Fermented Foods, Are They Your Secret Gut Booster?
When it comes to your gut, fermented foods are one of the most beneficial things you can eat. A wide body of research has shown that incorporating portions of probiotic, or fermented foods, could provide significant health benefits. Fermented foods have been around longer …
Are You Suffering From Allergies Because Of Your Gut?
Allergies can impact our lives and people in different ways. While one person suffers from the onslaught of seasonal pollen, another has to avoid certain foods because they break out in hives. Let’s look at how allergies develop, while also investigating their connection with our …
Sauerkraut
Ingredients: ½ large head of cabbage 1 carrot 1 heaped tbsp sea salt Optional – other flavours such as dried dill, grated ginger, grated turmeric, finely sliced red chilli. Even grated sweet potato is a lovely addition. Method: Finely slice the cabbage and carrot. Add …
The burning issue of stomach acid (understanding a crucial element of digestion)
Stomach acid is the unsung hero in the digestive process. It’s a fundamental component in breaking down our food and developing new cells that help build us from the inside out. This incredible process has some extra benefits to our bodies that not a lot …
5 Things that are impacting your gut (that you really should know)
Hippocrates wisely stated, “All Disease Begins in The Gut,” considering he was a physician circa 460 BC, his pioneering views pretty much hit the nail on the head. Why is gut health so important? Okay, so not all disease stems from within our gut, but it …
5 Home Remedies for an Upset Tummy
We all get an upset tummy from time to time and for some people, this can be a regular occurrence. By an upset tummy, we mean feeling bloated, yukky or even pain around your abdomen after eating. If this is happening regularly for you, then …
The Shift… Listen to this first.
In order for us to change, we need to make shifts. By shifting our health, mindset, habits or direction we can move through discomfort and into the next version of ourselves. The Shift was born out of the desire to help people to make their …
Is your oral contraceptive impacting your gut?
The oral contraceptive pill (OCP) is one of medicines great breakthroughs. Since its introduction in the 1960s it has liberated women and helped with many issues without a doubt. The OCP is generally regarded as safe and women who are prescribed it are seldom told …
7 Ways to Break Habits
That latte you have every morning. The chocolate at 2pm. The wine after work. The snacks with TV after dinner. Reading emails when you don’t need to be. Why do you do these things? We all have certain behaviours, but when we do something repetitively …
5 Things that you don’t know are toxic (but you should)
Every day we’re learning more about toxins – chemicals in our environment that are having an adverse affect on our health. You may be trying to eat organic produce, buying hormone free meat and avoiding sugar. But what if you’re still exposing yourself to high …
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