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By Michele Chevalley Hedge, Accredited Nutritionist

"I'm just tired" has become the most normalised sentence in the modern workplace.

We say it so often that we've stopped questioning what it actually means or whether "tired" is even the right word. Because for a lot of people I speak with, both in my clinic and at corporate events around Australia - what they're describing is not tiredness. It's something deeper and more complex, and it needs a different response. 

The distinction between burnout …

By Michele Chevalley Hedge, Accredited Nutritionist

 I hear this question more than any other. Not word for word, but in some version: "I'm eating well, I'm exercising, I'm doing everything right, so why am I so tired?" The woman asking is usually in her late thirties or forties. She's switched to salads. She's cut back on wine (mostly). She takes her magnesium. And still, by three o'clock in the afternoon, she's running on caffeine and willpower, and wondering if this is just what life feels lik…

If you have ever woken up puffy, achy, cranky or feeling like your joints have filed an HR complaint, congratulations. You have met inflammation. The best part is that you can influence it with normal food that lives in your kitchen, not powders imported under moonlight or celebrity plans requiring a second mortgage.

Inflammation itself is not the enemy. It is your body’s alarm system. When you sprain an ankle or bump your shin on the coffee table, inflammation rushes in to repair the damage. Tha…