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Is Your Probiotic Going To Waste If You Don’t Do This...

Is Your Probiotic Going To Waste If You Don’t Do This...

No doubt you've heard about the importance of taking a quality probiotic for maintaining a healthy gut, but many of us know little about prebiotics and the important role they play in our gut and digestive health. So let me begin by explaining the actual difference between a 'pre' and 'pro' biotic. To put it simply, probiotics are strains of “good" bacteria, found in fermented foods and quality probiotic supplements, required by your gut to maintain a healthy balance of good

Is Your Coconut Milk Really Coconut Milk?

Is Your Coconut Milk Really Coconut Milk?

It seems dairy free milks are fast becoming our preferred choice when it comes to our morning brew, smoothie, or breakfast cereal, and that's a good thing considering the MANY issues associated with cow's milk. (You can read more about these in a previous post I wrote here and here). But one diary free milk that's quickly gaining popularity, is coconut milk. The humble coconut is renowned as a wonder food, thanks to being rich in fatty acids - namely lauric acid - which ma

Top 6 Foods For A Healthy Gut

Top 6 Foods For A Healthy Gut

When it comes to functioning and feeling your best - both mentally and physically - the most important place to start is with your gut! Put simply, 'the gut is where it's at' - when it comes to how well we function on a day to day basis. The reason why our gut health plays such a central role in influencing our overall health, is because it's home to trillions and trillions of microbes that outnumber your cells by a ratio of 10:1, which means the human body is essentially

Could Food Sensitivities Be Causing You To Gain Weight?

Do Detox Diets Really Work?

Do Detox Diets Really Work?

Many of us are turned off by the idea of a ‘detox diet’ or juice cleanse, due to the associated calorie deprivation, feelings of lightheadedness and impulsively wanting to eat everything in sight, after solely consuming liquids or rabbit food! For anyone who’s tried these forms of detox, you’ll know the results are often short lived at best, with most people eventually regaining any weight lost! In my view, the infamous lemon detox diet or juice cleanses, are a far cry from

What Does Your Poo Say About You?

What Does Your Poo Say About You?

If you've read my book, Love Your Gut, or seen me for a consultation, you'll know when it comes to diagnosing and treating your health, I place A LOT of emphasis on your poo! But before you go getting all grossed out, you may be surprised to learn that when it comes to your poo, it tells an awful lot about you! So why is it that the topic of poo has become so taboo?! Would you think differently about your number two's if I told you your poo holds the key to your health - bo

Does Cow's Dairy 'Leech Calcium From Your Bones?

Does Cow's Dairy 'Leech Calcium From Your Bones?

The case against cow's dairy and whether it plays an 'essential role in our health', is an age old argument, causing plenty of controversy and a divide amongst health professionals. To help dispel much of the confusion surrounding cow's dairy and the role it plays in our diet, I've broken down the science for you so you can be clear about the facts on this supposed 'essential food' and whether we really need to consume cow's dairy for strong, healthy bones. We're taught from

How to heal your gut with fermented foods

How to heal your gut with fermented foods

We're hearing an awful lot about gut health nowadays and for good reason - it is the centre of our bodies universe! So how do we look after our gut and why is it so important to that we maintain those trillions of good bacteria living inside us? Well the simple answer is, your gut is composed of more bacteria than there are cells in the entire human body - making us actually more bacteria than human cells! The microbes living within your gut functions just like any eco syste

My Thoughts On Exercise

My Thoughts On Exercise

It's around this stage of the program many of you ask me about 'how' or 'if' you should be exercising and the simple answer is, it's different for everyone, although everyone should at least be moving each day, because a sedentary lifestyle has been scientifically proven to be more dangerous than smoking! But before I go into more detail about my thoughts on exercise, I'll start by telling you my secret tip for getting the most out of your exercise routine... it doesn’t inv

How To Stress Less In A Busy World

How To Stress Less In A Busy World

Modern life demands so much from us nowadays, more than most of us have time for. In today's world we are exposed to more levels of stimulation in one day, than someone living 250 years ago would have been exposed to in their entire life! Our days are spent juggling work, kids, a partner, running a house, errands and paying bills, and if you're lucky, maybe a social life or time to yourself! By night time we often find ourselves flopping into bed feeling frazzled and wired fr

6 Reasons to Join My Online Program

6 Reasons to Join My Online Program

It's the start of a new year, you've laid out your resolutions and I can bet your bottom dollar that you've included a few around your health right? Mmmm..... so how's that working for you so far? If you're like most people, they lasted a day, or maybe a week at best, but more than likely you haven't started any of them! But I have developed something for you that will not only help you stick to your new year's resolutions around health, but actually help you achieve them

