“Unlocking the Health and Productivity Benefits of Intermittent Fasting for Busy Individuals: Insights from Evolutionary Biology and Human Physiology”
Intermittent fasting (IF) has become increasingly popular in recent years as a dietary strategy for weight loss, improved health, and increased longevity. But what is IF, and why might it be beneficial from an evolutionary biology and human physiology perspective? As busy individuals, we often prioritize work and other responsibilities over our health and well-being.…
The Key to Longevity and Health
The Key to Longevity and Health Strength training has a rich history dating back to ancient times, when Greek and Roman athletes trained with weights to improve their physical prowess. Today, strength training has become an essential component of modern fitness, and for good reason: research has shown that it offers numerous health and longevity…
High Intensity INTERLUDE Strength Training (HIIST) – Intense Health Clinics protocol of training
Foundation Intense Health was founded by Physical Educator / Exercise Physiologist Marcelo Mesquita and Dietician Andréia Mesquita. It was born out of their passion for health and fitness and in particular, saving people from the ravages on inactivity, poor health choices and premature ageing. Both Andréia and Marcelo were educated by the mainstream academy where…
Exercise is Needed When Suffering From Joint Pain
Based in my own practice over the last 2 decades my answer is definitely YES, but is also great to back it up the practice with this recent study covering the phobia of individuals experiencing pain (joint pain) and how that is actually the element who will lead to the worst case scenario or simply…
5 Reasons Why Private Training Gets Better Results Than Going By Yourself
Accountability Have you ever woken up acknowledging that you should probably workout but never ended up doing it? It is very common for general population like full time workers, business owners, entrepreneurs or busy executives to find themselves in that scenario. In fact in order to keep improving or maintain your physicality/ health in check, consistency is…
Travelling and Your Health & Fitness Journey
One of the first things everyone learns when starting their Intense Health journey, is that NO HUMAN is perfect with nutrition! Whilst no human is perfect, there is always a perfect strategy for each human. Recently, my wife Andreia and myself had a trip to America for relaxation and business. We develop strategies for all…
My 72 Hour Fasting Experience
I’ve been reading for years now about intermittent fasting strategies and the several health benefits related to it. I have played with the 16/8hours method (16 hours fasting window / 8 hours consumption), for a long time and I felt great applying this strategy. I still believe it is the best way to keep healthy,…
How Does Will Your Intense Health Journey Work?
Ever wondered how your health and fitness journey goes with Intense Health? Let’s find out in this article. 40-minute Private Nutritional Consultation Good nutrition is essential to our bodies to sustain good health and wellbeing. It is essential that you make time in your busy lifestyle to provide your bodies with the right amounts of…
4 Ways To Tone Up and Build Strength Fast
If you’ve ever tried to tone up your body or build strength, you’ve probably tried a number of different (fad) diets, exercise techniques and even used a personal trainer. You’ve spent hours in the gym and done 100s of sets of squats. But somehow you STILL haven’t got the results you want. Why do you…
The Importance of Muscle for Overall Health
Most people still believe in the mindset of Resistance Training as an application to build large muscles or only appearance (physique) improvements. What about we have a look into this modality of exercise and the physiological adaptations that are happening while proper resistance training is applied. What is resistance training? Resistance training is a physically challenging…
