Huh, what are you talking about? OK, your organs work together to make up your digestive system. This system processes the food break down, so nutrients can be transported & absorbed, to make energy for growth & repair within the body. It is digestive enzymes that help with the breakdown process so foods can beContinue reading “Digestive Enzymes”
Category Archives: Why
Reducing Your Sugar Intake.
Depending on your diet this can be a seriously hard task but the benefits of that decision are huge. The impact of high added sugar in your diet links with various medical conditions including obesity, diabetes, heart disease, & of course, dental health to name just a few. Why is it hard to give up? Continue reading “Reducing Your Sugar Intake.”
Is there a link between anxiety and food?
When your nervous system is under pressure – your body responds with a switch to fight or flight mode. Whilst some stress is normal, a prolonged state of high-level stress is not. It will push your body into overdrive & can actually increase how often you experience anxiety attacks. Food choices can have an impactContinue reading “Is there a link between anxiety and food?”
Anti-inflammatory Eating
Essentially it is actually our immune system that processes acute issues like an ankle sprain or an infection. Wow, interesting right? However, an injury can sometimes be a more prolonged affair (often described as chronic). This can be triggered by poor diet, obesity, lack of exercise or even just exposure to environmental pollutants. Bottom lineContinue reading “Anti-inflammatory Eating”
Well hello Sunshine 🌞 😊
Seriously how good is this weather! Vitamin D has some pretty impressive effects on the body. Sadly, a lot of people are currently vitamin D deficient. Lifestyles are just more indoors now, often – we work indoors & weekends involve more indoor activities, or for the southern states there is less sunshine during the dayContinue reading “Well hello Sunshine 🌞 😊”
Stock, broth or bone broth??
Often people assume these are the same & it is true, they are a bit same:same with little variations. OK, so what IS the same? ✅ Using leftover veggies, meat, bones, salt, herbs & spices✅ Simmering in water for great flavour.✅ Straining & keeping the liquid. Alright, the DIFFERENCES? BROTH🥄 Water, veggies, predominantly meat (sometimesContinue reading “Stock, broth or bone broth??”
Let’s talk about your liver
Ok, so you’ve heard of it – but what does your liver actually do? 🤷♀️ It leads the charge in eliminating toxins from your body, it is a powerhouse. Often we don’t help the liver to do its job for a multitude of reasons (THINK poor diet, stress, medications, even chemicals & pesticides which areContinue reading “Let’s talk about your liver”
Gut Health & Constipation?
A lot of people have constipation issues & many don’t even realise they are issues nor how bad it is for their health. Basically, sometimes your normal, just isn’t normal. Now I talk about this a lot. Why? It is a great indicator of how your gut is working. Some conditions can & do causeContinue reading “Gut Health & Constipation?”
Count Colours on Your Plate
The more colours you have, the more diversity you are getting – that means more antioxidants, more phytonutrients & more nutrients in general – yup, all the good stuff. There is no single coloured fruit/vege which contains everything you need. Bottom line –you need variety to get a good mix of multiple phytochemicals. The differentContinue reading “Count Colours on Your Plate”
Hands feeling icky?
Got to be honest, I thought I’d do this as a winter post but the extra level of handwashing & use of hand sanitisers has left my hands feeling unloved, dried out & irritated. Yup, we use our hands everyday & they cop a lot of exposure to not only heaps of chemicals but alsoContinue reading “Hands feeling icky?”