Category Archives: Inspiration

5 important ways to keep your vitamin D levels high

Posted on April 26, 2020 by Max Tuck

Before launching in to this vital topic, let’s think about why we might want to maintain optimal levels of D3, the active form of vitamin D, in our bodies. Vitamin D is involved in keeping the immune system healthy and … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration | Tagged bone health, cancer, Exercise, lupus, multiple sclerosis, stress, sun, vitamin D | 3 Comments

Getting Back to 100% Hippocrates

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Max Tuck

It’s been going on for a few weeks now. You know, that niggling feeling that something’s not quite right. That you don’t feel quite as good as you could. That maybe, dare I say it, you might have deviated too … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration | Tagged Detoxification, energy, energy bars, green juice, muscle cramps, raw vegan food, sauna, seaweed, sugar cravings, Thyroid health | Leave a comment

The Path of Most Resistance

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Max Tuck

Compared with many people, I have had a pretty easy life, and looking back I have made the most of the many opportunities that came my way. However, as I describe in my book The Fatigue Solution, I was often … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration | Tagged alcohol, Exercise, Health, healthy eating, mindset, nutrition, sports drinks | 1 Comment

Summer’s most important nutrient?

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Max Tuck

Whether you consider it to be a nutrient or not, it’s almost as important as it gets, and is right up there with the most important nutrient of all – oxygen. What are we considering here? Yes, it’s water – … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration | Tagged hydration, juicing, thirst, water | Leave a comment

The Hardest Half

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Max Tuck

“It’s all perfectly runnable.”… or so I was told in the pre-race briefing. And I’m sure it would have been – right up until the time that the Indian tectonic plate smashed into the Eurasian plate 50 million years ago … Continue reading →

Posted in exercise, Inspiration | Tagged altitude, anti-ageing, Bhutan, Great Wall of China, half marathon, Himalayas, running, Thunder Dragon | Leave a comment

Experimenting with CRON

Posted on January 27, 2018 by Max Tuck

I’ll confess right now that I like to conduct personal experiments. Generally they happen in January, but they are not resolutions. January 2018 has been about experimenting with CRON. I started the year with a 6 day fast, but on … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration | Tagged Caloric restriction, CRON, green juice, longevity, supplements, Vitality, weight loss; | Leave a comment

Progress over Perfect

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Max Tuck

I’ve got a lady called Amy Lieberman to thank for this title – she shared her blog on this subject on one of the LinkedIn groups that I am a member of. It really resonated with me, and it comes … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration | Tagged Action, Health, juicing, Progress | Leave a comment

Why, How and Now

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Max Tuck

Why do you want to improve your health? Why is it important to you? What is driving this process? Are you being driven by pain, or pleasure? It’s often said that pain is a bigger driver of change than pleasure. … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration | Tagged Action, Education, Health, Retreat, Vitality | Leave a comment

The Triple Treble

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Max Tuck

I am a big fan of athletics, so obviously I was glued to the Rio Olympics in the summer. I was delighted to see Usain Bolt inaugurated into the heady category of “living legend” by winning the 100 metres, 200 … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration | Tagged athletics, diet, energy, Exercise, juicing, positive thinking, weight training | 1 Comment

Breaking Through the Pain

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Max Tuck

Having put a rib out whilst waterskiing in the Caribbean, I maybe should have listened more carefully to what my body was saying. But with an adventure quadrathlon to do two days later (or should that be a pentathlon since … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration, Medical treatments, stress | Tagged adrenaline, blood pressure, bone fractures, cortisol, endorphins, meditation, pain, quadrathlon, stress reduction | 3 Comments