Probiotics: when, why and which one?
Our digestive system is host to at least 500 different bacterial species. Around 85% of the bacteria in our gut is beneficial to our health, with the remaining 15% being pathogenic bacterial strains and...
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How to increase longevity
How to live longer is the ever lasting question. And this search increases in value the older we get. So as a healthy 57 year old, experiencing all the usual aches, pains, and hormonal...
Low Carb Breakfast Muffin
This is a quick and easy low carb (not no-carb) muffin, which you make in the time it takes to toast a piece of bread. Honest, it’s that easy. Ingredients: 3 tablespoons of...
Coffee: the good, the bad and the ugly…
Most people reach for their morning coffee out of habit, without realising they are verging on addiction. Most people also believe that coffee will make them feel more alert and revitalised. The interesting thing...
My Favourite Minerals
In my business, we get well known for using herbal medicines and vitamin supplements. What is often neglected are the minerals which are essential for supporting how we function. These are a few of...
Weight Loss without the Effort?
Sounds like a magic cure, really, doesn’t it.. When I first heard about this new easy weight loss drug, that was being administered by doctors, I did want to believe that it could not...
Sleep and Low Carb eating
When people come to see me in clinic, regardless of whether it is for weight loss, stress, or any other issue, if they have trouble with their sleep, I will try to help with...
Fruit and Low Carb eating
One of the common questions that I get asked when discussing how to eat low carb is “what about fruit”? We are told from childhood that fruit is essential to our wellbeing, and most...
The end of 2021.
Who else has found this year difficult? I am hearing more sense of exhaustion and anxiety this year than last. It’s not that last year wasn’t a challenge, more that this year has been...