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Obesity is Dangerous
The other day I was walking around Sai Kung and I saw many more overweight and obese people than normal. One unfortunately had the worst...
Ally van de Pol
Nov 28, 20222 min read


Chlorine Dioxide for Total Health
When I first started researching chlorine dioxide, I was rather confused as there are a number of different names it’s known as; Chlorine...
Ally van de Pol
Nov 2, 20226 min read


Sprouting for Health and Wellness
How would you like to have a fresh nutritious source of food growing quickly and easily with minimal equipment from your kitchen...
Ally van de Pol
Aug 31, 20222 min read


How Western Herbal Medicine Can Help You in Hong Kong
Most of us are familiar with the healing properties of plants and we have possibly all used them at some time or another like an aloe...
Ally van de Pol
Aug 10, 20222 min read


An Effective Weight Loss Program in Sai Kung
How to Lose Weight with Health & Fitness Training in Sai Kung Nine times out of ten, prospective clients come to see me in my studio in...
Ally van de Pol
Jul 20, 20223 min read


How Important is Your Health to You?
I mean really answer the question. I think the answer is dependent to the level of health experienced currently by that individual. It...
Ally van de Pol
Apr 20, 20221 min read


Naturopathic Health and Nutrition Consultations
Whatever your health goals are, these sessions can help you. They typically help people with the following conditions: -Weight...
Ally van de Pol
Mar 14, 20222 min read


Why Strength Training Is More Important Than Ever
If there’s been a common theme throughout this pandemic it’s that people are just generally more stressed. Stress impacts the ability to...
Ally van de Pol
Sep 24, 20213 min read


Look After Your Own Health/ Paddle Your Own Canoe/ Put On Your Own Oxygen Mask
We’ve lost the art of looking after our own health. We go about our every day business, the business of making money and looking after...
Ally van de Pol
Jul 29, 20212 min read


Herbs! Herbs! Herbs!
Herbs have been used as medicine for millennia. Before the early twentieth century, natural methods of curing people were common and...
Ally van de Pol
Jul 8, 20216 min read


What's Your Take On Exercise?
Some people love it, some people hate it, but we were all born to do it. “Exercise is a celebration of what your body can do, not a...
Ally van de Pol
Jun 23, 20212 min read


Lymph, Lymph Baby….
So What is the Lymphatic System, Why Do We need It and How Can We Keep it Healthy? Lymphatic drainage, lymphatic massage, lymph nodes etc...
Ally van de Pol
Jun 12, 20214 min read


I Just Can't Lose Weight
Sometimes clients come to me and say, It doesn’t matter what I eat or how much I exercise I just can’t lose any weight’. Why is this?...
Ally van de Pol
May 27, 20212 min read


Hey Fatty!
I have body composition scales in my wellness centre that measure my clients’ visceral fat, as well as their muscle and subcutaneous fat,...
Ally van de Pol
Apr 22, 20211 min read


So.....tell me about this personal training stuff then...
Here are some questions that are asked of me regarding personal training and strength training, so I thought I’d scribe my FAQs. Will it...
Ally van de Pol
Apr 12, 20212 min read


Not Another Article About Nutrition......
There is so much talk about nutrition, there are so many diets out there and most of them are centred around weight loss. But this misses...
Ally van de Pol
Mar 2, 20212 min read


Your Whole Health Includes Your Mental Health
During these crazy Covid times, all of our mental health has suffered. For some people existing tendencies towards depression or anxiety...
Ally van de Pol
Feb 16, 20213 min read


Your Health Is Everything
Never before has our health been so uppermost in our minds. In these Covid times and for evermore, we need to start being our own doctor...
Ally van de Pol
Jan 19, 20214 min read


Why You Should Leave Dairy Off Your Plate
I often meet people who haven’t eaten meat for years but still eat dairy, or omnivores who say, ‘ooh I couldn’t give up cheese.” So what...
Ally van de Pol
Jan 1, 20215 min read


Five Easy Changes You Can Make to Your Food to Increase Nutrients and Make You Healthier and Leaner
1) Add two handfuls of fruit to your breakfast bowl. Enzymes, phytonutrients, vits, minerals, colour and general fun to the start of...
Ally van de Pol
Dec 8, 20202 min read
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