Why do you need to care about methylation? What is it anyway? Although it sounds complex, it’s actually a simple but essential chemical process that is happening constantly in your body. Methylation involves adding a 'methyl group' onto other chemical compounds which then allows the body to do most
Pregnancy is an exciting time – 9 months of planning your future life as a mother or the expansion of your family. But pregnancy often comes with unwelcome side effects too as your body adapts to the responsibility of growing another person – including nausea and fatigue. When you’re
In a rather surprising news story, some scientists in Israel have labelled most probiotics as ‘useless’, based on their recent research.Unfortunately it’s a hollow conclusion that doesn’t stand up to scrutiny and flies in the face of much long-standing good quality evidence. Probiotics are not useless, of course. It
Of the different food types we eat, sugar is the simplest for the body to create energy from. So it’s logical to think that a sugary snack is the quick fix solution when you’re feeling tired. But the reality is that high blood sugar leads to you feeling less
When we go away or on holiday, we come across different ‘bugs’. In other words, bacteria and other organisms in food and water. And, of course we may not be used to it, leading to all sorts of uncomfortable symptoms. Some of us seem more susceptible too, and it’s
How come we seem to eat so much, so often, yet still feel tired? What is going wrong with the process of getting that energy from our food and creating energy in cells to perform our daily functions? Why is the energy being stored away as fat, so obesity
Are your energy levels all over the place? Are you tired when you should be alert, such as upon waking or during the afternoon? The feeling of tiredness can be defined as the need for rest or sleep. This occurs on a daily basis as part of our normal
We all know that consuming essential fats can have great health benefits, including supporting heart health and brain function. Fish is a fantastic source of the vital omega 3 fatsEPA and DHA. But we may not get enough fish in our diet to provide these essential fats or we
We all know that vitamin D is essential for good health, but are you getting enough? It is an essential, fat soluble nutrient which is involved in the function of each body system, not least the immune system, partly by functioning as a hormone.1 It is likely that low
A recent highly publicised Cochrane review on fish oils made headlines by claiming omega 3 from fish oils had little or no effect on heart health. [i] The review, ‘Omega-3 fatty acids for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease’, aimed to investigate the effects of increased omega-3