Optimal Performance Blog

Hey there, I’m Alex, from Alexfergus.com. In this blog post I’m going to talk about the most important biohacks I’ve learned over the last two years. Because this is a guest blog post, let me first tell you a little bit about myself:  I’ve been optimizing my performance for years if not decades. My ...

As Hippocrates said, ‘All Disease begins in the Gut’.   Our gut really is the epicentre of our health and we truly need to nurture it to reap the optimal health benefits.  As well as diet, there are a few other not so obvious things we can be doing to improve our gut health. Here are my top 5 tips t...

If you’re like me, you love to eat chocolate. As a nutritionist, I’m often clearing up the confusion about chocolate and telling people that YES, chocolate can be good for you. However, when it comes to chocolate, not just any will do. I don’t recommend most of the ones on the supermarket shelves as...

This healthy lemon slice is gluten free, grain free, dairy free and paleo! It’s made from just 6 ingredients too. The crust is made with a mix of almond flour, collagen and ghee and the light lemon filling is made with just 4 simple ingredients: fresh lemon juice, almond flour, eggs and sweetener. T...

This pancake recipe is so simple and easy to whip up, and I often make these into small pikelets and take them to work as a snack or on picnic dates. There are so many different variations of these that you could create; for a sweet option add a quality food grade orange essential oil + a little cac...