s all about personal circumstances (weight loss/weight gain) and timing. Continue reading →

By Tania Flack

Guy: This a great post by Tania as we focus on The Month Of The Gut. If you are wondering what the relationship is to the gut, weight loss and overall health then this is a must read. I’ll be having the gut test Tania talks about in this post… In the mean time, enjoy! Over to Tania…

Tania: If you have been struggling with your weight loss plan, most of your attention will be on the food you eat and increasing your exercise – which is great, but there are some people who despite their best efforts are still unable to lose weight. Does this sound familiar and why is this the case? A growing amount of research has identified the link between an imbalance of bacteria in the digestive system regarding weight gain, metabolic syndrome and obesity. Continue reading →

By Guy Lawrence

Want to start your year the right way? Are you planning a New Years Resolution of great health, weight loss or exercise?

FACT: There are 10 times more bacterial cells in your body than human cells. If your gut bacteria balance is out, studies show that this will directly effect fat absorption. So yes, if you have a unhealthy gut, you will struggle to lose weight.

Win a free gut health consultation

If you live within Australia, we will pay for you to have a gut health consultation with a qualified practitioner and also a months worth of prescribed supplementation to help fix the gut if necessary.

What do you have to do? It’s super simple to enter… Continue reading →

If you are looking for the best in protein supplements in Australia, look no further than 180 Natural Protein Superfood. This supplement has been designed by nutritional experts to provide you with a powerful combination of natural ingredients that will boost your energy levels.

The one thing you will not find in this protein supplement is any kind of preservative. It is important to provide your body with the proper fuel. That means nothing artificial and no chemicals. If you want optimal performance, you need to take care with the choices you make. 180 Natural Protein Superfood will help you to build muscle, stave off hunger, and trim the fat.

There are so many products flooding the market, offering you a magic formula when it comes to a protein supplement. However, 180 Natural Protein Superfood actually delivers. It can be blended in a tasty smoothie with lowfat yoghurt, your choice of milk of water, sprinkled on your food, or you can enjoy it in the form of protein bars. It works well in place of one to three of your meals each day if you are looking for a weight loss plan that is healthy and effective.

When you work out, consider having a shake or smoothie with 180 Natural Protein Superfood. It will help you to keep moving on those busy days when your energy starts to die down. The ingredients are blended carefully to preserve the rich content of vitamins and essential nutrients. You’ll only find substances found in nature in this supplement. The ingredients include pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, chia seeds, cocoa, grass fed whey protein isolate, flaxseed and sunflower kernels are only a few of the contents that form a powerful combination for your body.

Protein supplement smoothies and protein bars are fast and easy. Put the right foods in your body and you’ll get the outcome that you are looking for sooner. With 180 Natural Protein Superfood as a regular part of your diet, you will find yourself reaching your goals for your weight, fitness, and well-being. Make the right choice today and include this beneficial protein supplement in your daily regimen. With exercise, plenty of water, and other healthy foods, your body will be in the best shape ever.

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Have you been trying to trim your body and get the weight down but nothing seems to work? Are you tired of trying fad diets and diet pills which make you feel awful?

Change your thinking and try another approach with a weight loss shake that contains completely natural ingredients to get the job done. Every day, we put things in our bodies that don’t belong. Artificial ingredients, chemicals, too much sugar, loads of sodium, and colourings should not be in our foods. However, many products are filled with undesirable substances that are not natural. If you are including poor choices in your daily regimen, chances are that you don’t feel great and your weight isn’t where it should be. You can turn your life around with a simple change, choosing to take in natural ingredients that are so much better and will help your body to achieve optimal performance.

Introducing a Natural Weight Loss Shake

180 Nutrition has developed a protein supplement that comes in a powder in coconut or chocolate flavour. When used in a shake, it is perfect for kickstarting your weight loss plan. You could substitute a shake for breakfast or lunch.

Try it for both, including healthy snacks and a balanced meal in the evening. If you have to have a boost in the afternoon, a shake with this protein powder will definitely give you more energy.

When you lower your intake of carbohydrates and increase your protein levels, your metabolism will get fired up. You’ll start to build muscle and burn fat. Your body will get what it needs from these weight loss shakes that only contain natural super foods. Expert nutritionists knew what they were doing when they created a formula of natural ingredients which are prepared in such a way to get the maximum benefits from the contents.

You’ll have to make other changes as well. You can’t rely on the shakes alone. When you do have other meals and foods, make wise choices. Fresh fruits and vegetables, fish, and lean meats are best to fuel the body. Moderation is important as well. Remember portion control and don’t overindulge in alcohol or the sweets. Try to eat when you are hungry, rather than by a time table. Many would recommend several small meals a day instead of three larger meals. See how weight loss shakes can curb your appetite. Don’t forget plenty of water, the importance of a good night’s rest, and exercise. You need to get the heart pumping and the body moving to sculpt muscles and trim away the excess as well. Give yourself time and be patient. When you begin with weight loss shakes and make other positive changes, you’ll be happy with your results.

