Gut-Brain 101 What Is the Gut Made Up Of? We are all familiar with what the gut is. When you have a niggling feeling in the pit of your stomach, it is commonly referred to as a ‘gut feeling’. But is there a deeper meaning to this saying? Does our gut actually release chemicals as a cause or product of…
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Struggling to Lose Weight? Intermittent Fasting Could Be For You! What is Intermittent Fasting? If you haven’t heard of this popular health trend yet – have you been living under a rock?! It is not your conventional diet as it focuses on eating during a predetermined feeding window, so is better described as an eating pattern rather than a diet….
Think You Can Live Off an All-Animal Diet for The Rest of Your Life? If you’re looking for a new diet trend to try and love anything with meat, this may be an option for you. On top of only being able to eat meat, you are restricted from all greens and carbs too – which goes against conventional wisdom…
So sunscreen huh? Why should I wear it? It’s not even SUNNY in the UK?!!! Well here’s why. Sunscreen is essentially a barrier between our skin and the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays. Even in colder, murkier climates like in the UK, our skin is still vulnerable to the sun’s invisible rays. Or should I say the invisible sun’s rays. …
CAUTION!!! Meat-osauruses, look away! So here we are. In desperate times to save the animals, the world and our waistlines, we’ve resorted to eating green – (and all the other colours of the rainbow). That’s right, I’m talking about going vegan. Before it became the buzzing trend it is today, it was a legitimate lifestyle for many people in the…
Ayurveda is an ancient Indian holistic healing system. The Sanskrit words, “ayur” and “veda” translate to “life” and “knowledge”, respectively. Thus, it means knowledge of life. It came about more than 5000 years ago and was part of Vedic culture. The knowledge had been passed down through oral tradition and is still widely practised across India. The school of…