Stress can have a profound impact on many aspects of our health, including our digestion. When we experience stress, our body's response can lead to a slowdown or even stoppage of the digestive process.  The release of stress hormones can divert energy away from...

Are you struggling to lose weight despite your efforts to eat healthily?  Did you know that one of the secrets to shedding those extra pounds could be as simple as chewing your food properly? We all learned how to do that when we were toddlers, right?  But...

Are you tired of counting calories and not seeing results? Have you ever wondered why counting calories alone doesn't seem to result in long-term health and wellness? It's time to shift our focus from the numbers on the scale to the quality of the food we...

Questions continue to be raised around the introduction of refined sugar to many of our foods and the role it plays in our overall well being. The focus on sugar in our diet has increased exponentially with many of us becoming aware of the negative health side-effects...

How To Ease Menopause Symptoms There are foods you can include in your diet to help naturally boost oestrogen and progesterone and helping to keep them at a healthy level. Things like pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, flax seeds and sesame seeds are full of nutrients...

Menopause   How I Perceive What Menopause Is Menopause has been part of our history for many years. However, never has menopause had more attention than it does in this present day. I believe menopause should be looked at and approached positively, yes it is a...

Melatonin and Sleep Melatonin is quite well known as “the sleep hormone” It is an important part of our sleep-wake cycle and is the regulator of our circadian rhythm, which is our internal body clock; which runs 24 hours a day. Melatonin production increases as the...

Gut & Brain Health   This is my story and why I want to explain the importance of gut and brain health. I was born by Caesarean section and unable to breastfeed, which I have learned over the years has affected the health of my gut, the food choices I can...

The Gut   You may or may not know what the gut is and what it does. In case you do not, it processes our fuel – food - from the time it is first eaten, as it is absorbed by the body or to point the waste is passed out in form of stool, faeces or the most commonly...