Whether you have had the influenza vaccine or not, you still need to actively avoid contracting the flu and many other common cold viruses. With a less than 50% success rate, the influenza vaccine is really just a little bit of insurance to help you avoid contracting influenza a or b. It does not, however, […]
You have most likely heard of the Gut brain Axis, referring to the bidirectional communication between the central nervous system (brain) and the enteric nervous system (gut), linking emotional and cognitive centres of the brain with peripheral intestinal function. But do you know much about the Vagus nerve that’s responsible for connecting them? To book […]
Inflammation is part of the human body’s natural healing response. In acute situations, such as bone or muscle injury, inflammation is useful and the first stage of the healing process. Chronic inflammation exists when the body is inappropriately stimulated to produce inflammation in order to heal. This stimulation can be initiated through poor diet, high stress […]
You are what you eat, reduce chronic inflammation through diet: Chronic inflammation is the catalyst for many disease states. For more information on symptoms of chronic inflammation read here. By reducing chronic inflammation you are giving your body the best chance to heal and regain health. Some conditions may never heal entirely, however reducing chronic inflammation […]
Acute inflammation is the body’s natural healing response. In acute situations such as injury, inflammation is useful to begin the healing process. However, chronic, long term inflammation is the catalyst for almost all disease states within the body. Chronic inflammation exists when the body is inappropriately stimulated to produce inflammation in order to heal. This […]
I am not sure when it happened, but somewhere between our obsession with protein and our banishing of sugar we forgot all about the humble, yet essential ingredient in our diet, FIBRE! Time and again I watch people obsess over protein and really totally overdo the amount of protein they have in their diet (that […]