by Anna Kuhl | Jul 18, 2025 | Blog
Roman gladiators weren’t just brutes with swords. They were elite athletes, and they had their own version of sports science. Known as hordearii, or “barley men,” gladiators are believed to have consumed a predominantly plant-based diet rich in barley and legumes. But...
by Anna Kuhl | Jul 7, 2025 | Blog
In his quirky little book, How Proust Can Change Your Life, philosophical author Alain de Botton makes an uncomfortable suggestion: maybe the reason we feel dissatisfied isn’t because our lives are broken, but because we’re not actually paying attention to them. Our...
by Anna Kuhl | Jun 23, 2025 | Blog
Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb, once called sleep “a heritage from our cave days.” He bragged about getting by on just four or five hours a night. But history tells a different story. Edison napped constantly; on park benches, under trees, even...
by Anna Kuhl | Jun 9, 2025 | Blog
It’s 4.55am and I’m boarding a shuttle to the start line of Coastrek 2025: a 50km endurance walk in support of Beyond Blue. I’ve packed six sandwiches, a first aid kit, high-protein snacks, a quinoa and kale cup, 2x packets of salted chips, dark chocolate,...
by Anna Kuhl | May 26, 2025 | Blog
In 1944, at the height of WWII, 36 young men in Minnesota volunteered for an experiment that would later become infamous in the world of nutrition science. They weren’t soldiers—they were conscientious objectors—and they agreed to be semi-starved under medical...
