You may be blissfully unaware October is National Cholesterol Awareness month but it is happening. Mention the word cholesterol and for most people it conjures up the image of fat clogged arteries and a heart attack waiting to happen. Maybe you’ve been told you have high cholesterol and need to use cholesterol lowering medication. Perhaps a family member has suffered a heart attack or stroke and you may be concerned about eating cholesterol rich foods or saturated fat. For many years...
Food sensitivities, nutrient imbalances and deficiencies can all have an impact on your child’s mood and behaviour. Nutritional approaches are often overlooked when dealing with mood and behaviour problems but they can be incredibly effective. Here are some tips for regulating behaviour and mood using nutrition. 1. Identify food sensitivities Eliminating foods your child is sensitive to from their diet can have a positive impact on behaviour and mood. This is particularly relevant when...
Did you know that your digestive system is the most selfish of all your body systems, after your brain? In fact, it’s a bit like a child who thinks their friend is being unfair. It folds its arms and says “that’s not fair and I’m not playing anymore!”. When you don’t treat your digestive system with the respect it deserves, it will begin to shut you off and not play properly. As a result, digestive problems begin to click in. We may experience indigestion,...
The microbiome (also known as gut flora) of the human gut has around 1014 microorganisms. These bacterium and yeasts residing within your gut are known as probiotics, while prebiotics is known to be their ‘food’. All prebiotics are fibres (and not to confuse things but not all fibres are prebiotics); these prebiotic fibres such as galactooligosaccharides, lactulose and inulin can be found in such foods as chicory root, garlic, onions, leeks and oats to name a few. Probiotics such as...
Going meat-free, even just for a day, can be daunting. And, for the majority of us, defaulting to a meat-based meal has been ingrained in our choices from the get-go. But eating meat-free not only encourages creativity and in our kitchens, but it also has huge health benefits too.
A study carried out in 2010 by the Department of Health at Oxford University discovered that eating meat no more than three times a week could prevent 31,000 deaths from heart disease, 9,000 deaths from cancer...
Thousands of parents have placed their children on special diets according to the Autism Research Institute (ARI). It is a controversial approach that divides opinion, however, parents using this approach have reported improvements in cognition and social connection. This feedback is often enough to make other parents want to try a dietary protocol for autism, but how do you choose the right diet for your child? Is one approach more effective than another? The ARI has collected information...
Going from summer to autumn means shorter days, cooler weather and for some of us, an increase in appetite. Some researchers believe this is due to primitive impulses prompting us to seek out food and stockpile for winter.
For some people, this can lead to a desire to restrict what they’re eating or start another diet to keep their weight under control. Here we want to explore an intuitive eating principle in more depth, and how you can learn to use it during the seasonal shift....
There is an overwhelming amount of information on weight loss and different diets promoted for weight management nowadays. Most clients, who come concerned about their weight and consequently their health, have tried at least several different diets in the past and end up frustrated with lack of results or inability to keep the weight off. The quality of food is of the highest importance, in my opinion, and it should always be addressed first. Furthermore, any health problems that can cause or...
Broken bones and faulty hearts can often be treated with ease in modern day medicine. Matters of brain health, however, are not so simple.
In November 2016, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that dementia is now the overall leading cause of death in England and Wales. To date, simply prescribing medication for dementia has failed to make any real, lasting difference. But, research in the USA has in fact shown that changes to lifestyle can prevent (and even reverse)...
As a chronic sufferer of retinal migraines, and lacking in any effective medication, I turned to my own research. As a self-confessed carnivore, I found it incredibly difficult to learn, after some investigation, that meat (specifically, processed meat) could be the source of these increasingly traumatic attacks.
A study from the American Gut Project found that migraine sufferers typically contain a higher count of bacteria in their mouths that transforms the compound nitrate - found in...
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