Marie Claire Australia — December 2017

WELLNESS

PHOTOGRAPHY BY GETTY IMAGES; HELEN CATHCART. TEXT BY HANNA MARTON. *SURVEY OF 1000 PEOPLE CONDUCTED WITH GALAXY RESEARCH. **

JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF SPORTS NUTRITION

Did you know pea protein is equally effective at

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5 MINUTES WITH

SHONA

VERTUE

Celeb trainer and author

of The Vertue Method

(Hachette, $32.99)

What’s your guilty pleasure?

We should never feel guilty,

but probably watching TV.

I fall into a TV vortex then

feel anxious – I could have

been reading instead.

Favourite place

to practise yoga?

Ben Buckler point,

Bondi, at sunrise.

What do you do when you

don’t feel like working out?

A walk in nature. Ironically, it

always reinvigorates me and

I end up wanting to work out!

M C

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PHONE A FRIEND

One in five women admits to doing “hardly any

activity”, reports a Rexona survey*. Almost half

say they would exercise more with a buddy.

Find a friend who is fitter than you, which Kansas

State University researchers found boosts

workout time and intensity by 200 per cent.

CRUNCH TIME

Walnuts increase good

bacteria Lactobacillus in the

gut, reports The Journal of

Nutritional Biochemistry.

Aim for 30g a day.