Office Detox

DETOX YOUR OFFICE LIFE

Top nutrionalist and magazine columnist Amanda Ursell tells Direct Watercooler Shop readers how easy it is to detox their office or workplace.

"At a time when office hours have never been longer with most people working well over eight hours a day (and many clocking up twelve plus), the sedentary lifestyle this inevitably imposes can affect the day to day health of office workers which is inevitably reflected in happiness, stress levels and over-all effectiveness at work.

Forget New Year resolutions, if ever there was a time to Detox Your Office Life, it is now. Giving your daily habits a thorough overall and replacing bad habits with good will not only improve the way you feel, it can boost concentration, up productivity and make you feel happier in your job…combine all these and you may even get that promotion you are after.

DETOX YOUR OFFICE DIET

1. Ditch the Danish pastry, blueberry muffin or flapjack grabbed on the way to work with a coffee shop cappuccino. All of these will be digested rapidly leaving you hungry again within an hour or so later and heading for the biscuit tin. Instead make time for a proper breakfast and have a bowl of slowly digested sugar-free muesli at home or your desk, a bowl of porridge or boiled eggs with toast. All will keep you full until lunchtime and the slow release of energy will help keep your mind focused on the task in hand.