Exercise and Gut Health

Exercise and the good gut link. Exercise why you need it besides the usual benefits of lowering your blood pressure, reducing the rate of diabetes Type 2, or trimming down the excess weight; instead looking at the role of exercise on your gut health.  I’ve touched on how exercise can increase the production of butyrate producing bacteria, which can have a positive effect on [...]

Exercise and Gut Health2022-03-14T20:34:55+11:00

Do you have Hashimoto’s Disease?

Hashimoto’s Hashimoto’s or “Under-active Thyroid”, is a chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune condition. The body’s immune cells attack its own thyroid. This causes inflammation and destruction of the thyroid. This leads to decreased ability to make thyroid hormones, T3 and T4. Current theories suggest that it can be triggered or “switched on”. These triggers include; bacterial or viral infection, genetic mutation, and the impact of aging [...]

Do you have Hashimoto’s Disease?2022-03-14T20:36:33+11:00

Homemade Ginger Ale

So Boxing Day has rolled around. Despite the best of efforts, you’re feeling a little worse for wear. Perhaps it was one too many glasses of bubbly yesterday, or maybe that extra piece of pie with cream pushed you over the edge. We’re all only human. For some of us, Boxing Day is the chance to roll around the house, or maybe chill at the [...]

Homemade Ginger Ale2022-03-14T20:38:09+11:00

Farting

Farting is generally a topic for seven year old boys. I know for a lot us this is a sensitive topic. We pretend we aren’t doing it and that other people are like walking wind machines. Did you know that farting is a natural part of the digestive process?  Farting indicates a sign of healthy gut bacteria. Farts are a mix of swallowed air [...]

Farting2022-03-14T20:40:45+11:00

Butter Chicken

Ingredients: 2 tablespoons of olive oil 1 large leek, chopped 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 pinch or more of cayenne pepper (optional) 1 teaspoon ground turmeric 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2  teaspoon mild paprika 1 teaspoon ground cardamom 1 teaspoon ground coriander 2 teaspoons garam masala 1 teaspoon ground ginger 3 tablespoons tomato paste 800g – 1 kg chicken thigh fillets, cut into cubes [...]

Butter Chicken2022-03-14T20:43:19+11:00

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) – the whole picture

It is thought to affect at least 12% of the population. So what is Irritable Bowel Syndrome? It is a functional Bowel disorder that is characterised by abdominal cramping and altered bowel motions. There are three types of Irritable Bowel Syndrome IBS-A which is alternating constipation and diarrhoea IBS-C which is constipation dominant. Generally abnormally delayed and infrequent bowel movements. IBS-D which is diarrhoea dominant. [...]

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) – the whole picture2022-03-14T20:42:33+11:00

Emulsifiers – Are they harming your gut?

Emulsifiers Emulsifiers make your ice cream smooth and silky and your chocolate bars bright, smooth and shiny. They help them stay on the shelf for longer and protect against mould growth. Getting the oil and water part of the ingredients to mix together for stablility is what they do best. One end of the emulsifier is water friendly and the other is fat friendly. A [...]

Emulsifiers – Are they harming your gut?2022-03-14T20:45:05+11:00

8 Signs of an Unhealthy Gut

Do you have an unhealthy gut? Unless you have been living under a rock you have heard about gut health and how it impacts your daily life. I see people daily that haven't made the connection to their gut health. 1. Halitosis or bad breath This is more than bad breath. This is coming from the gut region not the mouth. No matter how much [...]

8 Signs of an Unhealthy Gut2022-03-14T20:46:58+11:00

What your poo says about your health

Poo its something we all do but unless you are a 7 year old boy you rarely talk about it. It is a terrific indicator of what is happening with your health. Your number two is not only the left overs from the food we have eaten but much much more. You need to get it out of your body as its filled with toxic [...]

What your poo says about your health2022-03-14T20:53:32+11:00

How Stress Affects Your Health

Hippocrates said ‘All disease begins in the gut’. Stress creates physiological changes in our bodies. Our body reverts back to its primitive instincts. Should it fight or should it flee? This instinct sets about a chain reaction. When there is stress your blood pressure goes up, your heart beats faster. Your body shunts blood away from your digestive area and into your arms and legs [...]

How Stress Affects Your Health2022-03-14T21:01:27+11:00
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