Smashing Goals in 2023
I LOVE goals - the problem is I always have too many goals on the go and then only get some done I don’t do New Year’s resolutions as I have come to realise what a pile of bollocks they are - I’m all excited in January, write my list of resolutions, do them for about...
Butyrate – another good reason to eat more plants
I know you would have heard me banging on about short chain fatty acids in many of my posts and blogs. They are the magic potion in gut health and butyrate is one of them. I know this might not be the most exciting post of the year but this is something you need to...
Appetite – how to manage it.
If only eating was a simple process - you get hungry, you eat until you full, you stop eating but I see it time and time again where it is so hard to eat when you don’t have an appetite or you can’t stop eating There is a difference between hunger and appetite. Hunger...
Zonulin – the Gatekeeper of the Gut
I know it sounds like an alien planet or a character from Star Trek but this amazing protein is a fundamental part of gut health (although it is found elsewhere in the body), so I thought I should introduce you to it. Our gut is one long tube and our intestines are...
Yoga – Why This Needs To Be Part Of Your Health Toolkit.
Back in 2009 I trained as a yoga teacher. I absolutely loved it - yoga had helped ground me and manage my anxiety and at the time of my training my then 18 month old son ended up in Starship and was very sick - it was yoga that helped keep me together in what was one...
Vagus Nerve and its connection with gut health, hormone harmony and weight.
I know I’ve talked about the vagus nerve previously so I thought this time around I would delve a little more deeply particularly in regards to its relationship with digestion, hormones and typical menopause symptoms. It's also my favourite nerve so I don’t really...
Urinary Tract Infections – Are you Pissed off?
A UTI is an infection of the urinary tract which consists of the kidneys and ureters (upper urinary tract) and the bladder and urethra (lower urinary tract) and is one of the most common infections around. With bladder infections being the most common with over half...
Why Processed Food is not ALL bad.
There is a lot of snobbery around food and one of the biggest forms of snobbery is around processed food. I laugh when I hear people say ‘I don’t eat any processed foods’ or ‘I only eat clean’ - whatever that means! I call bullshit - I don’t know anyone who doesn’t...
‘Your body is not an ornament, it’s the vehicle to your dreams’.
I just watched the most amazing documentary on Netflix called ‘Embrace’. You HAVE to watch this. It made me cry but it was also one of the most uplifting films I have seen in a long time. I remember reading it about years ago…it’s a documentary created by Australian...
Your Thyroid – the Power Gland
What is the thyroid The thyroid is a pretty little butterfly shaped gland in the centre of the throat and is an important part of the endocrine system. In fact don’t let its smallness fool you - this little gland is a powerhouse! Endocrine is the technical term for...