Digestive Aids, Digestive Enzymes, HCl and Bile LACK OF DIGESTIVE ENZYMES Did you know that enzymes are crucial for digestion of your food? Therefore, when your body lacks digestive enzymes, a vicious cycle begins. Your body cannot properly digest food, and the…
Research has shown the incredible anti-inflammatory effect of stewed apples on the gastrointestinal tract and health of the microbiome. Two stewed apples daily could induce the equivalent effect of 10-15mg of steroid anti-inflammatory control in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and this was due to the…
During July I am doing everything I can to optimise my gut health. I’ve gathered the below gut healing recipes and supplement recommendations from my 8-week Restore Your Gut programme. I’ve included here a few gut-healing teas, a classic chicken bone broth recipe as…
200 years ago there were no caesarean births (they became more common from 1830 onwards), no formula milk (1865 was the first formula milk), no antibiotics (penicillin was discovered in 1928), no synthetic pesticides (before the 1940s), no antibacterial sprays, no dishwashers and very little…
It’s July! I cannot believe we are in to the 7th month of the year! Health New month, and new focus for my Health & Happiness Project. In July I plan to explore and write about everything to do with gut health. …
It’s the last day of the month so today I thought I would reflect on June. I committed at the start of June to blog every day for an entire year, and I am pleased to say I have managed to stick to this throughout…
One of my favourite hobbies is foraging. I first became interested in foraging when I learnt about the incredible nutrient density of wild plants in comparison to cultivated plants. As a long time advocate of the paleo diet and the ancestral health movement (the…
Wimbledon starts today! I’m not particularly sporty and I don’t even play tennis myself, but I LOVE watching Wimbledon – I think because it is so symbolic of the British summer. Strawberries and Pimms here we come! The first Wimbledon championship was held in…
I went out for a forage today, something I love doing on Sundays when I have more time to wander along slowly. Growing abundantly in a field close to my house was one of my favourite plants: Fat Hen. The latin name for this…
The three things I believe we all need to do to optimise our nutrition (and therefore our health) are: Balance blood glucose Optimise micronutrients by eating a nutrient-dense diet Lower inflammation by avoiding allergenic and inflammatory foods I have written about optimising micronutrients…