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By Guy Lawrence

‘For all but the last few hundred years (a heartbeat on the genetic evolution time scale), really sweet foods have been difficult to find.’ – David Gillespie

Sugar… It’s a delicate topic. Unless you’ve been living in a cave lately, you will know that sugar has been copping a lot of flack from the media over recent times (and rightly so I feel). But even with all this media attention, it still washes over many people’s heads and gets thrown into the all too hard basket, with my mate included.

I’ve been guiding my mate now for quite some time with the misconceptions of weight loss and his health kick. He felt that eating fruit salad would help his weight loss plan, counting calories and drinking diet sodas was a healthy choice, following the food pyramid was  beneficial and hours and hours of running a week was going to improve his health. Then I challenged him and his way of thinking and asked him to reconsider his approach, and thankfully he has so far.

We caught up for a cuppa and a chat recently, and as he puts a great big spoonful of honey in his tea, he looks at me and says “this is ok isn’t it? I mean, it’s natural right?”

He then tells me he’s stirring lots of agave syrup into his porridge in the morning too. O’ dear… Continue reading →

By Guy Lawrence

A big thanks to the guys at MeasureUp in Sydney for helping me get an extremely accurate reading of my body fat, muscle mass, bone density and overall weight. It’s a very cool machine and a fantastic place to start if you are serious about tracking yourself whilst on any kind of health journey.

In this video (length 3:04sec)

• What is a Dexa scan?
• Why it is a non-intrusive way of measuring body fat
• Get accurate measurements for muscle mass & bone density
• And much more…

The Dexa scan results

The first thing I asked Luke (who is also a gun CrossFitter & coach at CrossFit Active in North Sydney) is how accurate are they? He said accurate enough for the Wallabies rugby union team and Hugh Jackman (would be interesting to see Wolverine’s x-ray) to be using it… Sold! That was enough for me…

At the end of the consultation they also give you a very groovy looking report with several scans and x-rays of your body, with my body fat being in orange and muscle mass in red. I’ll let you guess what the blue is!

Body fat & muscle mass

Body Composition Results

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By Guy Lawrence

          “Health is a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living.” -
… Health Promotion

My mate was faced with something that he felt was a serious problem, his job demanded lot’s of hours, blood, sweat and tears on a weekly basis. He loved his job but his health was beginning to suffer. He’d been at it for four years and whenever he fitted exercise into his routine it became too much and simply exhausted him.

When we met up one evening, he told me that he had a 6.30am spin class that morning with a jog lined up for the following night. He also looked like he was going to have to crawl home like a lizard as he was that tired! I did feel for him.

After discussing the food pyramid at length and coming to the conclusion it sucked, I really felt we’d need to look at his exercise regime too.

I asked him why he was exercising?

After a bit of a dumbfounded look he said he wanted to be fitter, leaner, toned and healthier. He was feeling like a slug with no backbone when he sat in his office chair and he desperately wanted it to change.

From where I was sitting, his road to greater health wasn’t looking pretty. All I could see for him was fatigue, burnout, frustration, possible injury and an attitude that said ‘screw you’ to exercise with a million justifications on why he can’t do it anymore.

Do you like the idea of exercising less & becoming a lean mean health machine in the process?

He did… Continue reading →

By Guy Lawrence

“…an 8 oz /230g serving of hamburger daily, is technically permitted under the pyramid.” - Harvard nutritionist Dr. Walter Willett

Have you ever had one of those moments… Someone asks you a question which seems to be really simple, yet you know if you answer it, it opens up for a 100 more questions?

After explaining to my friend about my feelings on why counting calories doesn’t work (you can read my thoughts on calorie counting here), I think he was having a little bit of a paradigm shift regarding his health, nutrition and weight loss. I had just created a monster and I knew more questions would come flying at me!

The penny had dropped and all was not as it seemed in the world of weight loss and marketing. He began to understand that nutrient dense food was of the upmost importance when it came to weight loss, not counting calories. He also began to realise that most of his daily diet consisted of food that was not nutrient dense. It was loaded with refined grains, white flour and starch like breads, pastas, rice etc.

So here came the next question… What about the food pyramid? He was actually eating in no greater quantity than what is recommended by the somewhat vague prescription advocated by the food pyramid. Yet he wasn’t losing weight.

This was my answer to why I thought the food pyramid sucked. Here’s why… Continue reading →