10 Tips For Sleeping Like A Baby

10 Tips For Sleeping Like A Baby

Getting a deep and restful sleep each night can be like an elusive dream for many folks. In fact according to the Australian Medical Journal, it is estimated that 13%–33% of the Australian adults regularly experience difficulty either getting to sleep, or staying asleep. Prolonged sleep deprivation culminates into what is referred to as a “sleep debt” which has been scientifically proven to have a major impact on your health and wellbeing, even shrink your brain and shorten

Red Meat... To Eat Or Not To Eat?

Red Meat... To Eat Or Not To Eat?

The age old debate over whether humans should eat red meat or not, has divided society for centuries. Whether you choose to eat red meat or not is a very personal decision. For some avoiding red meat is based on ethical and animal welfare reasons, for others it's because they simply feel better on a meat free diet, whilst others swear they cannot function without it. The truth is, when it comes to the biochemistry of our bodies, we are all different. To a certain extent our

5 Mistakes People Make Going Gluten Free

5 Mistakes People Make Going Gluten Free

It seems more and more people are going gluten free nowadays, which in my view is GREAT news because of the countless negative effects gluten can have on the digestive system and overall health! But in an effort to get healthy, I see many people replace gluten with supposedly "healthy" foods, thinking they are on the right track just because a product has a gluten free label! Food manufacturers are also trying to cash in on the gluten free trend, producing gluten free food

How Stress Can Make You Fat & Sick

How Stress Can Make You Fat & Sick

Did you know that chronic stress can not only make you chronically sick, but it can also make you fat as well! Many folks in their quest to banish excess belly fat and wobbly thighs, embark on a path that fails to address one of the fundamental factors that influences the function of our metabolism....stress! Stress can basically be defined as anything that stimulates the overproduction of our stress hormones – adrenalin and cortisol. These hormones are healthy and safe when

Why your thyroid pathology maybe 'normal' but you don't feel it

Why your thyroid pathology maybe 'normal' but you don't feel it

When it comes to pathology tests, you only find what you look for and this certainly applies to sufferers of thyroid disorders. Over 40% of women suffer from an underactive thyroid, yet the majority of them are going undiagnosed or being told by their Dr they have 'normal' thyroid pathology results, despite presenting with classic underactive thyroid symptoms of fatigue, weight gain, depression and brain fog. Worse still, even the cases that are being diagnosed, are eithe

Is Your thyroid really healthy?

Is Your thyroid really healthy?

Thyroid health is something I deal with everyday, not just professionally as a Nutritionist but because I work hard to keep my own thyroid happy, since being diagnosed 11 years ago with Hashimoto's, along with a pituitary adenoma - code for a benign tumor on the master hormone gland. Every cell in the body has receptor sites for thyroid hormone, which is why thyroid hormones influence the function of every cell in your body! Their primary responsibility is to regulate your m

Why You May Be Struggling To Lose Your Pregnancy Weight

Why You May Be Struggling To Lose Your Pregnancy Weight

I get asked by so many women "Why am I struggling to lose my post baby weight?", especially after the second, or third baby and the reasons are simple, yet complex. I say 'simple' in that they can be easy to identify if you are experienced in understanding the workings of the body's endocrine and metabolic system and know what to look for, yet 'complex' in that the reasons can be due to a combination of factors and can take time to resolve. Losing your post baby weight is no

Could You Have Oestrogen Dominance?

Could You Have Oestrogen Dominance?

Imbalances in our sex hormones - oestrogen and progesterone can wreak havoc on our health, causing everything from PMS - premenstrual syndrome, hormonal acne, fatigue, weight gain, fibroids and conditions such as polycystic ovarian syndrome – just to name a few. Like most things in life, the key to healthy hormones, lies in getting the balance right. The role of oestrogen in our health Our body needs oestrogen, but only in it’s natural form. In females, oestrogen plays an

Why eating when you're stressed can be fattening

Why eating when you're stressed can be fattening

It’s a little known fact that digestion begins in the brain, but if we eat when we are stressed, such as while we are working, driving, walking, eating too quickly, talking on the phone, basically any activity that disrupts the part of the brain that enables healthy digestion, then our body will not digest our food effectively. You have probably heard me bang on about the impact of undigested food in previous blog posts, or if you have seen me as a client, you will know that

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